A produce stand sells green peppers for a certain price and red pepper

Here we go---

Let price of Red Pepper = r
Let price of Green Pepper = g

2g + 3r = ???


St1:

6g + 9r = 12 ---(1) divide the eq by 3

2g + 3r = 4 (that is what we want)

Clearly sufficient


St2:

4g + 3r = 5

There can be multiple values for g and r.

Clearly not sufficient.

Option A is correct

VERITAS PREP OFFICIAL SOLUTION:

Correct Answer: A

Let g be the price for each green pepper, and r be the price for each red pepper. Statement (1) lets us express Nick's purchase as 6g + 9r = $12.00. Normally, since we only have one equation and two variables, we would not be able to solve this. However, note that this is the same equation as the one stated in the question: Nick simply purchased 3 times as many peppers (of each type) as did Alyssa, and $12.00/3 = $4.00, so Statement (1) is sufficient. Statement (2) is equivalent to 4g + 3r = $5.00. Here we have one equation and two variables, but this equation is not a multiple of the original equation like the equation in statement (1); not sufficient.

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