You’ve already considered the question
stem below. Now, let’s consider separately each statement that goes with
it. Statement (2) is shorter, so we’ll start with that:
A batch of cookies is divided among three
jars. What fraction of the cookies is placed in the third jar?
(1) 1/3 of the cookies
are placed in the first jar, while 13 of the cookies are placed
in the second jar.
(2) The jars contain a total of 36 cookies,
and 30 of those are in the first two jars.
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Sufficient |
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Insufficient. |
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Countinue
If you know the total number of cookies, 36,
and the number in the other two jars, 30, then you can figure out the
fraction of cookies in the third. Statement (2) is sufficient.
That means that you can eliminate Choices (A),
(C), and (E) based on our previous exercises.
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Statement (1) BY ITSELF is
sufficient, but statement (2) by itself is not sufficient. |
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Statement (2) BY ITSELF is
sufficient, but statement 1 by itself is not sufficient. |
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Both statements TAKEN TOGETHER
are sufficient, but NEITHER statement BY ITSELF is sufficient. |
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EACH statement BY ITSELF is
sufficient. |
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The two statements TAKEN TOGETHER
are NOT sufficient. |
Notice that we’ve ruled out 3 or the 5 answer
choices simply by considering one Statement! This is one of the many advantages
of this fixed-format question type.
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