Sehwag and Ganguly were sharing an apartment and cooked the food by…
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Sehwag and Ganguly were sharing an apartment and cooked the food by themselves. One day Sehwag made 5 pizzas for himself and Ganguly made 3 for himself. At the time of lunch Tendulkar came in. So all three of them sat together and ate all the pizzas equally. After eating them Tendulkar gave them 8 expensive cricket bats and left. As Ganguly was running out of form he started quarrelling and asked for 4 bats which Sehwag refused to give. Finally David shepherd was called to give the right decision which he did. How many bats Sehwag and Ganguly were given finally?
Answer: B. 7,1 — Key idea: divide the 8 bats between the two cooks in proportion to how many pizzas of each cook were eaten by the other two. Steps: Total pizzas cooked = 5…
- A.
5,3
- B.
7,1
- C.
4,4
- D.
3,5
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Correct answer: B
Key idea: divide the 8 bats between the two cooks in proportion to how many pizzas of each cook were eaten by the other two.
Steps:
Total pizzas cooked = 5 (Sehwag) + 3 (Ganguly) = 8.
Each of the three ate an equal share: 8 ÷ 3 = 8/3 pizzas each.
Amount of Sehwag’s pizzas eaten by the other two = 5 − 8/3 = 7/3.
Amount of Ganguly’s pizzas eaten by the other two = 3 − 8/3 = 1/3.
Ratio of their losses (what others ate of each cook’s pizzas) = 7/3 : 1/3 = 7 : 1.
Divide the 8 bats in this ratio: Sehwag gets 7 parts and Ganguly gets 1 part → Sehwag 7 bats, Ganguly 1 bat.
Answer: Sehwag gets 7 bats and Ganguly gets 1 bat.
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