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14 May 2007 12:54:15 IST

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In a club there are 5 committees. Every two committee has exactly one individual in common. What are the total number of individuals in the club ??

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arunesh kumar

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14 May 2007 15:52:36 IST

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the question should be what are the minimum no. of individuals in the club ? ......

is the ans. 10 ?

nikhil handa

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14 May 2007 18:57:16 IST

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let the five committee be A,B,C,D,E
now we go for minimum no. of indi. hence if A has 4,common each with the rest.
B has got one from A hence minimum should be 3
like this E will have 0 members
therefore total are 10

actually answer can be 1 and this guy will be a member of all the committee(but then the club wont RUN!!!!)

Asmita Bhattacharya

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14 May 2007 19:38:07 IST

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i think d ans. is 5.........

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14 May 2007 19:56:32 IST

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asmitha every two should have a person in common
so the answer is 10

Bipin Dubey

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15 May 2007 11:58:01 IST

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1st committee should have at least 4 different individuals so as to have one individual common with other 4 committees.

2nd committee should have at least 3 different individuals so as to have one individual common with other 3 committees.

3rd committee should have at least 2 different individuals so as to have one individual common with other 2 committees.

4th committee should have at least 1 individual so as to have one individual common with the other committee.

Hence in all minimum number of individuals = 10

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15 May 2007 15:43:06 IST

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Thanx sir and everybody.

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