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by snigdha.singh16 » Sat May 05, 2012 9:39 am
What are the ages of three brothers?

1)The product of their ages is 21
2)The sum of their ages is not divisible by 3


The answer is E

Question - In such type of questions, where ages are considered - do we assume that the ages are not integers? unless it is mentioned ?
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by ronnie1985 » Sat May 05, 2012 9:56 am
Ages can be fractions as well. One will be half an year old after six months of his/her birth!!! :lol:
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by ronnie1985 » Sat May 05, 2012 9:58 am
I mean unless explicitly stated, in DS all numbers are Real numbers only...
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by ronnie1985 » Sat May 05, 2012 9:59 am
Don't be fooled by "Hindsight Bias"... :lol:
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by GmatKiss » Mon May 07, 2012 4:17 am
snigdha.singh16 wrote:What are the ages of three brothers?

1)The product of their ages is 21
2)The sum of their ages is not divisible by 3


The answer is E

Question - In such type of questions, where ages are considered - do we assume that the ages are not integers? unless it is mentioned ?
Consideration A: 1,1,21
Consideration B: 1,3,7

IMO: E
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Mon May 07, 2012 7:23 am
snigdha.singh16 wrote: Question - In such type of questions, where ages are considered - do we assume that the ages are not integers? unless it is mentioned ?
In all of the age-related questions I've seen, we are only concerned with integers.
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