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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.
    1. $1$
    2. $2$
    3. $3$
    4. $4$
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$4$ 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 $4$.
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