Suraj Shingde

CAT Preparation Community 10y ago

In Arun's opinion, his weight is greater than 65 kg but less than 72 kg. His brother doest not agree with Arun and he thinks that Arun's weight is greater than 60 kg but less than 70 kg. His mother's view is that his weight cannot be greater than 68 kg. If all are them are correct in their estimation, what is the average of different probable weights of Arun?

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Pv Aaditya 10y ago

From Arun's statement: 66 <= Wt <= 71
From his brother's statement: 61 <= Wt <= 69
From his mother's statement: Wt <= 67

The intersection of these three is 66 <= Wt <= 67
So, the probable weights are 66 kg and 67 kg
Average = 66.5 kg

Neha Jain 10y ago

66 or 67

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