Bunuel
How many people contributed to the Charity Y ?
(1) The average contribution to Charity Y was $100.
(2) Charity Y collected a total of $47,000 in contributions
Target question: How many people contributed to Charity Y? Statement 1: The average contribution to Charity Y was $100. Clearly NOT SUFFICIENT
Statement 2: Charity Y collected a total of $47,000 in contributions.Clearly NOT SUFFICIENT
Statements 1 and 2 combined KEY CONCEPT: average contribution = (total amount of contributions)/(total number of people who contributed)
Let T = total number of people who contributed to Charity Y
Plug in other values to get: $100 = $47,000/T
Multiply both sides by T to get: 100T = 47,000
Divide both sides by 100 to get:
T = 47,000/100 = 470The answer to the target question is
470 people contributed to Charity YSince we can answer the
target question with certainty, the combined statements are SUFFICIENT
Answer: C
Cheers,
Brent