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Buying some apples rules out the zero apples case

A lady bought some apples, each costing Rs. 25, and some bananas each costing Rs. 6, for a total of Rs. 378. In how many ways could she have chosen the numbers of apples and bananas?

  1. A.1
  2. B.2✓ Correct
  3. C.3
  4. D.4

You have the answer. Trap Analysis is why the other three were written.

Not a worked solution repeated four times — the specific reasoning error each wrong option was built to reward, and why this one tests boundary and endpoint.

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The trap it tests

Boundary and endpoint

The statement turns at the edge of the interval, the domain, or the parameter range.

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