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A new game show on TV has 100 boxes numbered 1, 2,..., 100 in a row, each containing a mystery prize. The prizes are items of different types, a, b, c, ..., in decreasing order of value. The most expensive item is of type a, a diamond ring, and there is exactly one of these. You are told that the number of items at least doubles as you move to the next type. For example, there would be at least twice as many items of type b as of type a, at least twice as many items of type c as of type b and so on. There is no particular order in which the prizes are placed in the boxes.

What is the minimum possible number of different types of prizes?

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Solution

✅ Correct Answer: 2
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Understanding the set :-

This is a minima maxima + quantitative set :

Here you have 100 boxes and a mystery prices in every box, named as a, b, c...

Also, it is given that, there is price of item a is highest , then prices b, then price c, and so on...

Price a - a diamond ring is only in one of the box,

and other prices are atleast double in quantity of previous item i.e.,

we know item a is only 1 , then item b will be atleast two and item c will again be atleast double of item b.

Now, lets try to solve the set with the given information -

We want to minimize types of prizes :

We know there can be different types of prizes as - a, b, c,...

But since we need to minimize it we will try to have just one item firstly, but we know that -

1st item i.e., a - is a diamond ring which is only in one box.

Therefore, we will try with two items - a and b

In this case - a - a diamond ring will be in one of the box

and b - which atleast doubles - is in rest of the 99 boxes

=> minimum there will be 2 boxes.

More from this set:

Question 10

What is the maximum possible number of different types of prizes?

Question 11

Which of the following is not possible?

Question 12

You ask for the type of item in box 45. Instead of being given a direct answer, you are told that there are 31 items of the same type as box 45 in boxes 1 to 44 and 43 items of the same type as box 45 in boxes 46 to 100.

What is the maximum possible number of different types of items?

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