Multiple choice

Which of the following sequences would make an acceptable order?

Directions: Read the following information and answer the given question:

Mardon‘s American restaurant serves a special Saturday night food consisting of seven different dishes, viz. lime pie, tater tots, cobb salad, pot roast, twinkies, jerky and fajitas.

Customers can order some dishes complementary according to the following conditions:
(1) Twinkies is served some time after pot roast. 
(2) Exactly one dish should be served between tater tots and cobb salad in the same order.
(3) Jerky is served some time before tater tots.
(4) Twinkies is served either fifth or sixth.
(5) Lime pie is served second.

  1. Jerky, lime pie, tater tots, pot roast, twinkies, fajitas, cobb salad

  2. Pot roast, lime pie, jerky, fajitas, tater tots, twinkies, cobb salad

  3. Pot roast, lime pie, fajitas, tater tots, twinkies, cobb salad, jerky

  4. Jerky, lime pie, pot roast, twinkies, tater tots, fajitas, cobb salad

  5. None of these

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B Correct answer
Explanation

 All possibilities:

  1. Jerky/Pot roast/Fajitas
  2. Lime pie
  3. Pot roast/Tater  tots/Jerky/Fajitas
  4. Tater tots/Pot roast/Fajitas
  5. Twinkies/Cobb salad/Tater tots
  6. Cobb salad/Twinkies
  7. Fajitas/Cobb salad