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A box contains red and blue marbles. What is the ratio

Q: Answer-A box contains red and blue marbles. What is the ratio of red marbles to blue marbles in the box? S...

Let r red marbles, b blue marbles. Statement I r 0.4rb Solve 0.6r 0.4b rb 23 Ratio found. Sufficient. Statement II b r30 No fixed ratio depends on value of r. Not sufficient. Therefore, Only Statement I is sufficient. Hence, Statement I alone is sufficient, Statement II alone is not.

of red marbles to blue marbles in the box? Statements I: The number of red marbles is 40% of the total number of marbles in the box. Statements II: There are 30 more blue marbles than red marbles. In each of the following questions, two statements or three statements are given. You are expected to solve them and determine which statement or combination of statements is sufficient to answer the question.

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 alone is sufficient.

D Each statement alone is sufficient.

E Statements 1 and 2 together are not sufficient.

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