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If Simon paid 25 cents for each orange and 15 cents for each mango, then how many oranges did Simon buy?
(1) Simon spent a total of $1.55 on his purchase of mango and oranges.
(2) Simon bought fewer mango than oranges.
(1) Simon spent a total of $1.55 on his purchase of mango and oranges.
(2) Simon bought fewer mango than oranges.
25 May 2018, 03:12
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1. Together he spent $1.55 => Possible combination could be 2 mangoes ($0.50) and 7 Oranges ($0.15*7= $1.05) or 5 mangoes ($0.25*5= $1.25) & 2 Oranges ($0.15*2= $0.30) - Not Sufficient
2. Simon bought fewer mango than oranges - Doesn't know total amount spent hence could be multiple answers - Not Sufficient.
Combining 1+2 - only possible combination is 2 mangoes ($0.50) and 7 Oranges ($0.15*7= $1.05) = A total of $1.55. - Sufficient
Hence answer is C.
2. Simon bought fewer mango than oranges - Doesn't know total amount spent hence could be multiple answers - Not Sufficient.
Combining 1+2 - only possible combination is 2 mangoes ($0.50) and 7 Oranges ($0.15*7= $1.05) = A total of $1.55. - Sufficient
Hence answer is C.
25 May 2018, 13:39
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If Simon paid 25 cents for each orange and 15 cents for each mango, then how many oranges did Simon buy?
(1) Simon spent a total of $1.55 on his purchase of mango and oranges.
(2) Simon bought fewer mango than oranges.
(1) Simon spent a total of $1.55 on his purchase of mango and oranges.
(2) Simon bought fewer mango than oranges.
Lets denote number of oranges with letter O and number of mangoes with letter M
so the total amount spent on buying oranges and mangoes = 25 * O + 15 * M
statement 1: 25 * O + 15 * M = 155 when we will substitute value we find that it is satisfying the equation for O = 5 , M = 2 and also for O = 2 , M = 7 hence not sufficient
Statement 2: does not provide enough information ,hence insufficient
On combining both we know that Oranges are more in numbers than mangoes with this condition only one value of M and O satisfy the equation(O = 5, M= 2)
Hence c is the correct choice.
