GRE Prep Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Three friends are buying a gift for a friend. Declan contrib
[#permalink]
03 Feb 2020, 14:32
03 Feb 2020, 14:32
00:00
Question Stats:
71% (01:47) correct
28% (01:58) wrong based on 14 sessions
Hide Show timer Statistics
Three friends are buying a gift for a friend. Declan contributes 4 dollars more than 1/4 the cost of the gift, Ed contributes 1 dollar less than 1/3 the cost of the gift, and Frank contributes the remaining 22 dollars. What is the cost of the gift?
A. 48
B. 54
C. 60
D. 66
E. 72
A. 48
B. 54
C. 60
D. 66
E. 72
Re: Three friends are buying a gift for a friend. Declan contrib
[#permalink]
20 Apr 2020, 15:57
20 Apr 2020, 15:57
Expert Reply
Declan = D, Ed = E, Frank = F
t = total
D + E + F = t
(t/4 + 4) + (t/3 - 1) + 22 = t
t = 25 + (7t/12)
12t = 25(12) + 7t
5t = 5*5(12)
t = 60
t = total
D + E + F = t
(t/4 + 4) + (t/3 - 1) + 22 = t
t = 25 + (7t/12)
12t = 25(12) + 7t
5t = 5*5(12)
t = 60
Senior Manager
Joined: 23 Jan 2021
Posts: 294
Given Kudos: 81
Concentration: , International Business
Re: Three friends are buying a gift for a friend. Declan contrib
[#permalink]
23 Sep 2021, 01:35
23 Sep 2021, 01:35
2
faithfull wrote:
I found it very interesting when many friends bought one gift for a friend. This allows to buy something expensive, something that your friend will need. For example, once we contributed money and bought our friend a laptop, and at other times we gave him a smart watch. It is always better to buy one gift, but expensive than a lot of unnecessary small gifts. At least I try to do that. For this I can even ask a person what gift they would like to receive. Once I was at a birthday party and the guests were given just a whole lot of unnecessary gifts. Only gift baskets were given probably ten pieces. I wondered what a person should do with so many gift baskets.
Is it even related to question? Why are you posting such unnecessary stuff to make forum messy.
