Madge paid A dollars for R bananas. Dean paid B dollars for S bananas

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Madge paid A dollars for R bananas. Dean paid B dollars for S bananas. Which one of them paid a higher price-per-banana?

(1) B > A

(2) R > S

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kb26 · Answer

statement 1 gives a comparison between no of bananas. and statement 2 gives a comparison between price paid. Taking both statements, we can see that Madge paid more for less no of bananas. Hence C.

dhart · Answer

c gives more cost and less quanity for madge

AnandKrish22 · Answer

Amount($) 
 Quantity 
 
  Madge 
 A 
 R 
 
  Dean 
 B 
 S

Statement-1 - B > A --> Dean Paid more amount than Madge, but this alone doesn't tell us the price-per banana (Insufficient)

Statement-2 - R > S --> Madge bought more bananas than Dean, this alone also doesn't tell us the price-per banana (Insufficient)

Statements-1 & 2 - B > A & R > S --> Dean got less quantity of bananas for more price and Madge got more bananas for less price. So Dean had to pay more for each banana.

(C) -  Both statements together are sufficient, but neither alone is sufficient.

Kevi · Answer

Madge paid A dollars for R bananas. Dean paid B dollars for S bananas. Which one of them paid a higher price-per-banana?
A/R > B/S ??

(1) B > A
Insufficient

(2) R > S
Insufficient

(1)&(2) 
B is larger than A & R is larger than A. Hence, we can conclude, B/S > A/R

C

counterclash1 · Answer

Agreed. A fraction with a larger numerator and a smaller positive denominator is strictly greater

Madge paid A dollars for R bananas. Dean paid B dollars for S bananas

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