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by mandeepak » Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:30 pm
For a certain race, 3 teams were allowed to enter 3 members each. A team earned 6 – n
points whenever one of its members finished in nth place, where 1 = n = 5. There were
no ties, disqualifications, or withdrawals. If no team earned more than 6 points, what is
the least possible score a team could have earned?

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
E. 4
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by ri2007 » Fri Oct 26, 2007 6:43 pm
Ans should be D - 3 points

1st team gets 6 points (1&5th position)
2nd team gets 6 points (2 &4th Position)
3rd team gets 3 points ( with one member getting 3rd position)