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Cost of 1 value meal = v (integer)
Cost of 1 burger = b (integer)
Cost of 1 soft drink = s (integer)
Cost of 1 fries = f (integer)

As per stem, 3v + 2b + s = 24. Question is v = ?

St1: b + s = 5
Let us put that in the equation from stem.

3v + 2b + s = 24
3v + b + (b + s) = 24
3v + b = 19

This equation has several integral solutions. Keep in mind that b + s = 5, hence other values for b are not possible. So, the two possible ones are: v = 6 and b = 1; v = 5 and b = 4. Not sufficient.

Down to B, C or E.

St2: s < f < b. Not sufficient.

St1 and St2 combined: Since b + s = 5 and we got b = 1 or 4 -> s = 4 or 1; using s < b we know b = 4 which means v = 5.

Final values: v = 5, b = 4 and s = 1

Answer (C).
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At a certain restaurant, burgers, fries, and soft drinks are sold individually but can also be combined in a value meal consisting of a burger, an order of fries, and a soft drink. The cost of the value meal is less than the costs of the three items combined. If Hubert bought 3 value meals, 2 individual burgers, and an individual soft drink for a total of $24, and if all individual items and value meals cost whole dollar amounts, what is the price of one value meal?

Cost of a burger = B;
Cost of fries = F;
Cost of a drink = D;
Cost of a value meal = V.

Given: 3V+2B+D=24 (V=8-(2B+D/3)) and B+F+D<V.
Question: V=8-(2B+D/3)=?

(1) The total cost for an individual burger and an individual soft drink is $5 --> B+D=5 --> (B, D) could be (1, 4), (2, 3), (3, 2), or (4, 1).

Now, if (B, D) is (2, 3) or (3, 2), then V=8-(2B+D/3) won't be an integer, thus these values are not possible.
Therefore, valid solutions for (B, D) are (1, 4) or (4, 1).

Therefore V=8-(2B+D/3)=6 or V=8-(2B+D/3)=5.

Not sufficient.

(2) An order of fries is more expensive than a soft drink and less expensive than a burger --> D<F<B. Not sufficient.

(1)+(2) Since from (2) D<B, then D=1 and B=4 --> V=8-(2B+D/3)=5. Sufficient.

Answer: C.

Hope it's clear.

Bunuel,

Infact when you consider the case (B,D) = (2,3) then V=8-(2B+D/3)=5 will be V=8-(2*2+3/3)=3-->Integer. On the contrary, how did you arrive at integer values for (1,4) and (4,1). Both 4 and 1 are not divisible by 3.

Could you help me?

Actually it's \(V=8-\frac{(2B+D)}{3}\) not V=8-(2B+D/3). Typo edited.
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Alright maybe a more logical and simple way to do it is this :

Statement 1 3M+2B=24

Simply statement B says that Drink<Fries<Burger and that D+B=5 , from the questions stem we know that each item must be a whole number and the only two options to get a sum of five are 2+3 or 1+4 in the case of 2,3 there is no whole number in between, therefore Burger must cost 4$ and drink must cost 1$.

Just plug in B=4 in formula one and you can solve it. Hope it was Clear ;)
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OK so we have that B+F+D>M and we also know that 3M+2B+D=24.

Let's see.

In statement 1 we have that B+D=5. this is clearly not sufficient to answer the question. Therefore insuff.

Statement 2 tells us that B>F>D. But still we are missing information.

From both statements we have that B+D = 5 and that B>F>D. Now we can only have 4>2>1, if we do then 3M=15, M=5. And also, 4+2+7>5 which is true as well. Therefore, C is the correct answer.

Just to elaborate if D=2 then B would have to be 3, but since we have F and we are told that F is an integer then it is impossible to have another value for D.

Hope its clear
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