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Given: 9/20th of water from Jar X is poured to jar Y.
Asked: After this, does jar Y contain more water than jar X ?

Before pouring: -
Let the water in jar X be x litres
and the water in jar Y be y litres.

After pouring: -
Water in jar X = x - 9x/20 = 11x/20
Water in jar Y = y + 9x/20

Asked: -
Is (y + 9x/20) - 11x/20 = y - x/10 > 0?

(1) After pouring the water, the amount of water in Jar Y increased by more than 2/3 rds
9x/20 > 2y/3
y < 27x/40
NOT SUFFICIENT

(2) After pouring the water, the amount of water in Jar Y increased by less than 4/5 ths
9x/20 < 4y/5
y > 45x/80 = 9x/16 > x/10; since x>0
SUFFICIENT

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Y+9/20X>11/20X
Y>X/10?

Statement 1:
Y+9/20X > 5/3Y

Y<27X/40

Not sufficient

Statement 2:
Y+9/20X < 9/5Y

Y>9/16X

Sufficient

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As per the question, we need to solve the following:

is \((y+\frac{9}{20}x) > (x-\frac{9}{20}x)\)? --> Moving the "x" to the right and operating, this can be translated into: is y > 1/10*x?

1) we are told that after pouring the water, the amount in jar y increased by more than 2/3: \(\frac{9}{20}x > \frac{2}{3}y\) --> simplifying, we get that \(y < \frac{27}{40}x\); Therefore, y could be \(\frac{27}{40}x\), but also \(\frac{1}{100}x\) --> NOT SUFFICIENT
2) \(\frac{9}{20}x < \frac{4}{5}y\) --> Simplifying, we get that \(y > \frac{45}{80}x\), which is \(> \frac{1}{10} x\) --> SUFFICIENT
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9/20th of water from Jar X is poured to jar Y. After this, does jar Y contain more water than jar X ?

(1) After pouring the water, the amount of water in Jar Y increased by more than 2/3 rds

(2) After pouring the water, the amount of water in Jar Y increased by less than 4/5 ths

At times taking some value eases the calculation.
Since A and B are related, let us take X has 20 liters.
Thus Now, Y has y+9, while x has 11.

The question is: Is y+9>11? OR Is y>2?

(1) After pouring the water, the amount of water in Jar Y increased by more than 2/3 rds
So, the water in Y \(> y+\frac{2y}{3}\)
That is, \(y+9> y+\frac{2y}{3}.............2y<27.......y<13.5\)
If y is 10, yes.
If y is 1, no.

(2) After pouring the water, the amount of water in Jar Y increased by less than 4/5 ths
So, the water in Y \(> y+\frac{2y}{3}\)
That is, \(y+9< y+\frac{4y}{5}.............4y>45.......y>10.25>2\)
SO y is surely more than 2 units.
Sufficient


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