Question

Each packet of SOAP costs Rs 10. Inside each packet is a gift coupon labeled with one of the letters S, O, A, and P. If a customer submits four such coupons that make up the word SOAP, the customer gets a free SOAP packet. Ms. X kept buying packet after packet of SOAP till she could get one set of coupons that formed the word SOAP. How many coupons with label P did she get in the above process?
1. The last label obtained by her was S and the total amount spent was Rs 210.
2. The total number of vowels obtained was 18

• A. if the question can be answered by one of the statements alone but not by the other.
• 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 using either statement alone
• D. if the question cannot be answered even by using both the statements A and B

Answer 1

The correct option is C

if the question can be answered by using both the statements together but cannot be answered using either statement alone

Both statements are needed to answer the question,

$\left(\frac{210}{10}\right)$=21 is the total no. of soaps bought. Last one was S . Therefore, O, A and P constitute 20. Total no.of P can be calculated if statement B is given.