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How many varieties of food are eaten by the English player in his meal?
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The correct option is B 12
For this question, if you try to refer to the information with respect to the country of the player you will not get any headway, but if you try to refer the information with respect to the room number you will find it easier.
An obvious question that might crop up in your mind will obviously be - "But how do I know that?" and indeed "How do I decide what variable to reference for solving a complex question like this? The answer is simple really while reading the question for the first time, try to focus on spotting the variable with respect to which the maximum number of direct clues are associated.
In this question, it is clear that the maximum number of direct clues here are associated with the room number and hence we try to associate things with the room number.
From clue number 5:
Room No. 143 → 12 m and 8 s (meal = m and sixes = s)
From clue no. 7: Room No. 145 → 8 m and (P-2s) (Where P is the number of sixes hit by the Pakistan player).
From clue 8: Pakistan, England and Australia can either be 141, 143 and 145 or 142, 144 and 146. But from one of the previous questions, it is clear that Australia cannot be in Room 146. Thus, we get the following situation at this stage.
141Pakistan 142 143England(12m, 8s)144 145Australia(8m, P−2s)146
We also have the following information:
From clue 1: Room No. 142 → 24 m (twice the player who hits 8 sixes).
From clue 3 we have that the Indian is 8 less than the English (Meals) and 10 more than the English (Sixes). This means that the Indian is 4 m and 18 s.
From clue 2: NZ + Room No. 146 = 40 (Meals).
From clue 6: someone has (16 m and 24 s).
Now since we have to adjust New Zealand, India and Sri Lanka and all the above facts the only way to do so is as shown below.
141Pakistan 142New Zealand(24m,)143England(12m, 8s)144India(4m, 18s)145Australia(8m, P−2s)146Sri Lanka(16m, 24s)
This arrangement also satisfies clue 4.
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For this question, if you try to refer to the information with respect to the country of the player you will not get any headway, but if you try to refer the information with respect to the room number you will find it easier.
An obvious question that might crop up in your mind will obviously be - "But how do I know that?" and indeed "How do I decide what variable to reference for solving a complex question like this? The answer is simple really while reading the question for the first time, try to focus on spotting the variable with respect to which the maximum number of direct clues are associated.
In this question, it is clear that the maximum number of direct clues here are associated with the room number and hence we try to associate things with the room number.
From clue number 5:
Room No. 143 → 12 m and 8 s (meal = m and sixes = s)
From clue no. 7: Room No. 145 → 8 m and (P-2s) (Where P is the number of sixes hit by the Pakistan player).
From clue 8: Pakistan, England and Australia can either be 141, 143 and 145 or 142, 144 and 146. But from one of the previous questions, it is clear that Australia cannot be in Room 146. Thus, we get the following situation at this stage.
141Pakistan 142 143England(12m, 8s)144 145Australia(8m, P−2s)146
We also have the following information:
From clue 1: Room No. 142 → 24 m (twice the player who hits 8 sixes).
From clue 3 we have that the Indian is 8 less than the English (Meals) and 10 more than the English (Sixes). This means that the Indian is 4 m and 18 s.
From clue 2: NZ + Room No. 146 = 40 (Meals).
From clue 6: someone has (16 m and 24 s).
Now since we have to adjust New Zealand, India and Sri Lanka and all the above facts the only way to do so is as shown below.
141Pakistan 142New Zealand(24m,)143England(12m, 8s)144India(4m, 18s)145Australia(8m, P−2s)146Sri Lanka(16m, 24s)
This arrangement also satisfies clue 4.
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