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BrentGMATPrepNow wrote:

Bunuel wrote:
At a special sale, all of the prices of the items were different. If the price of a radio sold at the sale was both the 15th highest and the 20th lowest price among the prices of the items sold, how many items were sold at the sale?

A. 33
B. 34
C. 35
D. 36
E.37


Let x = the price of theradio

The price of a radio sold at the sale was the 15th highestprice
So, if all of the prices were written in ASCENDING order, then there would be 14 items that are moreexpensive than x (the price of the radio)
In other words, our list would look like this: ........x , ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?,?

The price of a radio sold at the sale was the 20th lowestprice
So, if all of the prices were written in ASCENDING order, then there would be 19 items that are lessexpensive than x (the price of the radio)
In other words, our list would look like this: ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?,?,x , ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?,?

How many items were
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