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Set 1: Game Show

A new game show on TV has 100 boxes numbered 1, 2, ....., 100 in a row, each containing a mystery prize. The prizes are items of different types, a, b, c, ....., in decreasing order of value. The most expensive item is of type a, a diamond ring, and there is exactly one of these. You are told that the number of items at least doubles as you move to the next type. For example, there would be at least twice as many items of type b as of type a, at least twice as many items of type c as of type b and so on. There is no particular order in which the prizes are placed in the boxes

Question 3 : Which of the following is not possible?

1. There are exactly 30 items of type b.
2. There are exactly 75 items of type e.
3. There are exactly 60 items of type d.
4. There are exactly 45 items of type c.

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Video Explanation

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Explanatory Answer

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The question is " Which of the following is not possible? "

Hence, the answer is 'There are exactly 45 items of type c.'

Choice D is the correct answer