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I don't think each statement alone is sufficient. The problem here is I statement could be true with either a subtraction sign or the multiplication sign while both second statements could be possible with just the multiplication sign so essentially both the statements doesn't help us in any respect.

Kindly help and suggest the rationale for same

I strongly agree. Could you please tell us more about this?
Hello everyone.
what we must consider here is the question stem.
the question asks the value of 1|3 # 1|4
from statement 1 we see that # might represent multiplication or subtraction. now on operating that on the question stem we get
1\3 - 1\4 =1\12
1\3 * 1\4 =1\12
thus no matter the operation we get the same result, thus i believe statement 1 to be sufficient
we are not asked to find what # represents but find the value of 1\3 # 1\4 and for both cases we get the same value.
statement 2 gives us one possibility that is multiplication and by that we can obtain the value as asked in the question.
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Answer should be B.
Statement 2 alone is sufficient.
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The symbol # represents one of addition, subtraction, multiplication or division. What is the value of \(\frac{1}{3}\) # \(\frac{1}{4}\)?

1) \(\frac{1}{6}\) # \(\frac{1}{7}\) = \(\frac{1}{42}\)

2) \(\frac{1}{5}\) # \(\frac{1}{4}\) = \(\frac{1}{20}\)

Answer should be B.
Statement 2 alone is sufficient.
No, the correct answer is D, not B. From (1), # can either represent multiplication or subtraction. In either case, the value of \(\frac{1}{3}\) # \(\frac{1}{4}\) is \(\frac{1}{12}\). Hence, (1) is also sufficient.­
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