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# At store W, in June of year X, the price of a cabinet was 20

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At store W, in June of year X, the price of a cabinet was 20 percent less than it was in July of year X, and at store W, in June of year X, the price of a lamp was 15 percent greater than it was in July of year X. What was the price of the lamp in store W, in June of year X?

(1) In July of year X, the price of the cabinet was $260 greater than the price of the lamp. (2) The ratio of the price of the cabinet in June of year X to the price of the cabinet in July of year X was 4 to 5. [Reveal] Spoiler: OA _________________ Thanks, Prashant Ponde Tough 700+ Level RCs: Passage1 | Passage2 | Passage3 | Passage4 | Passage5 | Passage6 | Passage7 Reading Comprehension notes: Click here VOTE GMAT Practice Tests: Vote Here PowerScore CR Bible - Official Guide 13 Questions Set Mapped: Click here Looking to finance your tuition: Click here Math Expert Joined: 02 Sep 2009 Posts: 36601 Followers: 7097 Kudos [?]: 93474 [1] , given: 10563 Re: At store W, in June of year X, the price of a cabinet was 20 [#permalink] ### Show Tags 17 Mar 2013, 23:12 1 This post received KUDOS Expert's post At store W, in June of year X, the price of a cabinet was 20 percent less than it was in July of year X, and at store W, in June of year X, the price of a lamp was 15 percent greater than it was in July of year X. What was the price of the lamp in store W, in June of year X? The price of the cabinet in June = 0.8C; The price of the cabinet in July = C; The price of the lamp in June = 1.15L; The price of the lamp in July = L; (1) In July of year X, the price of the cabinet was$260 greater than the price of the lamp --> C=L+260. Not sufficient to find L.

(2) The ratio of the price of the cabinet in June of year X to the price of the cabinet in July of year X was 4 to 5 --> we knew this from the stem, since (0.8C)/C=0.8=4/5, so this statement is useless. Not sufficient.

(1)+(2) One statement is insufficient and another is useless, thus even taken together the statements are not sufficient.

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At store W, in June of year X, the price of a cabinet was 20 percent less than it was in July of year X, and at store W, in June of year X, the price of a lamp was 15 percent greater than it was in July of year X. What was the price of the lamp in store W, in June of year X?

(1) In July of year X, the price of the cabinet was $260 greater than the price of the lamp. (2) The ratio of the price of the cabinet in June of year X to the price of the cabinet in July of year X was 4 to 5. Statement 1 and 2 are insufficient of itself......I hope thats easy and you may hove no doubt in that Combining both statement gives C-L = 260 and 0.8C/C = 4/5 You can noot calcualte the value of C from the proprotion......because c will be cancelled and you will be left out with 0.8 =4/5 had it been 0.8l/c =4/5 than there would have been possible soln.... Consider kudos if my post helps!! Archit Manager Joined: 19 Aug 2012 Posts: 58 Followers: 1 Kudos [?]: 65 [0], given: 9 Re: At store W, in June of year X, the price of a cabinet was 20 [#permalink] ### Show Tags 18 Mar 2013, 11:00 clearly answer is E. No relation is mentioned in question between lamp and cabinet. and nothing about lamp is in any of the statement. _________________ giving kudos is the best thing you can do for me.. Re: At store W, in June of year X, the price of a cabinet was 20 [#permalink] 18 Mar 2013, 11:00 Similar topics Replies Last post Similar Topics: 1 In a certain store, the price of five pens is equal to the price of a 4 16 Sep 2015, 03:38 Store R and S each discounted their selling prices of a cert 2 11 Jun 2013, 01:04 29 At a particular store, candy bars are normally priced at$1. 11 13 Jan 2013, 02:16
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