Question

A carpenter observes 30 nails, put uniformly on each edge of a wooden board. How many nails are there on the wooden board ?
I The wooden board is a triangle of sides measuring 29 inches.
II. The wooden board is in the shape of a regular hexagon.

• A. If the question can be answered by anyone of the statements alone, but cannot be answered by using the other statement alone.
• B. If the question can be answered by using either statement alone.
• C. If the question can be answered by using both the statements together, but cannot be answered by using either statement alone.
• D. If the question. cannot be answered even by using both the statements together.

Answer 1

The correct option is B If the question can be answered by using either statement alone.

As per the problenm statement, the number of nails only depend on the number of sides.
I.e, either statement can answer the problem.
B