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Before Esther paid for the cab, she had 17 percent more money in her w [#permalink] New post   21 Feb 2022, 04:00
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Before Esther paid for the cab, she had 17 percent more money in her wallet than Stella had in hers.
After Esther paid for the cab she had 17 percent less money in her wallet than she had had before paying.

Quantity A
Quantity B
The amount Stella has in her wallet
The amount Esther has in her wallet after paying for the cab.



A) The quantity in Column A is greater.
B) The quantity in Column B is greater.
C) The two quantities are equal.
D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
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Re: Before Esther paid for the cab, she had 17 percent more money in her w [#permalink] New post   03 Mar 2022, 11:52
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Before Payment

Lets assume Stella = 100 and Esther = 117

After Payment

Stella = 100 and Esther = 97.11 (117*0.83).

So ans is A
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Re: Before Esther paid for the cab, she had 17 percent more money in her w [#permalink] New post   04 Mar 2022, 23:36
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Before Esther paid for the cab, she had 17 percent more money in her wallet than Stella had in hers.
After Esther paid for the cab she had 17 percent less money in her wallet than she had had before paying.

Quantity A
Quantity B
The amount Stella has in her wallet
The amount Esther has in her wallet after paying for the cab.



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


Given;
E = 1.17S

Now,
E - cab = 0.83E
cab = E - 0.83E = 0.17E

Col. A: S
Col. B: E - cab = E - 0.17E = 0.83E

plug E = 1.17S

Col. A: S
Col. B: 0.83(1.17S) = 0.9711S

Col. A > Col. B
Hence, option A
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