Kristie currently spends her $1,000 a week income on X,Y,and Z. Her mother gives her an extra $400 and tells her to use it to buy more Z. Kristie actually takes the $400 her mother gave to her,adds it $40 of the $300 she usually spends on Z,and buys $660 worth of Z. Did Kristie's mother's $400 go to buy only Z?
A) Yes, because Kristie used her mother's actual $400 (four $100 bills) to buy Z.
B) No, because if it had, Kristie would have bought $700 worth of Z. Some of Kristie's mother's money went for what Kristie had next on her list to buy.
C) Yes, since Kristie bought $640 worth of Z, and the amount of money her mother gave her is less than $640.
D) There is not enough information to answer the question.

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Kristie only added $40 of her usual $300 expense on Z to the $400 her mother gave her, which means that she still had $260 of her mother's money left. If Kristie only spent her mother's money on Z, she would have been able to buy $700 worth of it. Therefore, some of the money from Kristie's mother must have gone towards other items on her list.

Kristie Currently Spends Her $1,000 a Week Income on X,Y,and