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Sunil Ahlawat

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· 1 Months ago

So the ans must be D

Question:
DIRECTIONS: In each of the following questions, a question is followed by information given in two statements. You have to study the question along with the statements and decide, the information given in which of the statements (s) is necessary to answer the question?


Question:

On a certain day, a boat carried 1800 persons across a river in 15 hours. How many round trips did the boat make?


Statements:

I. On the whole, the boat carried 90 persons per round trip.

II. The boat took 35 minutes for each way and 10 minutes for waiting at each terminal.
Options:
A) If the question can be answered by using statement I alone but not by using statement II alone
B) If the question can be answered by using statement II alone but not by using statement I alone
C) If the question can be answered by using either of the statements alone
D) If the question can be answered by using both the statements together but not by either of the statements alone
E) If the question cannot be answered even by using both the statements together
Solution:
From statement I, as we know the number of persons carried per trip and the total persons carried, we can find the number of round trips. Also from statement II, time taken per round trip and the total time taken for carrying 1800 persons is given, again we can find the number of round trips.

kashish Gupta

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· 1 Months ago

can the answer be C....

i can divide 1800 by 90 in order to obtain how many trips boat had....

total time divided by time taken in each trip


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