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A pie is to be divided among 20 people. A man eats 3 pieces, a woman eats 2 pieces and a child eats ½ a piece of pie. What is the number of men, women children, so that 20 people in total and everyone get the same pie? There are 20 pieces of pie in all.
7 women, 1 man, 12 children
5 women, 1 man, 14 children
4 women, 2 men, 12 children

Solution

in third option total number of persons are 18 so it would be wrong.
in a option 7*2 + 1*3 + 12*1/2 = 23 pie so it would also be wrong
now 2nd option 5*2 + 1*3 + 14*1/2 = 20
so b option is correct

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Asked In TCS Somil Nain (14 years ago)

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RITESH ARYA  (14 years ago)

option b
5*2 + 1*3 + 12*1/2= 20

option c cancels out as total no. of people r 20

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Somil Nain  (14 years ago)

c)
4*2 + 2*3 + 12*1/2 = 20 pieces

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Somil Nain  (14 years ago)

b) as total no of people also needs to be 20

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smita dasgupta  (14 years ago)

answer is b)

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ROON  (14 years ago)

not sure option B)

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priyanka phadatare  (9 years ago)

5 women 1 men 14 children

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Ashish singh  (9 years ago)

Let the men be m, women be w and the children be c
According to the given condition, two equations can be formed
3m + 2w + 0.5c = 20...........(i)
m+w+c = 20..........(ii)
m = 20-(w+c).........(iii)
From equation i and iii
3(20-(w+c)) + 2w + 0.5 c = 20
60 - 3w-3c+2w+0.5c = 20
40 = w+5c/2
=> c = 2(40-w)/5
For c is to be integer,
w = 5, w= 10, w = 15 and so on

w= 5, c = 14, m = 1
w=10, c=12, m = (-)ve
Thus, and is ,
w= 5, c =14 and m =1

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