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If Jim earns x dollars per hour, it will take him 4 hours to [#permalink]  05 Jul 2011, 13:23
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If Jim earns x dollars per hour, it will take him 4 hours to earn exactly enough money to purchase a particular jacket. If Tom earns y dollars per hour, it will take him exactly 5 hours to earn enough money to purchase the same jacket. How much does the jacket cost?

(1) Tom makes 20% less per hour than Jim does.

(2) x + y = $43.75 [Reveal] Spoiler: OA _________________ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you think you can,you can If you think you can't,you are right. Manager Joined: 14 Mar 2011 Posts: 204 Followers: 6 Kudos [?]: 85 [0], given: 21 Re: Price of jacket [#permalink] 05 Jul 2011, 14:43 It is given tom earns X$ per hour and it takes him 4 hrs to purchase the jacket. so price of jacket 4x $. Now jim earns Y and it takes him 5hrs to earn enough to buy the jacket. So jacket's price = 5y. so 4x= 5y thus x= 5y/4. (1) Insufficient. - It is a redundant information. The question stem already gives the relation between x and y. (2) sufficient - x + y = 43.75, so substitute the value of x for y. 5y/4 + y =43.75 >> 9y= 43.75 * 4 >> the price of jacket is 5y , so price = 43.75* 5*4 /9 = 875/9$

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Re: Price of jacket [#permalink]  06 Jul 2011, 00:05
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Jim's rate x dollar/hour.
Tom's rate y dollar/hour

Money made by Jim in 4 hours = Money made by Tom in 5 hours
=> 4x=5y----(1)

Stmt1: y=x-0.2x => y=0.8x
Put in (1) => 4x=4x. Same equation. Not sufficient.

Stmt2: x + y = $43.75 Also, 4x = 5y. Two equation , two unknown. Sufficient. OA B _________________ My dad once said to me: Son, nothing succeeds like success. Veritas Prep GMAT Instructor Joined: 16 Oct 2010 Posts: 5449 Location: Pune, India Followers: 1331 Kudos [?]: 6773 [2] , given: 177 Re: Price of jacket [#permalink] 06 Jul 2011, 02:00 2 This post received KUDOS Expert's post mojorising800 wrote: If Jim earns x dollars per hour, it will take him 4 hours to earn exactly enough money to purchase a particular jacket. If Tom earns y dollars per hour, it will take him exactly 5 hours to earn enough money to purchase the same jacket. How much does the jacket cost? (1) Tom makes 20% less per hour than Jim does. (2) x + y =$43.75

You can also use ratios here to arrive at answer (B) in moments.

Time taken by Jim : Time take by Tom = 4:5
Hourly rate of Jim : Hourly rate of Tom = 5:4 = x:y
(Since Money Earned = Hourly Rate * Time and Money to be earned is the same for both Jim and Tom)

Statement 1: We already know that hourly rate of Tom is 20% less than the hourly rate of Jim (because it is in the ratio 5:4). No information about actual dollar amount so not sufficient.

Statement 2: On the ratio scale, x+y is 9 but it is actually 43.75. So we can get the values of x and y and hence can find the cost of the jacket. Sufficient.

Note: You don't need to calculate the cost of the jacket. You just need to say whether you can calculate it.

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Re: Price of jacket [#permalink]  08 Jul 2011, 09:02
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If Jim earns x dollars per hour, it will take him 4 hours to earn exactly enough money to purchase a particular jacket. If Tom earns y dollars per hour, it will take him exactly 5 hours to earn enough money to purchase the same jacket. How much does the jacket cost?

(1) Tom makes 20% less per hour than Jim does.

(2) x + y = $43.75 B For me as A and the information given in the question are same B give an additional equation which is required to solve for the values I wish these types of questions come in my real GMAT....... _________________ WarLocK _____________________________________________________________________________ The War is oNNNNNNNNNNNNN for 720+ see my Test exp here http://gmatclub.com/forum/my-test-experience-111610.html do not hesitate me giving kudos if you like my post. Director Joined: 01 Feb 2011 Posts: 763 Followers: 14 Kudos [?]: 68 [0], given: 42 Re: Price of jacket [#permalink] 08 Jul 2011, 19:38 Jack -$x/hr

has to work 4 hours to be able to buy a jacket = $4x spent on the jacket Tom -$y/hr

has to work 5 hours to be able to buy the same jacket = $5y spent on the jacket =>4x=5y=? 1. Not sufficient y =(80/100)x => y =4x/5=>5y =4x which is exact same equation 2. Sufficient we can solve this equation and equation in the stem to get the jacket price. Answer is B. Director Status: Joined: 24 Jul 2011 Posts: 569 GMAT 1: 780 Q51 V48 GRE 1: 1540 Q800 V740 Followers: 74 Kudos [?]: 321 [0], given: 11 Re: If Jim earns x dollars per hour, it will take him 4 hours [#permalink] 19 Nov 2011, 11:44 4x = 5y => x/y = 4/5 Statement (1) just restates this fact, so nothing new here. Insufficient. Statement (2) gives us another equation in x and y which we can solve to find x (or y) and calculate 4x or 5y. Sufficient. (B) it is. _________________ GyanOne | http://www.GyanOne.com | +91 9899831738 Manager Joined: 27 Oct 2011 Posts: 191 Location: United States Concentration: Finance, Strategy GMAT 1: Q V GPA: 3.7 WE: Account Management (Consumer Products) Followers: 2 Kudos [?]: 65 [0], given: 4 Re: If Jim earns x dollars per hour, it will take him 4 hours [#permalink] 11 Feb 2012, 16:10 +1 B solve for x and solve for y. x = price of jacket / 4 and y = p/5. when you know the relative rates of x and y they only tell you what p equals each other... X + Y will you the rates and setting p/4 + p/5 you can solve what p is equal to. _________________ DETERMINED TO BREAK 700!!! Intern Joined: 08 Nov 2012 Posts: 22 Followers: 0 Kudos [?]: 2 [0], given: 6 Re: If Jim earns x dollars per hour, it will take him 4 hours [#permalink] 08 May 2013, 15:15 I dont understand why A is not sufficient. If tom earns 80% of what Jim makes, then i get the equation .8x(5)=x(4) where I got x=6.25 plug that back into the givens and I get the answer for J. I understand how you can say that this is not giving us new information but when you plug it back in you get an answer for J. Here was my math .8x(5)=x(4) 5=.2x(4) 1.25=.2x x=6.25 Can someone help me understand where I went off into the wrong direction? Ive got this problem wrong 3x in the course of my studies and cannot understand where I am losing it. Thanks Verbal Forum Moderator Joined: 10 Oct 2012 Posts: 629 Followers: 54 Kudos [?]: 704 [0], given: 135 Re: If Jim earns x dollars per hour, it will take him 4 hours [#permalink] 08 May 2013, 20:38 Expert's post Richard0715 wrote: I dont understand why A is not sufficient. If tom earns 80% of what Jim makes, then i get the equation .8x(5)=x(4) where I got x=6.25 plug that back into the givens and I get the answer for J. I understand how you can say that this is not giving us new information but when you plug it back in you get an answer for J. Here was my math .8x(5)=x(4) 5=.2x(4) 1.25=.2x x=6.25 Can someone help me understand where I went off into the wrong direction? Ive got this problem wrong 3x in the course of my studies and cannot understand where I am losing it. Thanks Jim earns 4*x dollars in 4 hours = price of the jacket = 4x. Similarly, Tom earns 5*y dollars in 5 hours = price of the same jacket = 5y. Thus as 4x = 5y, we have y = 0.8x Now from F.S 1, we know that Tom makes 80% of what Jim earns per hour--> Thus, y = 0.8x. This is exactly what we had, without the aid of any Fact Statements. Thus Insufficient. _________________ Intern Joined: 20 Sep 2012 Posts: 24 Followers: 0 Kudos [?]: 15 [0], given: 7 IF Jim earns x dollars per hour [#permalink] 12 Oct 2013, 09:22 If Jim earns x dollars per hour, it will take him 4 hours to earn exactly enough money to purchase a particular jacket. If Tom earns y dollars per hour, it will take him exactly 5 hours to earn enough money to purchase the same jacket. How much does the jacket cost? (1) Tom makes 20% less per hour than Jim does. (2) x + y =$43.75
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Re: IF Jim earns x dollars per hour [#permalink]  12 Oct 2013, 10:20
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If Jim earns x dollars per hour, it will take him 4 hours to earn exactly enough money to purchase a particular jacket. If Tom earns y dollars per hour, it will take him exactly 5 hours to earn enough money to purchase the same jacket. How much does the jacket cost?

(1) Tom makes 20% less per hour than Jim does.

(2) x + y = \$43.75

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