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December 11, 2013
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Today's Practice GMAT Question:
| A certain customer at a restaurant calculates his tip by adding a constant dollar amount to another sum that is directly proportional to the total bill for the meal. If his total bill for the meal was $24.00, what will the be the dollar amount of his tip? | |
| (1) | If the total bill for his meal had been four dollars greater, the customer would've calculated a tip of $4.80. |
| (2) | If the total bill for his meal had been six dollars less, the customer would've calculated a tip of $3.80. |
| (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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