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Five friends A, B, C, D, and E go on a trip together. Each of them likes at least one of the following three activities: Countryside Sightseeing, Shopping, and Adventure Sports such that:

  • No two friends like exactly the same set of activities.
  • A, B and E like exactly two activities each.
  • D likes only Countryside Sightseeing.
  • C likes more number of activities compared to D.

The number of friends who like both Shopping and Adventure Sports is ___

Entered answer:

Solution

Correct Answer: 2

D likes only Countryside Sightseeing, so D's set has 11 activity. C must like more, so C likes 22 or 33 activities.


A, B and E each like exactly 22 activities. The only 22 activity options are {CS,Sh}\{\text{CS}, \text{Sh}\}, {CS,AS}\{\text{CS}, \text{AS}\} and {Sh,AS}\{\text{Sh}, \text{AS}\}. Since no two friends share a set, A, B and E together take all three options in some order.


C cannot take another 22 activity set without repeating one, so C likes all three.


The filled table:

FriendCSShAS
D\checkmark--
One of A/B/E\checkmark\checkmark-
One of A/B/E\checkmark-\checkmark
One of A/B/E-\checkmark\checkmark
C\checkmark\checkmark\checkmark

From the table, look at the Sh and AS columns and count the rows where both show \checkmark.


These are the third A/B/E row and C.


Total =2= 2.

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