CAT 2001 | Question: 127

Question

Choose $1$ if the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but cannot be answered using the other statement alone.
Choose $2$ if the question can be answered by using either statement alone.
Choose $3$ if the question can be answered by using both statements together, but cannot be answered using either statement alone.
Choose $4$ if the question cannot be answered even by using both statements together.

Two friends, Ram and Gopal, bought apples from a wholesale dealer. How many apples did they buy?

1. Ram bought one-half the number of apples that Gopal bought.
2. The wholesale dealer had a stock of $500$ apples.
   • A. $1$
   • B. $2$
   • C. $3$
   • D. $4$

Answer 1

$4$ if the question cannot be answered even by using both statements together

Say, Gopal bought. X apple

then Ram bought $1/2$ X

Though whole seller has $500$ apples

But it is not confirmed that both of them bought all apples or not

So, Ans $4$.

Comments

So, how many apples did Ram buy?

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