The number of people who purchased book A is twice the number of people who purchased book B. The number of people who purchased both books A and B is 500, which is twice the number of people who purchased only book B. What is the number of people X who purchased only book A?  Choose the most appropriate option.
A) 250 B) 500 C) 750 D) 1000 E) 1500

Rationale: "this is best solved using overlapping sets or a venn diagram . we know that a = 2 b , and that 500 people purchased both a and b . further , those purchasing both was double those purchasing b only . this gives us 250 people purchasing b only . with the 500 that pruchased both , we have a total of 750 that purchased b and this is 1 / 2 of those that purchased a . so , 1500 purchased a . less the 500 that purchased both , x = 1000 purchased a only . ( this is much simpler to solve using the venn diagram ) . correct answer is d . 1000"
Answer: D