Company KW is being sold, and both Company A and Company B were considering the purchase. The price of Company KW is 30% more than Company A has in assets, and this same price is also 100% more than Company B has in assets. If Companies A and B were to merge and combine their assets, the price of Company KW would be approximately what percent of these combined assets?
Pick one.
A) 66 % B) 79 % C) 86 % D) 116 % E) 150 %

Rationale: let the price of company a ' s assets be 100 price of assets of kw is 30 % more than company a ' s assets which is 130 price of assets of kw is 100 % more than company b ' s assets which means price of company b ' s assets is half the price of kw = 65 a + b = 165 kw = 130 kw / ( a + b ) * 100 = 130 / 165 * 100 = 78.78 % or 79 % b
Answer: B