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How many paintings does Jill own?

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How many paintings does Jill own?

by uptowngirl92 » Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:11 pm
How many paintings does Jill own?

(1) If Jill sells 5 of her paintings then she will own fewer than 24 paintings.

(2) If Jill buys 5 more paintings then she will own at least 32 paintings.

Hey Guys what am I missing??
Stmt. 1 and 2 are insuff. individually.

Together,
Let the no. of paintings be x.
Therefore,
x-5<24
x+5>32

Plugging in values,
x=28 is the only value which will satisy.IMHO (C) :?
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by xcusemeplz2009 » Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:07 am
IMO E
statment 1) x<29 not suff
statement 2) x>=27 not suff

combining x=27 or 28 not suff.

Hence E

at least means >=
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by Dobrov » Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:40 pm
IMO (E). Same explanation as xcusemeplz2009.
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