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I didnot know that higher proportion of chicory meant lower proportion of coffee=lower costs.

Maybe this has to do with my knowledge about coffee and i thought this is a DS question, so a iam not allowed to make assumptions.

Apparently it is common knowledge that higher proportion of chicory means lower proportion of coffee, which translates to lower costs. In this case then indeed the correct answer is C
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I didnot know that higher proportion of chicory meant lower proportion of coffee=lower costs.

Maybe this has to do with my knowledge about coffee and i thought this is a DS question, so a iam not allowed to make assumptions.

Apparently it is common knowledge that higher proportion of chicory means lower proportion of coffee, which translates to lower costs. In this case then indeed the correct answer is C
­Hey Rebaz, its given in the question statement "greater the proportion of coffee, the more expensive the blend" so it obviously means that higher the chicory lower the cost because the blend has only Coffee + chicory. No assumptions required. 

 
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I didnot know that higher proportion of chicory meant lower proportion of coffee=lower costs.

Maybe this has to do with my knowledge about coffee and i thought this is a DS question, so a iam not allowed to make assumptions.

Apparently it is common knowledge that higher proportion of chicory means lower proportion of coffee, which translates to lower costs. In this case then indeed the correct answer is C
­Hey Rebaz, its given in the question statement "greater the proportion of coffee, the more expensive the blend" so it obviously means that higher the chicory lower the cost because the blend has only Coffee + chicory. No assumptions required. 


 
­It also helped me to think about it outside of coffee... for instance, imagine if the problem was talking about red-white piant blends to make pink paint and it told you that red paint cost more than white. You would be able to infer (without assumption) that the the more of a red hue the pink had, the more that paint would cost to make. Hope this helps. I konw it is frustrating when a question seems difficult due to the conceptual workding and not the "math of it"
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Statement (1):

Blend L has a higher proportion of coffee than the other blends except for Blend M.

In terms of proportion of coffee, M > L

==> In terms of price, M > L
==> Do not know about the 3rd position (can be K, N, J)
==> NOT sufficient


Statement (2):

Blend K and Blend N both have a stronger flavor than Blend J.

Since the greater the proportion of chicory, the stronger the flavor, we can infer:

==> Blend J has a lower proportion of chicory than both Blend K and Blend N.
==> Blend J has a higher proportion of coffee​​​​​​ than both Blend K and Blend N
==> In terms of price, J > both K & N.
==> J can be 1st, 2nd or 3rd position
==> NOT sufficient


Combining Statements (1) and (2): J is the 3rd most expensive
==> Sufficient

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I didnot know that higher proportion of chicory meant lower proportion of coffee=lower costs.

Maybe this has to do with my knowledge about coffee and i thought this is a DS question, so a iam not allowed to make assumptions.

Apparently it is common knowledge that higher proportion of chicory means lower proportion of coffee, which translates to lower costs. In this case then indeed the correct answer is C
There is no need to know about coffee to say " higher proportion of chicory meant a lower proportion of coffee"

Whenever we have a mixture of 2 components, a higher proportion of one means a lower composition of other.

let's the mixture is composed of x and y

proportion of x in the mixture = x/(x+y)

proportion of y in the mixture = y/(x+y)

if x> y , proportion of x is more which is same as proportion of y is less and vice versa
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