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Little Timmy spends half of his allowance on his favorite pet Din and [#permalink] New post   18 Jul 2016, 08:22
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Little Timmy spends half of his allowance on his favorite pet Din and the other half on candies. How much money did Timmy spend on Din?

(1) Din eats 1.5Kg of food every day.
(2) Timmy buys 110 gr. Of candies each day. One Kg of candies costs $7.5.
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Little Timmy spends half of his allowance on his favorite pet Din and [#permalink] New post   18 Jul 2016, 11:08
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Little Timmy spends half of his allowance on his favorite pet Din and the other half on candies. How much money did Timmy spend on Din?

(1) Din eats 1.5Kg of food every day.
(2) Timmy buys 110 gr. Of candies each day. One Kg of candies costs $7.5.



Given Timmy spends half of his allowance on his pet Din and half on candies.

How much money did Tim spend on Din ?

Stat 1: Din eats 1.5kg of food every day and we are not sure how much 1.5kg of food costs... Insufficient

Stat 2: Timmy buys 110 gr of candies each day. One kg of candies costs 7.5 $

Then 110 gr of candies cost = 7.5 *110 / 1000 = 0.825 per day.

Since in the stem it is mentioned that he spends his allowance half - half. if he is spending 0.825 on candies which is half and another half is 0.825 on his pet. Total is 0.825 * 2 = 1.65 $... Sufficient..

IMO correct option is B.

OA please...will correct if I missed anything.
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Re: Little Timmy spends half of his allowance on his favorite pet Din and [#permalink] New post   18 Jul 2016, 22:44
STAT-1: talking about food generally, not about candy......insufficient.
STAT-2: spending on candies each day=$75*0.11,
spending on din= spending on candies...........sufficient

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Little Timmy spends half of his allowance on his favorite pet Din and [#permalink] New post   19 Jul 2016, 04:53
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Little Timmy spends half of his allowance on his favorite pet Din and the other half on candies. How much money did Timmy spend on Din?

(1) Din eats 1.5Kg of food every day.
(2) Timmy buys 110 gr. Of candies each day. One Kg of candies costs $7.5.


Statement 1 : Din Eats 1.5 Kg Food. What is this food? We don't know. Insufficient.

Statement 2 : Each day amount + per kg price is given for the candies , but the question NEVER said that the allowance if of a day or a month. Insufficient.

Together, Again we can have some other food as well which Din eats. Hence, Answer is E.
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Re: Little Timmy spends half of his allowance on his favorite pet Din and [#permalink] New post   19 Jul 2016, 05:39
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Little Timmy spends half of his allowance on his favorite pet Din and the other half on candies. How much money did Timmy spend on Din?

(1) Din eats 1.5Kg of food every day.
(2) Timmy buys 110 gr. Of candies each day. One Kg of candies costs $7.5.


Statement 1 : Din Eats 1.5 Kg Food. What is this food? We don't know. Insufficient.

Statement 2 : Each day amount + per kg price is given for the candies , but the question NEVER said that the allowance if of a day or a month. Insufficient.

Together, Again we can have some other food as well which Din eats. Hence, Answer is E.



Yes it is not mentioned the question NEVER said that the allowance if of a day or a month.

Since in stat 2 , we are given each day , then getting the cost for 110 gms for that day and the same cost goes to Din...

Even I am curious to know the solution from Bunuel that if solution has to be considered based on the question stem or from options.
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