All of the furniture for sale at Al s Discount Furniture is

Answer should be E. Here is how:

All of the furniture for sale at Al’s Discount Furniture is offered for less than the manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP). Once a year, Al’s holds a clearance sale. If Jamie purchased a certain desk during the sale, did she get a discount of more than 50% of Al’s regular price for the desk?

Statement A: Al’s regular price for the desk is \(60%\) , rounded to the nearest percent, of the MSRP of \($2000\).

\(60%\) could be \(59.5%\) or \(60.4%\). We also know that MSRP \(=$2000\)

So there could be \(2\) possible values for the Sale Price. Let \(x\) be the regular price.

\(x=\frac{{59.5}}{100}*2000=1190\)

or
\(x=\frac{{60.4}}{100}*2000=1208\)

We now need the price that Jamie bought it for and Statement A does not provide it... So Insufficient

Statement 2: The sale price was $601 less than Al’s regular price for the desk.

We do not know the regular price so the statement is clearly insufficient.

Statement 1 & 2 Combined:

We know the two possibilities of the Regular price, \(1190\) & \(1208\)

If Jamie bought it for \(1190\) , then YES she did buy it at a discount greater than \(50%\) for obvious reasons.
If Jamie bought it for \(1208\) , then NO she did not buy it at a discount greater than \(50%\) for obvious reasons.

2 different answers even with the statements combined. Hence E