A bird shooter was asked how many birds he had in his bag. He replied that there were all sparrows but six, all pigeons but six, and all ducks but six. How many birds did he have in all in his bag?
A9
B18
C27
D36
THE CORRECT ANS IS a BUT HOW?
Ans 1:
Class : Class 8
There were all sparrows but six' means that six birds were not sparrows but only ... 6. This is possible when there are 3 sparrows, 3 pigeons and 3 ducks i.e. 9 birds in all.