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Re: A manufacturer makes and sells 2 products, P and Q. The reve [#permalink]
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Eddy1 wrote:
I am little confused about the interpretation of the line "manufacturer sold twice as many units of Q as P"
Based on my understanding - the equation must look like Q=2P instead of P=2Q. Source for such inference is an answer I picked from GMAT club. Its written below
"If you follow the above process, you will start with the clause "twice as many A". This implies that the quantity of A is two times or double the quantity of something else, which here is B.

So if there are a dozen items of B, you will have double that number for A, which would be 24. That is, A=2B.

Alternatively, to obtain the equation 2A=B, you would translate the following sentence: "There are half as many A as there are B."


Can you please help me understand why are we interpreting it differently?


Your algebraic translation is spot-on. Perfect.
The equation is definitely Q=2P

I have a feeling you made your post because you feel it contradicts something I wrote in my solution: "So, let's say the manufacturer sold 1 P and 2 Q's"

Notice that these values satisfy your equation, Q = 2P.
When we plug P =1 and Q = 2 into your equation (Q = 2P) we get: 2 = 2(1), which works perfectly.
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