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Exercises: Try Out 2026 - Set 2: Real exam simulation to sharpen your skills and build confidence. - Problem 18

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## Exercise 18

### Question

export const metadata = {
  title: "Problem 18",
  authors: [{ name: "Nabil Akbarazzima Fatih" }],
  date: "12/30/2025",
};

In the process of cooking meat, there are differences in cooking time between chicken, beef, rabbit, duck, and lamb.

Beef takes longer to cook than lamb, but not longer than duck.

Rabbit cooks faster than chicken, but takes longer than duck.

The meat that cooks the fastest is ...


### Choices

- [ ] Chicken
- [ ] Beef
- [ ] Rabbit
- [x] Lamb
- [ ] Duck

### Answer & Explanation

export const metadata = {
  title: "Solution to Problem 18",
  authors: [{ name: "Nabil Akbarazzima Fatih" }],
  date: "12/30/2025",
};

Let's order the cooking times from the **fastest** (least time) to the **slowest** (most time).

1.  "Beef takes longer to cook than lamb."
    -   Meaning: <InlineMath math="\text{Time(Beef)} > \text{Time(Lamb)}" />.
    -   Current order: <InlineMath math="\text{Lamb} < \text{Beef}" />.

2.  "...but not longer than duck" (referring to Beef).
    -   Meaning: <InlineMath math="\text{Time(Beef)} < \text{Time(Duck)}" />.
    -   Current order: <InlineMath math="\text{Lamb} < \text{Beef} < \text{Duck}" />.

3.  "Rabbit cooks faster than chicken."
    -   Meaning: <InlineMath math="\text{Time(Rabbit)} < \text{Time(Chicken)}" />.
    -   Current order: <InlineMath math="\text{Rabbit} < \text{Chicken}" />.

4.  "...but takes longer than duck" (referring to Rabbit).
    -   Meaning: <InlineMath math="\text{Time(Rabbit)} > \text{Time(Duck)}" />.
    -   Current order: <InlineMath math="\text{Duck} < \text{Rabbit} < \text{Chicken}" />.

If we combine all the information, the order of cooking time from fastest to slowest is:

<MathContainer>
  <BlockMath math="\text{Lamb} \rightarrow \text{Beef} \rightarrow \text{Duck} \rightarrow \text{Rabbit} \rightarrow \text{Chicken}" />
</MathContainer>

Therefore, the meat that cooks the fastest is **lamb**.


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