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In the 2006 Common Wealth games, there was participation from five different countries - USA, China, UK, Australia and Japan. From each of these five countries there were athletes participating in one of the five following events: shot put, javelin, high jump, long jump and marathon. Each participant was allowed to participate in exactly one of the five events.
Further it is known that there were at least two participants and at most ten participants from each country and the total number of participants from all the five countries put together was a perfect square.
The following information is also available:
I. The number of participants in javelin was exactly half the number of participants in each of the other events.
II. USA sent an equal number of participants in shot put, high jump and long jump.
III. The maximum number of participants sent by Japan is for the long jump event and each country sent at least one participant for the long jump and shot put events.
IV. The number of participants from China was two more than that from USA, which in turn was one more than that from UK, which in turn was one more than that from Australia which in turn was one more than that from Japan.
V. Except Japan, all the other countries sent at least one participant for the javelin event while Japan sent at least one participant in each of the remaining events.
VI. The number of participants sent by China for each of the events was different and there were no participants from China for the high jump event.
VII. The number of participants in the marathon event sent by all the other countries other than China is equal.
 
 
Q. For which event did China send the maximum number of Marks participants? 
  • a)
    Shot put
  • b)
    Javelin
  • c)
    High jump
  • d)
    Marathon
  • e)
    Cannot be determined
Correct answer is option 'D'. Can you explain this answer?
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Solution: The five different countries were USA, China, UK, Australia and Japan. The five different events were shot put, javelin, high jump, long jump and marathon.
The total number of participants was a perfect square, and the number of participants sent by each country was at least two and at most ten.
The number of participants was more than 18 and less than 50.
Let the total number of participants in javelin be x. From statement (I), the total number of participants in shot put, high jump, long jump and marathon was 2x each.
Total number of participants = 9x As the total number of participants was a perfect square, and 9 is a perfect square, x is a perfect square. As 18<9x<50, x = 4 The total number of participants was 36.
There were 4 participants in Javelin and 8 in each of the remaining events.
From statement (IV), the number of participants sent by each country was as follows: China = 10, USA = 8, UK = 7, Australia = 6, Japan = 5
From statement (V), every country other than Japan sent 1 participant each for the javelin event. Also, Japan sent at least one participant for each of the other events and from 3, Japan sent its maximum participants for Long Jump. Japan sent 2 participants for Long Jump and 1 each for the other three events. From 7, all countries except China sent an equal number of participants for Marathon. China sent 4 participants for marathon and the others sent 1.
From (II), USA sent 2 participants each for shot put, high jump and long jump.
From (VI), China sent no participants for high jump.
It sent 2 and 3 participants for Shot put and Long jump. If it sent 3 participants for long jump, then either UK or Australia would send no participants for Long jump, which is not possible by statement 3.
China sent 3 and 2 participants respectively for shot put and long jump.
From (III), UK and Australia sent 1 participant each for Long Jump and Shot put.
We have the following : 
China sent the maximum number of participants for Marathon. Hence, option 4.
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To determine which event China sent the maximum number of participants to, we need to analyze the provided information thoroughly.
Key Information Breakdown
- Total Participants: The total number of participants is a perfect square, between 10 and 50 (since the maximum is 10 per country).
- Participants in Javelin: The number of participants in javelin is exactly half of those in the other events.
- USA's Participants: USA has an equal number of participants in shot put, high jump, and long jump.
- Japan's Participants: Japan has the maximum participants for long jump and at least one in every event except javelin.
- China's Participants: China has two more participants than USA, who has one more than UK, who has one more than Australia, who has one more than Japan.
- China's Event Participation: China has different numbers for each event and does not participate in high jump.
- Marathon Participants: The number of marathon participants from countries other than China is equal.
Calculating Participants
1. Let the number of participants from Japan be 'x'.
- Australia: x-1
- UK: x-2
- USA: x-3
- China: x-1
2. The total participants across all countries must be a perfect square.
3. From the conditions, we can deduce numbers for each event, particularly focusing on China’s participation since it varies across events.
Conclusion
Given that China does not participate in high jump, the maximum participation can only occur in shot put, javelin, marathon, or long jump. Since the exact distribution of numbers is not explicitly provided, it cannot be definitively stated which event had the maximum participants from China.
Thus, the correct answer is option 'D' - "Cannot be determined."
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