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Which Sport Utility Vehicle has a Higher List Price, the Touristo GMAT Data Sufficiency

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Question: Which sport utility vehicle has a higher list price, the Touristo or the Leisure?

(1) The list price of the Leisure is 5/6 the list price of the Touristo.
(2) The list price of the Touristo is 1.2 times the list price of the Leisure.

  1. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
  2. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
  3. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
  4. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
  5. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are not sufficient.

“Which sport utility vehicle has a higher list price, the Touristo or”- is a topic of the GMAT Quantitative reasoning section of GMAT. This question has been taken from the book "Princeton Review GMAT Premium Prep". GMAT Quant section consists of a total of 31 questions. GMAT Data Sufficiency questions consist of a problem statement followed by two factual statements. GMAT data sufficiency comprises 15 questions which are two-fifths of the total 31 GMAT quant questions.

Solution and Explanation:
Approach Solution 1:
According to Statement (1), the list price of the Leisure is the list price of the Touristo. The list price of the Touristo is therefore greater than the list price of the Leisure.

Statement (1) is sufficient; the answer must be (A) or (D).

Statement (2) tells you that the list price of the Touristo is 1.2 times the list price of the Leisure. So Statement (2) also tells you that the list price of the Touristo is greater than the list price of the Leisure.

Correct Answer: D

Approach Solution 2:
Statement 1: The list price of the Leisure is 5/6 the list price of the Touristo.
If the Leisure's price is 5/6 of the Touristo's price, then the answer to the target question is the Touristo has the higher price
Since we can answer the target question with certainty, statement 1 is SUFFICIENT

Statement 2: The list price of the Touristo is 1.2 times the list of the Leisure.
The answer to the target question is the Touristo has the higher price
Since we can answer the target question with certainty, statement 2 is SUFFICIENT

Correct Answer: D

Approach Solution 3:
Statement I
The list price of the Leisure is 5/6 the list price of the Touristo
Leisure < Touristo -----------Sufficient

Statement II
The list price of the Touristo is 1.2 times the list price of the Leisure
Leisure < Touristo -----------Sufficient

Correct Answer: D

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