CAT 2001QA Question 56

Simple EquationsEasy
Passage / Data

Answer the following question based on the information given below.

The petrol consumption rate of a new model car 'Palto' depends on its speed and may be described by the graph below

Choose 1; if the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but cannot be answered using the other statement alone.
Choose 2; if the question can be answered by using either statement alone.
Choose 3; if the question can be answered by using both statements together, but cannot be answered using either statement alone.
Choose 4; if the question cannot be answered even by using both statements together.

Two friends, Ram and Gopal, bought apples from a wholesale dealer. How many apples did they buy?

  1. Ram bought one-half the number of apples that Gopal bought.
  2. The wholesale dealer had a stock of 500 apples.

Answer & solution

  • A

    1

  • B

    2

  • C

    3

  • 4

Solution

Statement A simply gives the ratio of apples between Ram and Gopal.

∴ Statement A is not alone sufficient to answer the question.

Statement B doesn’t provide any information related to number of apples bought by Ram and Gopal.

Even after combining both the statements A and B together, the question cannot be answered.

Hence, option (d).

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