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Two companies are competing with one another for a contract to provide Updated on: 03 Oct 2023, 03:14
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Two companies are competing with one another for a contract to provide work uniforms to a customer, which is a large global manufacturing business. Company A sells its uniforms for $25 per uniform, and Company B's price is $30 per uniform. Both companies sell their uniforms in lots of 5,000 each. The customer has considered ordering some uniforms from both companies, in order to test them out before committing to one company on an ongoing basis. The company wants to spend exactly $1,000,000 on the test purchase.

In the table below, identify the number of uniforms that the customer should buy from Company A and from Company B so that the customer spends exactly $1,000,000. Make only one selection in each column.
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Company A: 5,000 & Company B: 10,000
Company A: 10,000 & Company B: 15,000
Company A: 15,000 & Company B: 5,000
Company A: 10,000 & Company B: 25,000
Company A: 25,000 & Company B: 15,000
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Two companies are competing with one another for a contract to provide 28 Dec 2019, 21:34
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Answer is D.
5000*a*25+5000*b*30 = 1000000
5a+6b= 200
For a = 10 and b= 25 equation fit well.
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A*25 + B*30 = 1000000

A = 10000 (10000/5000 = 2 lots of 5000), B= 25000(25000/5000 = 5 lots of 5000)

A is Number of uniforms from Company A

B is Number of uniforms from Company B

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Answer should be D. Company A: 10000----Company B: 25000

Let no. of lots from A be x
Let no. of lots from B be y

Each lot has 5000 qty. So,
Total qty from A = 5000x
Total qty from B = 5000y

Now, total price = qty of A * price of A + qty of B * price of B
100,000 = 5000x * 25 + 5000x * 30
On simplifying, we get
5x + 6y = 40

Also notice how total qty is mentioned in the answer options.
We can change them into lots. Divide each option by 5000 for easier calculation.
Then we get:
A. Company A: 1-----Company B: 2
B. Company A: 2----Company B: 3
C. Company A: 3-----Company B: 1
D. Company A: 2-----Company B: 5
E. Company A: 5-----Company B: 3

Now we can just plug in the values of x and y and check.
At option D, 5*2 + 6*5 = 10+30 = 40 which satisfies the equation.

Hence, option D should be the answer.
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