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# A manufacturer makes and sells 2 products, P and Q. The revenue from t

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A manufacturer makes and sells 2 products, P and Q. The revenue from the sale of each unit of P is $20.00 and the revenue from the sale of each unit of Q is$17.00. Last year the manufacturer sold twice as many units of Q as P. What was the manufacturer’s average (arithmetic mean) revenue per unit sold of these 2 products last year?

A. $28.50 B.$27.00
C. $19.00 D.$18.50
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B. $27.00 C.$19.00
D. $18.50 E.$18.00

Let's plug in some NICE VALUES that satisfy the given information...

Last year the manufacturer sold twice as many units of Q as P.
So, let's say the manufacturer sold 1 P and 2 Q's

What was the manufacturer’s average (arithmetic mean) revenue per unit sold of these 2 products last year?
TOTAL revenue = 1($20.00) + 2($17.00)
= $20.00 +$34.00
= $54 There were 3 units sold. So, average price =$54/3 = $18 Answer: E RELATED VIDEO _________________ Test confidently with gmatprepnow.com Originally posted by GMATPrepNow on 17 Jun 2017, 08:31. Last edited by GMATPrepNow on 05 Dec 2018, 17:06, edited 1 time in total. ##### General Discussion Board of Directors Status: QA & VA Forum Moderator Joined: 11 Jun 2011 Posts: 4835 Location: India GPA: 3.5 WE: Business Development (Commercial Banking) Re: A manufacturer makes and sells 2 products, P and Q. The revenue from t [#permalink] ### Show Tags 17 Jun 2017, 23:48 2 1 AbdurRakib wrote: A manufacturer makes and sells 2 products, P and Q. The revenue from the sale of each unit of P is$20.00 and the revenue from the sale of each unit of Q is $17.00. Last year the manufacturer sold twice as many units of Q as P. What was the manufacturer’s average (arithmetic mean) revenue per unit sold of these 2 products last year? A.$28.50
B. $27.00 C.$19.00
D. $18.50 E.$18.00

Revenue last year from the sale of P is 20*1 = 20
Revenue last year from the sale of Q is 17*2 = 34

Total Revenue from the sale of P and Q last year is 54

Average Revenue from the sale of P and Q last year is $$\frac{54}{2+1} = 18$$

Hence, answer will be (E) 18
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Ratio of quantity of P and Q sold, P:Q = 1:2.

Thus, average revenue per unit = (20*P + 17*Q)/(P+Q) = (20*1 + 17*2)/(2 + 1) = 54/3 = $18 Hence E answer Target Test Prep Representative Status: Founder & CEO Affiliations: Target Test Prep Joined: 14 Oct 2015 Posts: 8453 Location: United States (CA) Re: A manufacturer makes and sells 2 products, P and Q. The revenue from t [#permalink] ### Show Tags 03 Aug 2018, 15:07 2 AbdurRakib wrote: A manufacturer makes and sells 2 products, P and Q. The revenue from the sale of each unit of P is$20.00 and the revenue from the sale of each unit of Q is $17.00. Last year the manufacturer sold twice as many units of Q as P. What was the manufacturer’s average (arithmetic mean) revenue per unit sold of these 2 products last year? A.$28.50
B. $27.00 C.$19.00
D. $18.50 E.$18.00

We can compute a weighted average to solve. Let’s assume that 2 units of Q and 1 unit of P were produced last year. So the total revenue is 2 x 17 + 1 x 20 = $54, and thus the average revenue per unit is thus 54/3 =$18.

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18 Apr 2019, 15:30
AbdurRakib wrote:
A manufacturer makes and sells 2 products, P and Q. The revenue from the sale of each unit of P is $20.00 and the revenue from the sale of each unit of Q is$17.00. Last year the manufacturer sold twice as many units of Q as P. What was the manufacturer’s average (arithmetic mean) revenue per unit sold of these 2 products last year?

A. $28.50 B.$27.00
C. $19.00 D.$18.50
E. $18.00 If the weights were the same we would get an average of (17 + 20) / 2 = 18.5. But we have more of the product that costs 17$, so the average would be less than 18.5, only 18 works - E
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10 May 2019, 13:03
17+17+20/3=18 was per unit revenue
Where,
Q=17, twice
P=20

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26 Aug 2019, 07:44
And I got stuck with the TRAP answer B. 27.
After reading properly the second time I got it has to be divided by 3.
Why is this happening with me?
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23 Oct 2019, 06:09
GMATPrepNow wrote:
AbdurRakib wrote:
A manufacturer makes and sells 2 products, P and Q. The revenue from the sale of each unit of P is $20.00 and the revenue from the sale of each unit of Q is$17.00. Last year the manufacturer sold twice as many units of Q as P. What was the manufacturer’s average (arithmetic mean) revenue per unit sold of these 2 products last year?

A. $28.50 B.$27.00
C. $19.00 D.$18.50
E. $18.00 Let's plug in some NICE VALUES that satisfy the given information... Last year the manufacturer sold twice as many units of Q as P. So, let's say the manufacturer sold 1 P and 2 Q's There were 3 units sold. So, average price =$54/3 = $18 Answer: E GMATPrepNow how do we deduce this statement? I get confused with this statement and it often appears on word problems. can you help me understand this and its various iterations on the exam? GMAT Club Legend Joined: 12 Sep 2015 Posts: 4074 Location: Canada Re: A manufacturer makes and sells 2 products, P and Q. The revenue from t [#permalink] ### Show Tags 23 Oct 2019, 06:17 Top Contributor Shrey9 wrote: GMATPrepNow wrote: AbdurRakib wrote: A manufacturer makes and sells 2 products, P and Q. The revenue from the sale of each unit of P is$20.00 and the revenue from the sale of each unit of Q is $17.00. Last year the manufacturer sold twice as many units of Q as P. What was the manufacturer’s average (arithmetic mean) revenue per unit sold of these 2 products last year? A.$28.50
B. $27.00 C.$19.00
D. $18.50 E.$18.00

Let's plug in some NICE VALUES that satisfy the given information...

Last year the manufacturer sold twice as many units of Q as P.
So, let's say the manufacturer sold 1 P and 2 Q's

There were 3 units sold.
So, average price = $54/3 =$18

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can you help me understand this and its various iterations on the exam?

Which statement are you referring to?

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28 Oct 2019, 01:41
AbdurRakib wrote:
A manufacturer makes and sells 2 products, P and Q. The revenue from the sale of each unit of P is $20.00 and the revenue from the sale of each unit of Q is$17.00. Last year the manufacturer sold twice as many units of Q as P. What was the manufacturer’s average (arithmetic mean) revenue per unit sold of these 2 products last year?

A. $28.50 B.$27.00
C. $19.00 D.$18.50
E. $18.00 Solving through logic: A/B are out as average cannot be more than 20$
Since no of Q > no of P, avg will be more near 17. If No of Q = No of P avg would be 18.5 (option D) which we eliminate since it's not the case.

C is out as it is more near 20.

Logic leaves us with E.

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