Five horses, Red, White, Grey, Black and Spotted participated in a race. As per the rules of the race, the persons betting on the winning horse get four times the bet amount and those betting on the horse that came in second get thrice the bet amount. Moreover, the bet amount is returned to those betting on the horse that came in third, and the rest lose the bet amount. Raju bets Rs. 3000, Rs. 2000 Rs. 1000 on Red, White and Black horses respectively and ends up with no profit and no loss.
15. Which of the following cannot be true?
(1) At least two horses finished before Spotted
(2) Red finished last
(3) There were three horses between Black and Spotted
(4) There were three horses between White and Red
(5) Grey came in second
16. Suppose, in addition, it is known that Grey came in fourth. Then which of the following cannot be true?
(1) Spotted came in first
(2) Red finished last
(3) White came in second
(4) Black came in second
(5) There was one horse between Black and White

15) Red finished last is the wrong one because as Raju contributed a total sum of Rs.6000(3000+2000+1000) and also he did not get any profit or loss means that he bet on first horse so that he got 6000(3000*2) which is equal to his contributed amount.
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15. it's answer is red finished last. because his total money was 6000. black came first(1000*4),and white came 3rd(2000) and red lost.The total becomes (4000+2000).
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