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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.

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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: 6473 Location: Pune, India Followers: 1756 Kudos [?]: 10459 [2] , given: 205 Re: Price of jacket [#permalink] ### Show Tags 06 Jul 2011, 03:00 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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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

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08 Jul 2011, 20:38
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.

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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.
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11 Feb 2012, 17:10
+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.
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08 May 2013, 16:15
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
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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.
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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 Math Expert Joined: 02 Sep 2009 Posts: 32549 Followers: 5629 Kudos [?]: 68276 [0], given: 9797 Re: IF Jim earns x dollars per hour [#permalink] ### Show Tags 12 Oct 2013, 11:20 Expert's post skrishnakarthik 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

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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

Jim x dollars 4 hours
Tom y dollars 5 hours
Since 4x = 5y, x/y 5/4; it implies y is 20% less than x
Therefore, statement (1) is redundant.

state(2)
x+y =43.75
4x=5y
therefore, x and y can be found
It is sufficient to answer the question
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