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Subashini Jayavel

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· 1 Months ago

need explanation ,plz

Question:

DIRECTIONS: Read the following passage and solve the questions based on it.


Manu, an intelligent baby girl, plucks apples from her father’s orchard on ten consecutive days. When asked by her mother as to how many apples has she plucked from the orchard daily, she gives the following sheet to her mother:




In the above question, how many of the statements can be verified for being right or wrong (using table I only)?
Options:
A) 0
B) 1
C) 2
D) 3
E) 4
Solution:
Only statement I and statement III can be verified

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· 1 Months ago

No of apples plucked on Day 1 (1+2+3) + (4+5+6) – (2+3+4+5+6)= 130+145-225 = 50 Day 2 (2+3+4)+ (5+6+7)- (3+4+5+6+7) = 150 + 140 -265 = 25 Day 3 (1+2+3) + (3+4+5) – (1+2+3+4+5+6) = 130+ 165 -240 = 55 Day 4 (2+3+4) + (4+5+6) – (2+3+4+5+6) = 150+ 145 -225 =70 Day 5 (3+4+5) + (5+6+7) – (3+4+5+6+7) = 165 + 140 -265 = 40 Day 6 (4+5+6) + (6+7+8) – (4+5+6+7+8) = 145-160-270 =35 Day 7 (5+6+7) + (7+8+9) – (5+6+7+8+9) = 140+175-250=65 Day 8 (6+7+8) +(8+9+10) – (6+7+8+9+10) = 160+155-255=60 Day 9 (4+5+6) + (7+8+9) – (4+5+6+7+8) = 145 + 175 -270 = 50 Day 10 (5+6+7) + (8+9+10) – (5+6+7+8+9) = 140 + 155 – 250 = 45 No of apples plucked on day 6 is 35.

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