Multiple choice general knowledge math & puzzles

There are 20 pieces of bread to divide among 20 people. A man eats 3 pieces, woman eats 2 pieces and a child eats half piece of bread. Tell the correct combination of men, women and children so that they are 20 people in total and everyone gets the bread. Note that a man cannot eat less than 3 or more than 3. A woman cannot eat less than 2 or more than 2 and the child cannot eat less than half or more than half piece of the bread. You have to tell there are how may are men, women and children in those 20 people.

  1. 3 women, 14 man and 1 children.

  2. 5 women, 1 man and 14 children.

  3. 14 women, 5 man and 4 children.

  4. 4 women, 8 man and 8 children.

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Let m=men, w=women, c=children. We need: m+w+c=20 and 3m+2w+0.5c=20 pieces. Option B: 1 man (3 pieces) + 5 women (10 pieces) + 14 children (7 pieces) = 20 pieces and 20 people. Men eat exactly 3, women exactly 2, children exactly 0.5 - all constraints satisfied.