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Paul, a painter, paints only flowers or cats in his notebook. The pictures are drawn in either regular pencil or in charcoal (but not in both.) The total number of pictures in Paul's notebook is 39 greater than the number of cat pictures painted in pencil. How many flower pictures drawn in charcoal are there in the notebook?
(1) There are 7 flower pictures drawn in pencil in the notebook.
(2) There are 11 cat pictures drawn in charcoal in the notebook.
We can use a 2 * 2 matrix to solve the question.
Let's plot the details of the question in a 2 * 2 matrix -
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Statement 1(1) There are 7 flower pictures drawn in pencil in the notebook.
Let's plot this information on the 2 * 2 matrix
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The information is insufficient as we cannot find out the required cell without additional information. Eliminate A and D.
Statement 2(2) There are 11 cat pictures drawn in charcoal in the notebook.
Let's plot this information on the 2 * 2 matrix
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The information is insufficient as we cannot find out the required cell without additional information. Eliminate B.
CombinedThe statements combined give us sufficient information to find the cell. The working is shown below -
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Hence, the statements combined is sufficient.
Option C