MGMAT CAT 2 question 29

[Guest]

The question is:

Tom is on a certain diet that requires him to limit the number of calories he takes in each day. He is allowed to take in 2400 calories each day from three square meals, and 200 calories each day from snacks and dessert combined. On some days, he splurges by taking in three times the recommended number of calories from snacks and dessert. The rest of the days, he deprives himself of snacks and dessert altogether. If his average calorie intake for a 10 day period was 2820, on how many days did he not splurge?



i understand the answer listed, but why does the answer not address if it is possible on some days he ate the required amount of calories which is 2600. It says that some days he splurged by taking 3 times the amount. He could have also taken in the recommended amount on other days, and then deprived himself the rest of the days. i feel that this question is a little ambiguous.


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[shaji]

The question is:

Tom is on a certain diet that requires him to limit the number of calories he takes in each day. He is allowed to take in 2400 calories each day from three square meals, and 200 calories each day from snacks and dessert combined. On some days, he splurges by taking in three times the recommended number of calories from snacks and dessert. The rest of the days, he deprives himself of snacks and dessert altogether. If his average calorie intake for a 10 day period was 2820, on how many days did he not splurge?



i understand the answer listed, but why does the answer not address if it is possible on some days he ate the required amount of calories which is 2600. It says that some days he splurged by taking 3 times the amount. He could have also taken in the recommended amount on other days, and then deprived himself the rest of the days. i feel that this question is a little ambiguous.


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"He could have also taken in the recommended amount on other days". I dare say he could have, but perhaps he did not!!!

[RonPurewal]

i feel that this question is a little ambiguous.

as written ('THE REST of the days'), the problem is not at all ambiguous. 'the rest' means ALL the other days.

if this is something you wrote, and not the actual text of the problem, then that's one thing. but if you've copied verbatim (or cut and pasted), then there's your answer.