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Six friends went on a vacation to a hill station. They are to be accommodated in a row of nine cottages, each to a cottage. Mohan, Tanya and Roma do not want to live in a cottage at the end of a row. Babu and Mohan must not have anybody adjacent to their cottages. There is only an empty cottage between Mohan and Roma. Chander is adjacent to both Jayanthi and Roma Tanya is next to the cottage at the beginning. What is the maximum number of consecutive cottages that are occupied?

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Solution :Identify the elements Mohan (M), Tanya (T), Babu (B), CHANDER (C), Jayanthi (J), Rama (R)
Six friends have to occupy 6 out of 9 cottages using the conditions
(i) MT and R do not want to live in a cottage at the END of the ROW

(ii) B and M must not have anybody adjacent to their cottages.
-B-and-M
(iii) There is one empty cottage between M and R (if the cottage is empty, then nobody occupies it)
M-R or R-M.
(iv) C is adjacent to both J and R JCR or RCJ
(v) T is NEXT to the cottage at the beginning.

Looking into these information, the final arrangement will be:

Maximum four consecutive cottages are occupied.


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