Instructions

A boy is asked to put one mango in a basket when ordered 'One', one orange when ordered 'Two', one apple when ordered 'Three', and is asked to take out from the basket one mango and an orange when ordered 'Four'.

A sequence of orders is given as: 1 2 3 3 2 1 4 2 3 1 4 2 2 3 3 1 4 1 1 3 2 3 4

Question 1

How many total oranges were in the basket at the end of the above sequence?

Solution

First counting only nos. 1,2 and 3.

So, we have 6 mangoes, 6 oranges and 7 apples.

We have 4 times 4 so finally we have 2 mangoes, 2 oranges and 7 apples, which is a total of 11 fruits.


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