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# The price of a pen is (10x + y) cents, the price of a notebo

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The price of a pen is (10x + y) cents, the price of a notebo [#permalink]  28 Jul 2018, 08:10
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The price of a pen is (10x + y) cents, the price of a notebook is (10y + x) cents, and the sum of the two prices is $1.43.  Quantity A Quantity B x y A) Quantity A is greater. B) Quantity B is greater. C) The two quantities are equal. D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given. Kudos for R.A.E [Reveal] Spoiler: OA _________________ Need Practice? 20 Free GRE Quant Tests available for free with 20 Kudos GRE Prep Club Members of the Month: Each member of the month will get three months free access of GRE Prep Club tests. VP Joined: 20 Apr 2016 Posts: 1302 WE: Engineering (Energy and Utilities) Followers: 22 Kudos [?]: 1315 [1] , given: 251 Re: The price of a pen is (10x + y) cents, the price of a notebo [#permalink] 29 Jul 2018, 18:40 1 This post received KUDOS Carcass wrote: The price of a pen is (10x + y) cents, the price of a notebook is (10y + x) cents, and the sum of the two prices is$1.43.

 Quantity A Quantity B x y

A) Quantity A is greater.
B) Quantity B is greater.
C) The two quantities are equal.
D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

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As per the given statement

$$(10x + y) + (10y + x) = 1.43$$

or $$11x + 11y = 1.43$$

or $$x + y = \frac{1.43}{11} = 0.13$$

Since there is no possible ways to determine the value of x and y

So option is D
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Re: The price of a pen is (10x + y) cents, the price of a notebo   [#permalink] 29 Jul 2018, 18:40
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