Problem of the Day 30.06.09
P, Q and R played a number of card games, which required three players per game. Each game had only one winner and there were no draws. Each player scored 5 points for a win and lost 3 points for a loss. At the end, P had –20 points, Q had –12 points and R had 12 points. How many games did the three play in all?
Options
a) 30 b) 20 c) 15 d) 18 e) 10
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Ans b. 20
Nikhil
June 30, 2009 at 7:54 am
answer is 20 …..
Let the total number of matches be n
the winner gets 5n points in total and the losers loose 2×3n , total of 6n
5n-6n=total points of all three players
-n=-20
n=20
Arush
June 30, 2009 at 10:06 am
rightly done by both of u !
Rahul
June 30, 2009 at 1:24 pm