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by sanju09 » Thu May 13, 2010 5:12 am
Three children ate 17 cookies altogether. Andrew ate more cookies than any other child. What is the smallest possible number of cookies that Andrew ate?
(A) 5
(B) 9
(C) 6
(D) 8
(E) 7
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by Rahul@gurome » Thu May 13, 2010 5:38 am
Andrew ate more cookies than any other child. So, the possible combinations can be:
(4, 6, 7) where 4, 6 are cookies that other two children ate and Andrew ate 7 cookies.
(5, 5, 7) where other two children ate 5 cookies each and Andrew ate 7 cookies.

The smallest possible number of cookies that Andrew ate should be 7.

The correct answer is (E).
Last edited by Rahul@gurome on Thu May 13, 2010 6:18 am, edited 1 time in total.
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by sanju09 » Thu May 13, 2010 5:45 am
my apologies for not writing the choices in the GMATish order
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