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What is Mary’s age?
(1) In two years, Mary will be twice as old as Beth is now.
(2) Susan’s age is the average of Mary’s and Beth’s ages.
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Statement 1:
(1) In two years, Mary will be twice as old as Beth is now.
This statement relates Mary’s age 2 yrs from now to the current age of Beth.
As, Beth’s current age is unknown.
Hence, Insufficient Statement 2:
(2) Susan’s age is the average of Mary’s and Beth’s ages.
Susan = (Mary + Beth)/2
All three are unknown values.
Hence, Insufficient
Combining these statements, we get
As no statement provides, any value to start with. And with unknown parameters, we cannot arrive anything conclusive.
Option E.