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Responding to a pm:

If a jar of candies is divided among 3 children, how many candies did the child that received the fewest pieces receive?

(1) The two children that received the greatest number of pieces received a total of 13 pieces.
(2) The two children that received the fewest number of pieces received a total of 11 pieces.

Solution:

Child that received the greatest number of pieces got - G
Child that received the next smaller number of pieces got - M
Child that received the smallest number of pieces got - S

We need to find the value of S.

(1) The two children that received the greatest number of pieces received a total of 13 pieces.
G + M = 13 ......(I)
Not sufficient

(2) The two children that received the fewest number of pieces received a total of 11 pieces.
M + S = 11.......(II)
Not sufficient

Using both statements, (I) - (II)
G - S = 2

So greatest and smallest have a difference of 2. So M would be right in the middle (so that we have 2 greatest and 2 least).
So G, M and S are consecutive integers. G = 7, M = 6, S = 5
Answer(C)
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