Miscellaneous Question 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, $9+10+13=32$
$10+11+12 \neq 32$