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There are total of 20 balls, and the balls each have a number from “1” to “6”. Does at least one of the balls have the number “1”?

(1) The number of the balls that has the same number does not exceed 4.
(2) There are more balls that have “6” than the balls that have “5”.


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Total 20 balls divided into groups numbered 1 to 6.

Let the groups be B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6 .

B1 + B2 + B3 + B4 + B5 + B6 = 20

To find : Is B1 >=1 ?

Statement 1:

(1) The number of the balls that has the same number does not exceed 4.

Let’s assume two worst case scenarios

Let every group contain max balls ( which is 4) . 20/4 we get 5 groups.

so leaving B1 =0, we get B2 + B3 + B4 + B5 + B6 = 20 . So B1 doesn’t have at least 1 ball.

Now, we ignore any other group say B6, we get B2 + B3 + B4 + B5 + B1 = 20. This gives , B1 has at least 1 ball.

Contradicting answers Yes and No. Hence, NOT SUFFICIENT.

Statement 2:

(2) There are more balls that have “6” than the balls that have “5”.

This just compares B6 and B5, that B6 > B5

The range of B6 is 2<= B6 <=20. Multiple cases do exists. Hence, NOT SUFFICIENT.

Combining statements 1 and 2, we fix the max ceiling for a group to be 4 and the constraint B6>B5.

With B6 = 4,
B5 should contain either 3,2,1,0
with B3,B2, B4 each holding max 4. We will be left with ATLEAST 1 for the group B1.

Hence, Option C
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There are total of 20 balls, and the balls each have a number from “1” to “6”. Does at least one of the balls have the number “1”?

(1) The number of the balls that has the same number does not exceed 4.
Maybe we have balls number- 6,5,4,3,2 each in 4 numbers, so we have 20 balls and no white balls or maybe we have any number ball in less than 4 count, then we have 1 number ball.
Insufficient

(2) There are more balls that have “6” than the balls that have “5”.
Count of 6 number is more than count of number of 5 balls.
Insufficient

(1)&(2) together
Say we have 2,3,4,6 numbered balls present in 4 each, then the maximum number of 5 number balls we can have is 3. So, we are left with 1 ball, then we atleast have 1 white ball.
Sufficient

Answer: C
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T = 20, balls numbered 1 to 6. We need to determine if at least one ball has the number "1".

Statement 1: Number of balls with the same number doesn’t exceed 4.
- Without "1", we could have 4 balls each of 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, which totals 20 balls. No "1" balls.
- Not sufficient❌.

Statement 2: Balls with 6 > Balls with 5.
- This provides no info about "1". For example, we could have:
- 4 balls of 6, 3 balls of 5, 5 balls of 4, 4 balls of 3, and 4 balls of 2.
This doesn't force any "1" balls.
- Not sufficient❌.

Together:
- Max 4 balls per number, and with more "6" than "5", we can distribute the balls like:
- 4 balls of 6, 4 balls of 5, 4 balls of 4, 4 balls of 3, 3 balls of 2, and 1 ball of 1.
- We must have at least 1 ball numbered "1".
- Sufficient✅.

Answer: C (Sufficient).
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