Data sufficiency

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Data sufficiency

by roger federer » Thu Mar 11, 2010 2:36 pm
The total cost of an office dinner was shared equally by k of the n employees who
attended the dinner. What was the total cost of the dinner?
(1) Each of the k employees who shared the cost of the dinner paid $19.
(2) If the total cost of the dinner had been shared equally by k + 1 of the n
employees who attended the dinner, each of the k + 1 employees would have
paid $18.
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by Stuart@KaplanGMAT » Thu Mar 11, 2010 2:40 pm
roger federer wrote:The total cost of an office dinner was shared equally by k of the n employees who
attended the dinner. What was the total cost of the dinner?
(1) Each of the k employees who shared the cost of the dinner paid $19.
(2) If the total cost of the dinner had been shared equally by k + 1 of the n
employees who attended the dinner, each of the k + 1 employees would have
paid $18.
Hi Roger,

3 tips:

1) make sure you post the right questions in the right forums! There's a separate forum for DS questions.

2) use the search function; a lot of the questions you've posted have already been addressed on these boards.

3) next time you play Nadal, take him out drinking the night before; that guy has way too much energy, you need to figure out a way to slow him down!
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by girish3131 » Mon Mar 15, 2010 11:29 pm
IMO C

19*18=342

@stuart

good sense of humour... :)