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Nancy purchased a consignment of c red roses at a cost of d
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Nancy purchased a consignment of c red roses at a cost of d dollars. She made bouquets with the roses and each bouquet contained d roses. She sold each bouquet at a price of c dollars. Overall, she made a profit.
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.
Quantity A |
Quantity B |
Cost (in dollars) of each flower in the consignment |
1 dollar |
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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Can somebody please explain the answer to this question ?
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Nancy purchased a consignment of c red roses at a cost of d dollars. She made bouquets with the roses and each bouquet contained d roses. She sold each bouquet at a price of c dollars. Overall, she made a profit.
Quantity A |
Quantity B |
Cost (in dollars) of each flower in the consignment |
1 dollar |
When working a Quantitative Comparison problem with a numeric value in one quantity and numerous variables in the problem, consider testing the value as the variables to determine if the quantities could be equal and use that determination to indicate the proper relationship between the quantities.
In this case, if c = 1 and d = 1, then each bouquet costing $1 would have 1 rose and each rose in the consignment would also cost $1, which would not result in a profit. So, eliminate choice C.
Now, consider what happens logically to create the requisite profit - cost of the roses in the consignment must go down while the sale price goes up.
Therefore, the only logical choice is that 1 is always the greater quantity. Select Choice B.
