A manager needs to assign tasks to three employees, P, Q, and R, such that each employee receives at least one task. The total number of tasks is 7. If employee P receives more tasks than Q, and Q receives more tasks than R, how many tasks does employee Q receive?

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B) 2. Let P, Q, R be the tasks. P+Q+R=7, P>Q>R, P,Q,R ≥ 1. The smallest possible values are R=1, Q=2, P=3. Their sum is 6. The remaining task must go to P to maintain P>Q>R, making P=4. So, P=4, Q=2, R=1. Thus, Q receives 2 tasks.

A manager needs to assign tasks to three employees, P, Q, and R, such that each employee receives at least one task. The total number of tasks is 7. If employee P receives more tasks than Q, and Q receives more tasks than R, how many tasks does employee Q receive?

✓ Correct Answer: Option B

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