What percent is X of Y ? (1) Y is bigger than 2 X by 54 . (2) X is smaller than 3 Y by 72 .

Correct Answer is : Statements (1) and (2) TAKEN TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question, even though NEITHER statement BY ITSELF is sufficient.

Statement (1) BY ITSELF is sufficient to answer the question, but statement (2) by itself is not.

Statement (2) BY ITSELF is sufficient to answer the question, but statement (1) by itself is not.

Statements (1) and (2) TAKEN TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question, even though NEITHER statement BY ITSELF is sufficient.

Either statement BY ITSELF is sufficient to answer the question.

Statements (1) and (2) TAKEN TOGETHER are NOT sufficient to answer the question, requiring more data pertaining to the problem.

GMAT Quantitative Reasoning Practice Test 5

Question : 84 of 100

Marks: +1, -0

What percent is

X

Y

?
(1)

Y

is bigger than

2 X

by 54 .
(2)

X

is smaller than

3 Y

by 72 .

Statement (1) BY ITSELF is sufficient to answer the question, but statement (2) by itself is not.
Statement (2) BY ITSELF is sufficient to answer the question, but statement (1) by itself is not.
Statements (1) and (2) TAKEN TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question, even though NEITHER statement BY ITSELF is sufficient.
Either statement BY ITSELF is sufficient to answer the question.
Statements (1) and (2) TAKEN TOGETHER are NOT sufficient to answer the question, requiring more data pertaining to the problem.

Validate

Solution:

Statement (1) can be written as:

Y=2 X+54

.
Statement (2) can be written as:

X=3 Y-72

.
Combining both statements, we have two different equations containing

X

and

Y

and so we can solve and find the value of

X

and

Y

and calculate what is

X

percent of

Y

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