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Re: The price of each mango is 65 taka and the price of each gua [#permalink]
Not sure what "Alligation method" is ??

However
Let # of mango = m
let # of guava = n
65m + 45n = 560
m + n = 10

Solving for m and n gives fractional values, so is the question correct?
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The price of each mango is 65 taka and the price of each gua [#permalink]
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Not sure what "Alligation method" is ??

However
Let # of mango = m
let # of guava = n
65m + 45n = 560
m + n = 10

Solving for m and n gives fractional values, so is the question correct?


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Question is correct and valid.

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Re: The price of each mango is 65 taka and the price of each gua [#permalink]
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Are the equations correct in my previous post? Solving them gives fractional values of fruits which doesn't make sense.
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Re: The price of each mango is 65 taka and the price of each gua [#permalink]
The Values aren't correct, but you can expect to see such questions/concepts on your GRE with obviously correct values.
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The price of each mango is 65 taka and the price of each gua [#permalink]
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It's a bad question.

We have:
65M + 45G = 560
M + G = 10

Solve to get: M = 5.5 and G = 4.5
Yuck!
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Re: The price of each mango is 65 taka and the price of each gua [#permalink]
If the originator wants to post the original question that will be great for the community
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Re: The price of each mango is 65 taka and the price of each gua [#permalink]
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I believe this is the original question (taken from the official GMAT book): https://gmatclub.com/forum/at-a-certain ... l#p1589780
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The price of each mango is 65 taka and the price of each gua [#permalink]
Guys, this question is from an Indian Bank PO exam. Don't bother too much.
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