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Aurevia, Brelosia, Cyrenia and Zerathania are four countries with their currencies being Aurels, Brins, Crowns, and Zentars, respectively. The currencies have different exchange values. Crown's currency exchange rate with Zentars $ = 0.5$, i.e., 1 Crown is worth 0.5 Zentars.

Three travelers, Jano, Kira, and Lian set out from Zerathania visiting exactly two of the countries. Each country is visited by exactly two travelers. Each traveler has a unique Flight Cost, which represents the total cost of airfare in traveling to both the countries and back to Zerathania. The Flight Cost of Jano was 4000 Zentars, while that of the other two travelers were 5000 and 6000 Zentars, not necessarily in that order.

When visiting a country, a traveler spent either 1000, 2000 or 3000 in the country's local currency. Each traveler had different spends (in the country's local currency) in the two countries he/she visited. Across all the visits, there were exactly two spends of 1000 and exactly one spend of 3000 (in the country's local currency).

The total "Travel Cost" for a traveler is the sum of his/her Flight Cost and the money spent in the countries visited.

The citizens of the four countries with knowledge of these travels made a few observations, with spends measured in their respective local currencies:

i. Aurevia citizen: Jano and Kira visited our country, and their Travel Costs were 3500 and 8000, respectively.

ii. Brelosia citizen: Kira and Lian visited our country, spending 2000 and 3000, respectively. Kira's Travel Cost was 4000.

iii. Cyrenia citizen: Lian visited our country and her Travel Cost was 36000.

Question 21.

One Brin is equivalent to how many Crowns?

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B
C
D
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Let us assume units of Aurels, Brins, Crowns, and Zentars to be A, B, C and D, respectively.
We are given the travel cost of Jano to be 3500A in Statement 1.
We are also given the travel cost of Kira to be 8000A in Statement 1 and 4000B in Statement 2.
We are also given the travel cost of Lian to be 36000C in statement 3.
We know that the travel cost has to be constant throughout, so by equating the travel costs of Kira, we get,
8000A = 4000B
B = 2A ---(1)
We are also given the value of C to be 0.5 Z.
C = 0.5Z ---(2)
So, the travel cost of Lian = 36000C = 36000*0.5Z = 18000Z
Let us put the known information in the table, and we get,
image We are given that the spending cost of any individual is different in different cities.
We are given that the spending amounts are amongst {1000, 2000, 3000} in their local currencies and also told that there were two spends of 1000 and one spend of 3000, which makes the total spending amount 2000, to be 3 because there are 6 spending amounts in total.
One 2000 and one 3000 are already assigned in the above table, so we will be left with two spends of 1000 and two spends of 2000 to be assigned.
Kira has already spent 2000, so the only amount that she must have spent is 1000, as she cannot spend 2000 twice in different countries.
Lian has already spent 3000, so the only amount that she must have spent is 2000. If she spent 1000, then Jano will be left with two 2000s, which is not possible.
We can also conclude that Jano spent 1000 and 2000 in some order in the two countries.
The flight costs are given as 4000Z, 5000Z, and 6000Z, out of which 4000Z is for Jano and 5000Z and 6000Z are for Kira and Lian, in some order.
Filling up the table with these values, we get,
image Travel Cost = Spending Cost + Flight Cost
For Kira,
Travel Cost = 8000A
Spending Cost = 1000A + 4000A = 5000A
Flight Cost = 5000Z/6000Z
CASE 1: Flight cost of Kira = 5000Z and Flight cost of Lian = 6000Z
If we assume the Flight cost to be 5000Z, then we get,
8000A = 5000A + 5000Z
3000A = 5000Z
A = $\frac{5}{3}$Z
For Lian,
Travel Cost = 18000Z
Spending Cost = 6000A + 1000Z = 6000$\times\ \frac{5}{3}$Z + 1000Z = 11000Z
Flight Cost = Travel Cost - Spending Cost = 18000Z - 11000Z = 7000Z
But in our assumption, the Flight Cost of Lian is 6000Z, which does not match the above answer.
So, we can eliminate this case.
CASE 2: Flight cost of Kira = 6000Z and Flight cost of Lian = 5000Z
If we assume the Flight cost to be 6000Z, then we get,
8000A = 5000A + 6000Z
3000A = 6000Z
A = 2Z
For Lian,
Travel Cost = 18000Z
Spending Cost = 6000A + 1000Z = 6000*2Z + 1000Z = 13000Z
Flight Cost = Travel Cost - Spending Cost = 18000Z - 13000Z = 5000Z
In our assumption, the Flight Cost of Lian is 5000Z, which matches the above answer.
So, Flight cost of Kira = 6000Z, Flight cost of Lian = 5000Z and A = 2Z.
Filling the table with calculated values all in the currency of Z, we get,
image In the case of Zano,
Spending Cost = Travel Cost - Flight Cost = 7000Z - 4000Z = 3000Z
In the first case, the Spending Cost = 2000Z + 1000Z = 3000Z
In the second case, the Spending Cost = 4000Z + 500Z = 4500Z
We obtained a spending cost of 3000Z only in the first case, so we can eliminate the second case.
The final table looks like,
image We know that B = 2A and A = 2Z, so the value of B in terms of Z is 
B = 2*2Z = 4Z  --(3)
We also know that 
C = 0.5Z  --(4)
Dividing (3) by (4), we get,
$\dfrac{B}{C}\ =\ \dfrac{4Z}{0.5Z}\ =\ 8$
B = 8C
So, one Brin is equivalent to 8 crowns.
Hence, the correct answer is option A.
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