Question

If there are 50 equally sized regular apartments in a housing estate, and one is half the size of regular apartments, each apartment is occupied by 4 tenants. How many occupants are there in the half-sized apartment?

A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4

Answer 1

Using logical reasoning, if regular apartments house four tenants each and the half-sized apartment is half the size of a regular apartment, it should house two tenants.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks us to determine how many occupants there are in the half-sized apartment if all regular size apartments in the housing estate have four tenants each. To find the answer, we can employ logical reasoning. Since the half-sized apartment is presumably half as big as the regular apartments, it would make sense that it could house half as many people. Therefore, if the regular apartments have four tenants, the half-sized one would logically have half that number, which is two tenants.

Given that the full-size apartments accommodate four tenants, the half-sized apartment would accommodate two tenants, which corresponds to option B) 2.