{"id":1069,"date":"2024-04-17T16:36:15","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T23:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/gmat\/?p=1069"},"modified":"2016-08-09T16:17:04","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T23:17:04","slug":"data-insights-practice-problem-multi-source-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/gmat\/data-insights-practice-problem-multi-source-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Insights Practice Problem: Multi-Source Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>The following is a Multi-Source Reasoning practice problem, which will be part of the\u00a0GMAT Data Insights section.<\/li>\n<li>You are allowed to use a calculator on this section, because you will be given an on-screen calculator for Data Insights questions on the real GMAT<\/li>\n<li>Here, the three &#8220;cards&#8221; will simply appear one after the other.\u00a0 On the real GMAT, they will be clickable cards all in the view of one window on different tabs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Card #1<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whizzo Chocolate Company in Chicago, IL, makes a wide variety of exceptionally high quality confections.\u00a0 Each one of their products can be classified into one of 5 groups. (Weights include all necessary packaging for shipping.)<\/p>\n<p>1) 12-piece assortments (1.5 lbs, $14.99), some of which require refrigerated shipping and some of which do not.<\/p>\n<p>2) 20-piece assortments (2.0 lbs, $24.99), some of which require refrigerated shipping and some of which do not.<\/p>\n<p>3) a small chocolate-covered fruit basket (12 lb, $39.99), which requires refrigerated shipping<\/p>\n<p>4) a large chocolate-covered fruit basket (30 lb, $59.99), which requires refrigerated shipping<\/p>\n<p>5) an all-chocolate chessboard with white &amp; dark chocolate chessmen (25 lb, $149.99), which requires refrigerated shipping<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Card #2<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whizzo Chocolate Company uses only the following shipping methods<\/p>\n<p>Western Food Sender<\/p>\n<p>a) WFS non-refrigerated service: $50 plus $10 times each pound<\/p>\n<p>b) WFS refrigerated service: $80 plus $15 times each pound<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Card #3<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If a single order is a &#8220;mixed order&#8221;, that is, it contains both items that require refrigerated shipping and items that do not require refrigerated shipping, it does no harm to the latter items to ship them in refrigerated shipping.\u00a0 If a single order is a mixed order, customer has a choice:<\/p>\n<p>a) only items requiring refrigerated shipping\u00a0 sent via refrigerated shipping , and all other items sent without refrigeration<\/p>\n<p>b) all items, regardless of type, sentvia refrigerated shipping<\/p>\n<p>When a customer places a mixed order, the Whizzo sales representative will make this choice clear to the customer, and make clear that absolutely no damage will occur by refrigerating those items which don&#8217;t require refrigeration.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Practice Problems<\/h2>\n<p>1) If a person in Pennsylvania has a total of $500 to spend on a Whizzo order, which of the following orders could he afford, including the cost of shipping?<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"499\">five 12-piece assortments, all requiring refrigerated shipping<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">\n<p align=\"center\">Yes<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"73\">\n<p align=\"center\">No<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"499\">two large chocolate-covered fruit basket<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">\n<p align=\"center\">Yes<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"73\">\n<p align=\"center\">No<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"499\">the all-chocolate chessboard with white &amp; dark chocolate chessmen<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">\n<p align=\"center\">Yes<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"73\">\n<p align=\"center\">No<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2) For each of the following &#8220;mixed orders&#8221;, each containing twenty items total, which shipping option will be less expensive?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Option A<\/strong>) only items requiring refrigerated shipping\u00a0 sent via refrigerated shipping , and all other items sent without refrigeration<\/p>\n<p><strong>Option B<\/strong>) all items, regardless of type, sent via refrigerated shipping<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"499\">fifteen 12-piece assortments requiring refrigerated shipping and five 12-piece assortments not requiring refrigerated shipping<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">\n<p align=\"center\">A<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"73\">\n<p align=\"center\">B<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"499\">ten 12-piece assortments requiring refrigerated shipping and ten 12-piece assortments not requiring refrigerated shipping<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">\n<p align=\"center\">A<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"73\">\n<p align=\"center\">B<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"499\">five 12-piece assortments requiring refrigerated shipping and fifteen 12-piece assortments not requiring refrigerated shipping<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">\n<p align=\"center\">A<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"73\">\n<p align=\"center\">B<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Answers and Explanations<\/h2>\n<p>(1) Yes; No; No; (2) B, A, A;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1) Base cost of five 12-piece assortment = 5 x $14.99 = $74.95.<\/p>\n<p>Combined weight = 5 x 1.5 = 7.5 lb.<\/p>\n<p>Refrigeration required.<\/p>\n<p>Shipping cost = 80 + 15*75 = $192.50<\/p>\n<p>Total cost = $74.95 + $192.50 = $267.45 -&gt; affordable<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Base cost of two large chocolate-covered fruit basket = 2 x $59.99 = $119.98<\/p>\n<p>Combined weight = 2 x 30 = 60 lb<\/p>\n<p>Shipping cost = 80 + 15*60 = $980 -&gt; way over budget<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Base cost of all-chocolate chessboard = $149.99<\/p>\n<p>Weight = 25 lbs<\/p>\n<p>Shipping cost = 80 + 15*25 = $455 -&gt; over budget<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2) Suppose you have a mixed order and it is all going to be sent via refrigerated shipping.\u00a0 That cost $80 + $15*(# of pound).\u00a0 Suppose some items, not requiring refrigeration, are removed from that shipment, and a non-refrigerated shipment is created.\u00a0 The additional cost is the $50 base cost of a non-refrigerated shipment.\u00a0 The savings per pound is the difference in the per pound rates: $15\/lb &#8211; $10\/lb = $5\/lb.\u00a0 When will this saving exceed the additional $50 cost?\u00a0 When the total weight of the non-refrigerated shipment exceeds 10 lbs.<\/p>\n<p>The first order has five 12-piece assortments not requiring refrigerated shipping:\u00a0 5 x 1.5 = 7.5 lbs of goods not requiring refrigerated shipping.\u00a0 That is not enough to justify a separate non-refrigerated order.<\/p>\n<p>The second order has ten 12-piece assortments not requiring refrigerated shipping:\u00a0 10 x 1.5 = 15 lbs of goods not requiring refrigerated shipping.\u00a0 That is enough to justify a separate non-refrigerated order.<\/p>\n<p>The third order has even more weight not requiring refrigerated shipping, so this one will also justify a separate non-refrigerated order.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>BTW, the name &#8220;Whizzo Chocolate Company&#8221; is my homage to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Qs8KNgT-kqo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a classic Monty Python skit<\/a>. \u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a Multi-Source Reasoning practice problem, which will be part of the\u00a0GMAT Data Insights section. 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