Logical Reasoning - Statement and Conclusion - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Statement and Conclusion - Section 2 (Q.No. 4)
Directions to Solve

In each of the following questions, a statement/group of statements is given followed by some conclusions. Without resolving anything yourself choose the conclusion which logically follows from the given statements).


4.
A forest has as many sandal trees as it has Ashoka trees. Three-fourth of the trees are old ones and half of the trees are at the flowering stage.
All Ashoka trees are at the flowering stage.
All sandal trees are at the flowering stage.
At least one-half of the Ashoka trees are old.
One-half of the sandal trees are at the flowering stage.
None of these
Answer: Option
Explanation:
No answer description is available. Let's discuss.
Discussion:
18 comments Page 2 of 2.

Jashu said:   1 decade ago
Not mentioned as only 2 kinds.

Shiva Raghu Ram said:   1 decade ago
No information is provided if the two types of tress are the only types preset in the forest. Hence 'E'.
(1)

Suprabha said:   1 decade ago
Question states a forest consisting of Ashoka and Sandalwood trees. If forest has only two types of trees then option C is correct. Else it is option E

Shri said:   1 decade ago
Clearly they asked what is the statement that is following the statement.

So we cannot say C is correct.

Paul said:   1 decade ago
Its clear that option "E" is the correct answer.

Hoang Le said:   1 decade ago
If no reasonable independence between "old" stage and "flowering stage" is taken into account, C will be the answer, obviously.

However, if there are only two states: "old" and "flowering" independently, the question itself makes contradicting pieces of information, haha.

Ramana said:   1 decade ago
Let there be x ashoka and x sandal trees.now total trees equals 2x.
out of these 3/4th i.e. 1.5x are old.Therefore atleast half of both the trees has to be old.

So, answer is (c).
(1)

Rahul choubey said:   1 decade ago
Three fourth of tree are old then 1/4 tree are flowering and here half of the trees are flowering. So here is contradiction.


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