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If all apples at a certain grocery store are equally priced, and all pears at the same grocery store are equally priced, what is the price of a pear?

(1) Eight pears cost eighty cents more than eight apples.
(2) Ten apples cost twenty cents more than eight pears.


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Let the price of Apple and Pear be A and P respectively.

we need to find the value of P .

Statement 1:

(1) Eight pears cost eighty cents more than eight apples.

8P = 80 + 8A

Two Unknowns , Hence insufficient

Statement 2:

(2) Ten apples cost twenty cents more than eight pears.

10A = 20 + 8P

Two Unknowns , Hence insufficient

Combining both statements,

10A = 20 + (80+8A)

2A = 100

A = 50

8P = 80 + 8A = 80 + 8*50 = 480.

P = 60 cents.

Option C
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