Multiple choice

If twinkies is served at the sixth number, then which of the following statements cannot be true?

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 is served at the third number.

  2. Tater tots is served at the fifth number.

  3. Cobb salad is served at the seventh number.

  4. Pot roast is served at the fifth number.

  5. None of these

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D 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. Cobb salad/Tater tots
  6. Twinkies
  7. Fajitas/Cobb salad