CAT 2002 | Question: 100

Question

A boy is supposed to put a mango into a basket if ordered $1,$ an orange if ordered $2$ and an apple if ordered $3.$ He took out $1$ mango and $1$ orange if ordered $4.$ he was given the following sequence of orders

$12332142314223314113234$

At the end of the sequence, what will be the number of fruits in the basket?

• A. $10$
• B. $11$
• C. $13$
• D. $17$

Answer 1

Mango	Orange	Apple	Sequence
1	1	1	123
2	2	2	321
1	1	2	4
2	2	3	231
1	1	3	4
2	3	5	22331
1	2	5	4
3	3	7	11323
2	2	7	4

At the end of the sequence, what will be the number of fruits in the basket =2+2+7=11

Hence, (B) 11 is the Answer.