What is Ricky's age now?

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What is Ricky's age now?

by AAPL » Tue Jun 19, 2018 12:11 pm

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What is Ricky's age now?

1) Ricky is now twice as old as he was exactly 8 years ago.
2) Ricky's sister Teresa is now 3 times as old as Ricky was exactly 8 years ago.

The OA is A.

Statement 1, R = 2(R - 8). We can solve for R. Sufficient.

Statement 2, T = 3(R - 8). We cannot solve for R. Not sufficient.

Hence, A is the correct answer.

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by Jay@ManhattanReview » Wed Jun 20, 2018 10:57 pm

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AAPL wrote:What is Ricky's age now?

1) Ricky is now twice as old as he was exactly 8 years ago.
2) Ricky's sister Teresa is now 3 times as old as Ricky was exactly 8 years ago.

The OA is A.

Statement 1, R = 2(R - 8). We can solve for R. Sufficient.

Statement 2, T = 3(R - 8). We cannot solve for R. Not sufficient.

Hence, A is the correct answer.

Has anyone another strategic approach to solve this DS question? Regards!
This is perfect. :)

-Jay
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