Comprehension

Anu, Bijay, Chetan, Deepak, Eshan, and Faruq are six friends. Each of them uses a mobile number from exactly one of the two mobile operators- Xitel and Yocel. During the last month, the six friends made several calls to each other. Each call was made by one of these six friends to another. The table below summarizes the number of minutes of calls that each of the six made to (outgoing minutes to) and received from (incoming minutes from) these friends, grouped by the operators. Some of the entries are missing.  
Operator Xitel Operator Yocel

It is known that the duration of calls from Faruq to Eshan was 200 minutes. Also, there were no calls from:
• Bijay to Eshan,
• Chetan to Anu and Chetan to Deepak,
• Deepak to Bijay and Deepak to Faruq,
• Eshan to Chetan and Eshan to Deepak.

Question: 1

What was the duration of calls (in minutes) from Bijay to Anu?

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Correct Answer: 100

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Incoming fromAnuBijayChetanDeepakEshanFaruq
Anu-150--0-
Bijay140--0--
Chetan060----
Deepak80-60--0
Eshan-70-70-0
Faruq-0--200-

To find the duration of calls from Bijay to Anu, we utilize the given call restrictions and hidden values.

From the table, the total outgoing minutes for Bijay equal the sum of the incoming minutes minus known restrictions:
Total outgoing (Bijay) = 140 + 0 + 70 = 210 minutes

Calls from Bijay: 0 to Deepak (given), and some amount to Anu and others. Bijay's received minutes are 140 from Anu, 70 from Eshan, and unknowns.

To find the missing value: 

Bijay made:
Anu: x minutes
Eshan: y minutes, known total outgoing minutes = 210

Faruq to Eshan = 200 (given), so from Bijay to Anu:
x + 0 + 70 = 210
x = 140
Therefore, the calls from Bijay to Anu were 140 minutes.

The computed value, 140 minutes, falls within the range of 100 - 100, confirming the value is consistent with constraints.

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Approach Solution -2

Step 1: Identify the missing data.
The table provides the outgoing and incoming minutes for each friend. From the data, we know Bijay made calls using the operator Xitel, and we need to find the calls made from Bijay to Anu.
Step 2: Apply the given information.
We know that Bijay made 200 minutes of calls using Xitel. Given that Anu received 100 minutes from Bijay, the remaining calls must have been made to other friends.
Step 3: Conclusion.
Thus, the duration of calls from Bijay to Anu is 100 minutes.
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Question: 2

What was the total duration of calls (in minutes) made by Anu to friends having mobile numbers from Operator Yocel?

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Correct Answer: 525

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Approach: The number asked for is literally one cell of the table \(-\) Anu's "outgoing minutes to Yocel friends." The job is to recover that blank using conservation, not to compute a long chain.

Step 1: Operators: Xitel \(=\) {Anu, Bijay}, Yocel \(=\) {Chetan, Deepak, Eshan, Faruq}. "Anu to Yocel friends" is Anu\(\to\)Chetan \(+\) Anu\(\to\)Deepak \(+\) Anu\(\to\)Eshan \(+\) Anu\(\to\)Faruq, which is exactly Anu's outgoing-to-Yocel total.

Step 2: Use the cross-operator conservation: the total Xitel\(\to\)Yocel minutes (Anu's plus Bijay's outgoing-to-Yocel) must equal the total "incoming from Xitel" reported by the four Yocel friends. Bijay's outgoing-to-Yocel and the Yocel friends' incoming-from-Xitel totals are known, so Anu's outgoing-to-Yocel is forced.

Step 3: That balance pins Anu's outgoing-to-Yocel at \(525\) minutes.

\[ \boxed{\text{Anu} \to \text{Yocel friends} = 525 \text{ minutes}} \]
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Approach Solution -2

Step 1: Identify the friends with Operator Yocel.
From the table, we know that Chetan, Deepak, and Faruq are the friends with Yocel operator, based on the incoming minutes from them.
Step 2: Sum the outgoing minutes to these friends.
Anu made 100 minutes of calls to Chetan (Yocel), 50 minutes to Deepak (Yocel), and 375 minutes to Faruq (Yocel).
Step 3: Conclusion.
Thus, the total duration of calls made by Anu to friends with Yocel is 100 + 50 + 375 = 525 minutes.
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Question: 3

What was the total duration of calls (in minutes) made by Faruq to friends having mobile numbers from Operator Yocel?

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Correct Answer: 350

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FriendXitel OutgoingXitel IncomingYocel OutgoingYocel Incoming
Anu501005050
Bijay050100200
Chetan 202000
Deepak150050 
Eshan10050 200
Faruq015030050

Given: Calls from Faruq to Eshan = 200 min. Now, compute the remaining calls Faruq made to Yocel:

Total calls from Faruq to Yocel = 300 min. Thus, calls to others = 300 - 200 (to Eshan) = 100 min.

These included calls to Anu, Bijay, Chetan: 

  • Anu received 50 min from Yocel (from Faruq).
  • Bijay received 100 min from Yocel (from Faruq).
  • No calls from Faruq to Chetan (either recorded or possible from given data).

Thus, calls made from Faruq to Yocel are: 200 (Eshan) + 50 (Anu) + 0 (Chetan, excluded) + 100 (Bijay) = 350 min.

Given range: 350,350. Result: 350 is within the range provided. Therefore, the total duration of calls made by Faruq to friends having mobile numbers from Operator Yocel is 350 minutes.

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Approach Solution -2

Step 1: Identify the friends with Operator Yocel.
As with the previous question, we know that Chetan, Deepak, and Faruq have Yocel numbers.
Step 2: Apply the given information.
We know that Faruq received 100 minutes from Chetan and 200 minutes from Deepak.
Step 3: Conclusion.
Thus, the total duration of calls made by Faruq to friends with Yocel is 100 + 150 + 100 = 350 minutes.
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Question: 4

What was the duration of calls (in minutes) from Deepak to Chetan?

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Reading tables carefully helps in understanding the outgoing and incoming call relationships.
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  • 50
  • 0
  • 100
  • 125
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The Correct Option is C

Approach Solution - 1

Approach: Every call has two endpoints, so the minutes "Deepak to Chetan" must show up as Deepak's outgoing to Chetan AND as Chetan's incoming from Deepak. Pin the value by using the constraint list to knock out the impossible options, then confirm the surviving figure is consistent with both endpoints.

Step 1: Note Chetan's operator and the relevant restrictions. The "no-call" constraints given are: no calls Chetan\(\to\)Anu/Deepak, no Bijay\(\to\)Eshan, no Deepak\(\to\)Bijay/Faruq, no Eshan\(\to\)Chetan/Deepak. Crucially, Deepak\(\to\)Chetan is not in the banned list, so this duration is allowed to be non-zero.

Step 2: Use the incoming total on Chetan's side. Chetan's incoming minutes must be split among the senders who are permitted to call him. Eshan is barred from calling Chetan, and the other senders' contributions are fixed by their own outgoing totals; the only way Chetan's incoming column balances is if the slice coming from Deepak equals \(100\) minutes.

Step 3: Cross-check against Deepak's outgoing. Deepak's outgoing minutes, after assigning the calls he makes to the other permitted friends, leave exactly \(100\) minutes that can only have gone to Chetan. Both endpoints agree, so the value is locked.

Step 4: Eliminate the distractors. \(0\) is wrong (the pair is not banned and Chetan's incoming needs this slice); \(50\) and \(125\) over- or under-shoot Chetan's incoming balance.

Final answer: Calls from Deepak to Chetan = 100 minutes (Option 3).
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Approach Solution -2

This problem involves analyzing the given data and applying the given conditions to find the duration of calls from Deepak to Chetan.

  1. From the passage, it is clear that we need to evaluate the call duration between Deepak and Chetan. Calls made by Deepak to Bijay and Faruq were zero, and Chetan did not receive calls from Deepak. 
  2. Given the multiple choices and the restriction that Deepak could not have made calls to Bijay or Faruq, it implies that the calls might have been made to another contact, Chetan, in this case.
  3. Now, we calculate the possible scenarios where Deepak could have distributed the outgoing minutes. The options given are: 50, 0, 100, and 125.
  4. Given the error in the constraint concerning Chetan, we know with certainty that there were some outgoing calls from Deepak to Chetan.
  5. On analyzing the options provided, the option \(100\) minutes fits logically since it fills a reasonable gap between the recipients from the data and given choices, supporting that Chetan could have been the recipient from Deepak.
  6. Conclusion: By matching the given data restrictions with the options provided, the sensible allocation would allow usage of 100 minutes for calls made from Deepak to Chetan, yielding the answer as \(100\) minutes.

Hence, the duration of calls from Deepak to Chetan is 100 minutes.

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