Read the information given below and answer the 2 associated questions.
190 students have to choose at least one elective and at most two electives from a list of three electives: E1, E2 and E3. It is found that the number of students choosing E1 is half the number of students choosing E2, and one third the number of students choosing E3.
Moreover, the number of students choosing two electives is 50.
In addition to the given information, which of the following information is NECESSARY and SUFFICIENT to compute the number of students choosing only E1, only E2 and only E3?
Given, a+b+c=50 and a+b+c+x+y+z=190 => x+y+z=140.
Also, let E1=k => E2=2k and E3=3k
E1+E2+E3= 6k=190+50=240 => k=40.
Option A: If the number of students choosing only E2, the number of students
choosing both E2 and E3, are given then the number of students who choose E2 and E1, E1 and E3 can be found. From this only E1, only E3 can be calculated.
Option B: knowing the number of students choosing both E1 and E2, the number of students choosing both E2 and E3, and a number of students choosing both E3 and E1 is insufficient. This information is not enough to calculate the number of students who choose only E1, only E2, and only E3.
Option C: If x and c are known, we can't find y and z.
Option E is not sufficient.
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