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Re: In the next Cricket World Cup T-20, Team A has decided to score 200 [#permalink]
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04 Apr 2016, 10:28
it takes max 34 balls ( 6* 33= 198 +1*4=202) And max 50 balls by hitting only fours all other combinations are in between hence calculating from 34 balls to 50 balls ans = 17
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04 Apr 2016, 11:26
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chetan2u wrote:
In the next Cricket World Cup T-20, Team A has decided to score 200 runs only through 4s and 6s. In how many ways can the Team A score these 200 runs? A. 13 B. 15 C. 16 D. 17 E. 18
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IMHO the best way has already been posted by Vyshak just expanding a bit -
The point to remember here is that the No of 4s and 6s must be positive whole numbers.
Further as vp101 has put forward the equation - 4x + 6y = 200
Here substitute x for the minimum value that will yield y as a positive real number as below
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Scrutinize U will see a pattern of 4s scored increases in a definite manner { 2, 5 , 8 , 11......50 }
Our goal is to maximize 4s ( That will automatically minimize 6s )
So, count the possible number of 4s (The same can also be calculated by AP formula ) as follows -
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Though a bit lengthy ( my intentions were just to expand the wonderful explanation provided byVyshak _________________
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05 Apr 2016, 08:39
chetan2u wrote:
In the next Cricket World Cup T-20, Team A has decided to score 200 runs only through 4s and 6s. In how many ways can the Team A score these 200 runs? A. 13 B. 15 C. 16 D. 17 E. 18
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So together we have 200 runs 1st way->200/4=50...which means this score can be attained in 50 balls (22/6 is not divisible so its not the other way)
2nd way-> (2 fours 32 sixes=200runs),(5 fours 30 sixes) and so on we can see a pattern here for number of sixes 32 sixes then 30 sixes bla bla bla
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05 Apr 2016, 19:59
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chetan2u wrote:
In the next Cricket World Cup T-20, Team A has decided to score 200 runs only through 4s and 6s. In how many ways can the Team A score these 200 runs? A. 13 B. 15 C. 16 D. 17 E. 18
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Hi,
The equation made is 4x + 6y =200 OR 2x+3y=`100.... FROM 2x + 3y = 100 we can make out y has to be even... so 3y will be a multiple of 6...
now 100 - multiple of 6 will be div by 2.. How many such numbers are there? 100/6 = 16 numbers..
One more case is when y is 0, So total 16+1=17 ways
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11 Nov 2016, 06:37
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4x+6y=200
Divide common factor 2
2x+3y=100 3y=100-2x 3y=2(50-x)
y=2n; 50-x=3n => x=50-3n
There is no indication that both 4s and 6s must definitely be used, that means we can use either 4s, or 6s, or 4s and 6s together. So x,y ≥0 From that \(n\) can take following values:
0, 1, 2 , 3 ….. up to 16 (from 17 \(x\) becomes negative).
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12 Nov 2016, 16:41
chetan2u wrote:
In the next Cricket World Cup T-20, Team A has decided to score 200 runs only through 4s and 6s. In how many ways can the Team A score these 200 runs? A. 13 B. 15 C. 16 D. 17 E. 18
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Not sure why this question has been categorized as "Combinations". All it is asking you is to find out # of pairs of x and y for which the equation \(4x + 6y = 200\) holds true.
Solution:
We know that x and y have to be non-negative integers.
However, x can not be 0 or 1 as for those values y does not have integer solution (200/6, 196/6 are not integers).
So the minimum value of x for which y has an integer solution is 2 (and corresponding y = 192/6 = 32)
Also note that LCM for (4, 6) is 12, hence every 2 6s can be replaced by 3 4s.
So we increase x by 3 and decrease y by 2 to get the next pair and so on.
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03 Feb 2018, 00:15
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For the combination of 4s and 6s take LCM of 4 and 6. The answer is 12. Dividing 200 by 12 we get 16 ways (With 8 as the remainder)
One cannot score 200 with 6s alone , so its 0 way
One can score 200 with 50 4s, so its 1 way
Total possibilities =16+0+1 =17 ways
Ans D
Very interesting approach will be trying this on other linear equations problem to see if it works universally, would you be any chance have further details on this approach?
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03 Feb 2018, 05:52
solved in this way : reduce the Eq to : 2x + 3y = 100 now we can have a solution when Y = 0 (only 4 hits ) = 1 , but when x = 0 no solution = 0 ( only 6's ) we can have a integer solution for 2x + 3y = 100 when 3y = even(as 2x will always be even) , that is 3y = 6,12,18.....altogether 16 ways ... total 16 + 1 = 17
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