Subject: General Aptitude · Chapter: Profit and Loss · Exam: · Marks: · Difficulty:
What is the price of a banana? I. A man can buy 14 bananas and 35 oranges for ` 84. II. With 50% discount on the price of bananas, ` 12 would buy 4 bananas and 5 oranges.
Answer
SELF-PRACTICE — the source book printed no answer.
Nothing is invented here, so this question has no answer on record.
Explanation
Let the price of a banana be ₹$x$ and that of an orange ₹$y$. I. $14x+35y=84 \Rightarrow 2x+5y=12$. II. $4\times\frac{x}{2}+5y=12 \Rightarrow 2x+5y=12$. Thus, even I and II together do not give the answer. ∴ Correct answer is (d).
Explanation as extracted from the printed page; notation may be imperfect.