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• $450 Tuition Credit & Official CAT Packs FREE December 15, 2018 December 15, 2018 10:00 PM PST 11:00 PM PST Get the complete Official GMAT Exam Pack collection worth$100 with the 3 Month Pack ($299) • FREE Quant Workshop by e-GMAT! December 16, 2018 December 16, 2018 07:00 AM PST 09:00 AM PST Get personalized insights on how to achieve your Target Quant Score. At a restaurant, glasses are stored in two different-sized b  new topic post reply Question banks Downloads My Bookmarks Reviews Important topics Author Message TAGS: Hide Tags Director Joined: 29 Nov 2012 Posts: 759 At a restaurant, glasses are stored in two different-sized b [#permalink] Show Tags 21 Jun 2013, 21:22 7 00:00 Difficulty: 35% (medium) Question Stats: 74% (02:46) correct 26% (02:46) wrong based on 187 sessions HideShow timer Statistics At a restaurant, glasses are stored in two different-sized boxes. One box contains 12 glasses, and the other contains 16 glasses. If the average number of glasses per box is 15, and there are 16 more of the larger boxes, what is the total number of glasses at the restaurant? (Assume that all boxes are filled to capacity.) A. 96 B. 240 C. 256 D. 384 E. 480 Verbal Forum Moderator Joined: 10 Oct 2012 Posts: 611 Re: At a restaurant, glasses are stored in two different-sized b [#permalink] Show Tags 21 Jun 2013, 23:41 1 2 fozzzy wrote: At a restaurant, glasses are stored in two different-sized boxes. One box contains 12 glasses, and the other contains 16 glasses. If the average number of glasses per box is 15, and there are 16 more of the larger boxes, what is the total number of glasses at the restaurant? (Assume that all boxes are filled to capacity.) a 96 b 240 c 256 d 384 e 480 Let the no of boxes holding 12 glasses each be x and those holding 16 be y. Thus, $$\frac{(12*x+16*y)}{(x+y)}$$ = 15 --> y = 3x. Again, we know that y = x+16 --> Thus, 2x = 16 and x = 8, y= 24. Thus, The total no of glasses -->(x+y)*15 = 32*15 = 480. 10 second approach : As the average no of glasses per box is 15, thus the ratio of the total # of glasses to 15 must give an integer --> The options denote the total # of glasses, thus, we can safely eliminate A,C,D. Now for option B, the ratio gives --> $$240/15$$ = 16 which means the total no. of boxes including both kinds is 16 in number. However, as it is given that there are 16 more of the larger boxes, then the no of boxes holding 12 glasses must be zero, and in this case, the average no of glasses per box would be nothing but 16, which contradicts the given fact. Thus, the only correct option is E. E. _________________ EMPOWERgmat Instructor Status: GMAT Assassin/Co-Founder Affiliations: EMPOWERgmat Joined: 19 Dec 2014 Posts: 13087 Location: United States (CA) GMAT 1: 800 Q51 V49 GRE 1: Q170 V170 Re: At a restaurant, glasses are stored in two different-sized b [#permalink] Show Tags 29 May 2015, 14:44 Hi All, Most Test Takers would recognize the "system" of equations in this prompt and just do algebra to get to the solution (and that's fine). The wording of the prompt and the 'spread' of the answer choices actually provide an interesting 'brute force' shortcut that you can take advantage of to eliminate the 4 wrong answers.... We're told that there are 2 types of boxes: those that hold 12 glasses and those that hold 16 glasses. Since the AVERAGE number of boxes is 15, we know that there MUST be at least some of each. We're also told that that there are 16 MORE of the larger boxes. This means, at the minimum, we have... 1 small box and 17 large boxes = 1(12) + 17(16) = 12 + 272 = 284 glasses at the MINIMUM Since the question asks for the total number of glasses, we can now eliminate Answers A, B and C.... The difference in the number of boxes MUST be 16 though, so we could have.... 2 small boxes and 18 large boxes 3 small boxes and 19 large boxes etc. With every additional small box + large box that we add, we add 12+16= 28 MORE glasses. Thus, we can just "add 28s" until we hit the correct answer.... 284+28 = 312 312+28 = 340 340+28 = 368 368+28 = 396 At this point, we've 'gone past' Answer D, so the correct answer MUST be Answer E.....But here's the proof.... 396+28 = 424 424+28 = 452 452+28 = 480 Final Answer: GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made, Rich _________________ 760+: Learn What GMAT Assassins Do to Score at the Highest Levels Contact Rich at: Rich.C@empowergmat.com Rich Cohen Co-Founder & GMAT Assassin Special Offer: Save$75 + GMAT Club Tests Free
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01 Feb 2018, 14:04
Is this a possible question in GMAT? I spent almost 5 mins to do all the calculations :D
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01 Feb 2018, 21:32
fozzzy wrote:
At a restaurant, glasses are stored in two different-sized boxes. One box contains 12 glasses, and the other contains 16 glasses. If the average number of glasses per box is 15, and there are 16 more of the larger boxes, what is the total number of glasses at the restaurant? (Assume that all boxes are filled to capacity.)

A. 96
B. 240
C. 256
D. 384
E. 480

Found it bit confusing...

Let x be the total number of boxes containing 12 Glasses and y be the total number of boxes containing 16 Glasses.
Also, $$y = x + 16.$$
$$12x + 16y = 15 (x+y) ---> y = 3x$$

$$x = 8, y = 24.$$
So, total would be $$12*8 + 24*16 = 480.$$
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21 Feb 2018, 18:40
fozzzy wrote:
At a restaurant, glasses are stored in two different-sized boxes. One box contains 12 glasses, and the other contains 16 glasses. If the average number of glasses per box is 15, and there are 16 more of the larger boxes, what is the total number of glasses at the restaurant? (Assume that all boxes are filled to capacity.)

A. 96
B. 240
C. 256
D. 384
E. 480

Fastest way:

Already given 16 larger boxes at least : 16 (boxes) *16 (glasses) = 256; hence answer has to be greater than 256.
average is 15, thus the answer needs to be divisible by 15, as the boxes cannot be in fraction, only answer left 480.
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