Locality

[shashank.ism]

Each family in a locality has at most two adults, and no family has fewer than 3 children. Considering all the families together, there are more adults than boys, more boys than girls, and more girls than families. Then the minimum possible number of families in the locality is
A) 4
B) 5
C) 2
D) 3
E) None of these

[gmatmachoman]

Possibel combinatiosn are

[spoiler]3 families :[/spoiler]

2A+2B+1G

2A+1b+2g

2a+2b+1g

All conditions are satisfied :

Each family in a locality has at most two adults --- YES

and no family has fewer than 3 children.--YES

Considering all the families together, there are more adults than boys, ----YES

more boys than girls, ---YES


and more girls than families.---YES

Then the minimum possible number of families in the locality is 3

IMO D

[komal]

Each family in a locality has at most two adults, and no family has fewer than 3 children. Considering all the families together, there are more adults than boys, more boys than girls, and more girls than families. Then the minimum possible number of families in the locality is
A) 4
B) 5
C) 2
D) 3
E) None of these

adult >boys >girls >families
A B G F
4 3 2 1-4 Adults per family-not applicable
5 4 3 2 - adult\family>2
6 5 4 3 - possible condition
Hence answer is option 4.The minimum possible no of families are 3.