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    Question

    The question consists of two statements numbered “I

    and II” given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are suicient to answer the question. A person, X, distributes a total of 40 candies among his five children. Each child receives at least one candy, and no two children receive the same number of candies. Determine the number of candies received by the child who got the highest share. Statement I: The combined number of candies received by the children who got the maximum and the minimum quantities is 29. Statement II: Exactly three of the five children received more than 3 candies.
    A The data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B The data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C The data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D The data given in both statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E The data in both statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    ATQ,

    The only two possible cases are: 1, 2, 4, 5, 28 1, 2, 3, 6, 28 In both cases, the maximum number of candies received by a child is 28. Therefore, Statement I alone is sufficient to answer the question. Statement II: Statement II alone is not sufficient to answer the question.

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