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 ?
Ages of three brothers
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Ages can be fractions as well. One will be half an year old after six months of his/her birth!!!
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I mean unless explicitly stated, in DS all numbers are Real numbers only...
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Consideration A: 1,1,21snigdha.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 B: 1,3,7
IMO: E
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In all of the age-related questions I've seen, we are only concerned with integers.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 ?
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