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by metallicafan » Mon Nov 19, 2012 1:33 pm
In a cookie-eating contest, there are 200 cookies provided to each contestant. Both start at the same time. Contestant A wins the contest by eating 20 more cookies than Contestant B. How many cookies did the winner eat altogether?

(1) Contestant A ate his cookies at a constant rate of 20 cookies per minute and Contestant B ate her cookies at a constant rate of 15 cookies per minute.

(2) Contestant A is younger than Contestant B.

The OA (Statement 1 is sufficient) indicates that in 4 minutes there will be a gap of twenty cookies. I don't agree. The question doesn't indicate when the contestants should stop. In this sense, A could have eaten 140 cookies in 7 minutes ,and B could have eaten 120 cookies in 8 minutes.
IMO, the answer is E.

OA is A.

What do you think?

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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Mon Nov 19, 2012 1:44 pm
I would tend to agree with your interpretation. Starting at the same time does not mean that they necessarily stop at the same time, and there's nothing about a specified length of the contest.
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