CAT 2020 Slot 2 QA Q24 Equations

Question 24 of the Quantitative Ability (QA) section, CAT 2020 Slot 2, with CAT's official answer.

Aron bought some pencils and sharpeners. Spending the same amount of money as Aron, Aditya bought twice as many pencils and 10 less sharpeners. If the cost of one sharpener is 2 more than the cost of a pencil, then the minimum possible number of pencils bought by Aron and Aditya together is
  1. A
    33
  2. B
    27
  3. C
    30
  4. D
    36

Answer: (A) 33 Equations MCQ

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