GATE ME 2016 Set 1 — Question 5
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Michael lives 10 km away from where I live. Ahmed lives 5 km away and Susan lives 7 km away from where I live. Arun is farther away than Ahmed but closer than Susan from where I live. From the information provided here, what is one possible distance (in km) at which I live from Arun’s place?
Correct answer
(C) 6.02
Solution
Let the distance from 'I' to a person be .
Given:
km
km
kmArun is farther away than Ahmed but closer than Susan from where I live:
Checking the options:
(A) is not in the range .
(B) is not in the range .
(C) is in the range .
(D) is not in the range .Thus, km is a possible distance.
Hence, the correct option is (C).
Given:
km
km
kmArun is farther away than Ahmed but closer than Susan from where I live:
Checking the options:
(A) is not in the range .
(B) is not in the range .
(C) is in the range .
(D) is not in the range .Thus, km is a possible distance.
Hence, the correct option is (C).
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