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October 07, 2009

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Today's Practice GMAT Question:

Working independently at their respective constant rates, machines X and Y took 15 minutes to fill an order. What fraction of the order was filled by machine X?
(1) Working alone at its constant rate, machine X would have taken 60 minutes to fill the order.
(2) Working alone at its constant rate, machine Y would have taken 20 minutes to fill the order.
  
(A) Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
(B) Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
(C) BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
(D) EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
(E) Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.


 

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Need more work in this area? Check out the Rates, Ratios, and Percents set of (100) practice problems.There is also a full chapter covering Combined Rates in Total GMAT Math. It includes additional practice problems, as well.

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