integrated reasoning question

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integrated reasoning question

by lj88 » Tue Mar 19, 2013 2:04 am
After a break-in at a shoe store, 100 shoe boxes were found empty, and some, but not all, of the shoes that were contained in these boxes were found thrown about the floor in the store. No other shoes were found. A store employee was able to match accurately of the left shoes found with the right shoes found.

Identify the total number of right shoes found and the total number of left shoes found.

Choices
A) 60
B) 63
C) 64
D) 70
E) 76
F) 77

OA: number of right shoes [spoiler](B. 63)[/spoiler] | number of left shoes [spoiler](C. 64)[/spoiler]

This question is really confusing.. would appreciate explanation for the answer.

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by Anju@Gurome » Tue Mar 19, 2013 2:50 am
It seems some information is missing and the wordings of the problem is indeed very confusing. What is the source of the problem? Check again and confirm that you have posted the complete problem.
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