Explanation
The question tells us that the people are lined up such
that their ages are 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, and so on, up to an upper limit that is
not told to us. If we get the information we need to write out all of the exact
ages, then the sum is calculable (though we won't bother to calculate it, of
course). On to the data statements. Statement (1) would allow us to determine
the complete sequence; we can tell that without writing out all 37 terms,
because we know we could. So it's sufficient. Statement (2) is also sufficient,
because it gives us the last term and hence would allow us to write out the
entire sequence. By the way, in either case, the sum itself is not too
difficult to calculate, because we can manipulate the formula for the average
of numbers to do so. But we don't have to do that here.
The correct answer is (D).
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