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A certain student sold exactly 40% of all the tickets sold for a raffle, and exactly 10% of all ticket-holders won prizes in the raffle. If all ticket-holders purchased only one ticket, and if each ticket could win a maximum of one prize, how many tickets did the student sell?

(1) The student sold 3 winning tickets.
(2) There were 25 available prizes to be won in the raffle.
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A certain student sold exactly 40% of all the tickets sold for a raffle and exactly 10% of all tickets won prizes in raffle.If each ticket could win a maximum of one prize ,how many tickets did student win?
1. Student sold 3 winning tickets.
2.there were 25 prizes in raffle.
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Is the question:
how many tickets did student sell?

1.
Sold 3 winning tickets doesn't give us any indication how much he sold.
If
Total=100; He sold=40; 3 won
Total=50; He sold=20; 3 won

Not Sufficient.

2.
25 prizes and we are given that prizes=10%
Thus total=25*10=250
He sold=0.4*250=100
Sufficient.

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is the question
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as fluke stated; B if the question asked for the amount sold by the student.
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Is the question typed wrong? The question says how many were won but fluke answered how many sold? I answered correctly but I think it was for the wrong reason. The question asked for how many ticket did student win? (Which I thought was odd phrasing).
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Is the question typed wrong? The question says how many were won but fluke answered how many sold? I answered correctly but I think it was for the wrong reason. The question asked for how many ticket did student win? (Which I thought was odd phrasing).
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Edited the question. Below is correct version:
A certain student sold exactly 40% of all the tickets sold for a raffle, and exactly 10% of all ticket-holders won prizes in the raffle. If all ticket-holders purchased only one ticket, and if each ticket could win a maximum of one prize, how many tickets did the student sell?

(1) The student sold 3 winning tickets.
(2) There were 25 available prizes to be won in the raffle.
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Are we assuming all prizes were won? If so, how can we assume this?

B states that 25 prizes were available.
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Is the question typed wrong? The question says how many were won but fluke answered how many sold? I answered correctly but I think it was for the wrong reason. The question asked for how many ticket did student win? (Which I thought was odd phrasing).

Edited the question. Below is correct version:
A certain student sold exactly 40% of all the tickets sold for a raffle, and exactly 10% of all ticket-holders won prizes in the raffle. If all ticket-holders purchased only one ticket, and if each ticket could win a maximum of one prize, how many tickets did the student sell?

(1) The student sold 3 winning tickets.
(2) There were 25 available prizes to be won in the raffle.
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Hi Bunuel
Could you please explain the answer? unable to understand :(
Is it 0.10x0.25xTotal tickets = 25?
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Are we assuming all prizes were won? If so, how can we assume this?

B states that 25 prizes were available.
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I agree. I chose E because nothing in the question indicates that all the prizes had to be won. Had it said every prize would be given out, or something similar, I would agree with B.
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Is the question typed wrong? The question says how many were won but fluke answered how many sold? I answered correctly but I think it was for the wrong reason. The question asked for how many ticket did student win? (Which I thought was odd phrasing).

Edited the question. Below is correct version:
A certain student sold exactly 40% of all the tickets sold for a raffle, and exactly 10% of all ticket-holders won prizes in the raffle. If all ticket-holders purchased only one ticket, and if each ticket could win a maximum of one prize, how many tickets did the student sell?

(1) The student sold 3 winning tickets.
(2) There were 25 available prizes to be won in the raffle.
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Hi Bunuel,
In b,we are told that there are 25 "available" prizes.can't it be case where 15 out of 25 available won prizes?
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A certain student sold exactly 40% of all the tickets sold for a raffle, and exactly 10% of all ticket-holders won prizes in the raffle. If all ticket-holders purchased only one ticket, and if each ticket could win a maximum of one prize, how many tickets did the student sell?

(1) The student sold 3 winning tickets.
(2) There were 25 available prizes to be won in the raffle.

(1)sufficient, if student sold 3 won ticket so x=total ticket y=sold ticket
0.1*Y=3 Y=30 and 0.4X= 30 then x=75 so A is sufficient,
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Hi,

The question is incomplete.

It doesn't specify on the prizes won.

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A certain student sold exactly 40% of all the tickets sold for a raffle, and exactly 10% of all ticket-holders won prizes in the raffle. If all ticket-holders purchased only one ticket, and if each ticket could win a maximum of one prize, how many tickets did the student sell?

(1) The student sold 3 winning tickets.
(2) There were 25 available prizes to be won in the raffle.

(1)sufficient, if student sold 3 won ticket so x=total ticket y=sold ticket
0.1*Y=3 Y=30 and 0.4X= 30 then x=75 so A is sufficient,
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Same, I picked A. If 3 winning tickets and 10% of ticket holders won prizes, than obviously 30 tickets were sold.
In B, 25 "available prizes to be won" could mean 0 prizes won or 25 prizes won, insuff
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chetan2u can you please explain the ans? shouldn't the ans be A? Since it has asked how many tickets did the student sell? With A we can clearly say there were 30 tickets that were sold, But with B we cannot tell how many tickets were sold.
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