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Teacher distributes ‘N’ chocolates to ‘3x’ students. Find the value of x.


A. If he distributes 6 chocolates to each student, then teacher left with 24 chocolates.

B. If number of students were 1/3rd of original number, then no chocolate was left with teacher.

C. 30 < number of students < 40 and 200 < number of chocolates < 300.

Options

A

Either A & B together or B & C together

B

None of the given statements can answer the question

C

Any two of them

D

Either A & C or B & C together

E

Either A & C together or A & B together

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Correct Answer :

Option B

None of the given statements can answer the question

Solution :

To find the value of x (and hence the number of students, which is 3x), let us analyze the information given in the question and the statements.

Let the total number of chocolates be N.
Let the total number of students be S=3x, where x is an integer.

Let's evaluate each statement individually and then in combination:

Statement A: "If he distributes 6 chocolates to each student, then teacher left with 24 chocolates."
This gives the equation:
N=6(3x)+24=18x+24
Here, we have two variables (N and x) and only one equation. Statement A alone is not sufficient.

Statement B: "If number of students were 1/3rd of original number, then no chocolate was left with teacher."
The new number of students is 13(3x)=x.
Let k be the number of chocolates each of these x students receives. Then:
N=kx (where k is some positive integer).
Since k is unknown, Statement B alone is not sufficient.

Statement C: "30 < number of students < 40 and 200 < number of chocolates < 300."
This gives the ranges:
30<3x<40 which simplifies to 10<x<13.33.
Since x is an integer, x could be 11, 12, or 13. Thus, the number of students 3x could be 33, 36, or 39.
Also, 200<N<300.
Statement C alone is clearly not sufficient to find a unique value for x.

Combining Statements A and C:
From Statement A, we have N=18x+24.
From Statement C, the possible values for x are 11, 12, or 13.
- If x=11, then N=18(11)+24=198+24=222 (which is between 200 and 300).
- If x=12, then N=18(12)+24=216+24=240 (which is between 200 and 300).
- If x=13, then N=18(13)+24=234+24=258 (which is between 200 and 300).
Since we have multiple valid pairs for (x,N), namely (11,222), (12,240), and (13,258), Statements A and C together are not sufficient.

Combining Statements B and C:
From B, N=kx where k is an integer.
From C, x{11,12,13} and 200<N<300.
This gives many possibilities for x and N, so B and C together are not sufficient.

Combining Statements A, B, and C:
We have:
1) N=18x+24
2) N=kx (meaning N is a multiple of x)
3) x{11,12,13} and 200<N<300.
Let us test the possible values of x:
- If x=11, then N=222. We check if 222 is divisible by 11: 222/11=20.18 (not an integer). So x=11 is not possible.
- If x=12, then N=240. We check if 240 is divisible by 12: 240/12=20 (which is an integer). So x=12 is a possible solution.
- If x=13, then N=258. We check if 258 is divisible by 13: 258/13=19.84 (not an integer). So x=13 is not possible.

However, the options provided only combine at most two statements together (e.g., "Either A & B together or B & C together", "Any two of them", etc.). Since no combination of two statements is sufficient to find a unique value for x, none of the options representing combinations of two statements can answer the question.

Therefore, the correct choice is: None of the given statements can answer the question.

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