A man has two articles A and B, to find the selling price of article B which…
2024
A man has two articles A and B, to find the selling price of article B which statement or statements is/are required to answer the question.
A. Total amount received by man after selling six article A and four article B is Rs.240, Form this total amount either man could buy nine article A & four article B or three article A and eight article B.
B. The ratio of profit percent on selling article A and article B is same.
C. Total profit earned on selling one article B is Rs. 6 and profit percentage on selling one article A is 25%. The selling price and the cost price of article B are Rs.10 and Rs.8 more than that of article A respectively.
- A.
Either A and B together or B and C together are sufficient to answer the question
- B.
Either A and B together or C alone is sufficient to answer the question
- C.
Either A and C together or B and C together are sufficient to answer the question
- D.
A, B and C together are sufficient to answer the question
- E.
Either only B or A and C together are sufficient to answer the question
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Correct answer: B
Statement C alone is sufficient: article B has Rs. 6 profit, and its selling price and cost price are Rs. 10 and Rs. 8 more than article A. This gives article A's profit as Rs. 4; with 25% profit on A, A's cost price is Rs. 16 and A's selling price is Rs. 20, so B's selling price is Rs. 30.
Statements A and B together are also sufficient because A sets up the selling-price/cost-price equations and B links the profit percentages.
Therefore either A and B together or C alone is sufficient.