Miscellaneous Question 1

  1. Rachita enters a shop to buy icecreams, cookies and pastries. She has to buy atleast 9 units of each. She buys more cookies than ice-creams and more pastries than cookies. She picks up a total of 32 items. How many cookies does she buy?

(1) Either 12 or 13

(2) Either 11 or 12

(3) Either 10 or 11

(4) Either 9 or 11

(5) Either 9 or 10

(IBPS Bank PO/MT CWE 17.06.2012)

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Correct Answer: 1. (3)

Solution: 1. (3) Look:

Ice-creams + Cookies + Pastries $=32$

$\Rightarrow 9+11+12=32$

or, $9+10+13=32$

$10+11+12 \neq 32$