What is the area of the top of the table? Statements i) the top of the table is rectangular in shape ii) the length of the top of the table is 35 cm in data sufficiency?
Answers
Option 4 is the correct answer.
Given:
i) The top of the table is rectangular in shape
ii) The length of the top of the table is 35 cm
To find:
Area of the top of the table?
Solution:
The possible statements are
1) Statement i) is sufficient to solve the problem
2) Statement ii) is sufficient to solve the problem
3) Statement i) and ii) both together are sufficient to solve the problem
4) Statement i) and ii) together are not sufficient to solve the problem
5) Either of the statements are sufficient to solve the problem
Area of the top of the table depends on the shape of it, whether it is a square or a rectangle, the dimensions of the sides.
Once the shape is known, we need to know the length and breadth dimensions.
If the shape is known and the dimensions are not known, the area in value cannot be calculated.
If just one dimension is mentioned, we cannot calculate the area.
So, two statements i) and ii) together cannot determine the area of the table top.
Therefore, option 4 is the correct answer.