Saturday, March 10, 2007

"QUESTION ON DEMAND"

1. A certain brand of computer can be bought with or without a hard drive. The computer with the hard
drive costs 2,900 dollars. The computer without the hard drive costs 1,950 dollars more than the hard
drive alone. What is the cost of the hard drive?
(A) 400
(B) 450
(C) 475
(D) 500
(E) 525

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5 comments:

goyalakshay said...

its C 475

Unknown said...

c

Madhur said...

c

Unknown said...

can anybody explain?

Hungry said...

@shreyansh:
1st sentence: Comp + HDD = 2900
2nd sentence: Comp = 1950 + HDD

So,
1950 + HDD + HDD = 2900

=>

HDD = 950/2 => 475 [C]