Question

A person wants to purchase 1,000 pieces of article A and 800 pieces of article B. There is an offer price on these two articles that for every purchase of 4 pieces of article B, 1 piece of article A is given free. What percentage of amount should he spend on article A to fulfill his requirement?
Statement 1: Ratio of price of article A to article B is 3 : 5
Statement 2: Price of article A is one fourth of the price of article B
Directions: This question has a problem and two statements numbered (1) and (2) giving certain information. You have to decide if the information given in the statements is sufficient for answering the problem. Indicate your answer :

• A. statement (1) alone is sufficient to answer the question
• B. statement (2) alone is sufficient to answer the question
• C. both the statements together are needed to answer the question
• D. either statement (1) alone or statement (2) alone is sufficient to answer the question
• E. neither statement (1) nor statement (2) suffices to answer the question

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

either statement (1) alone or statement (2) alone is sufficient to answer the question

Answer 2

The correct answer is option (D): either statement (1) alone or statement (2) alone is sufficient to answer the question