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GATE EC 2023 Set 1 Q9 — General Aptitude

Out of $1000$ individuals in a town, $100$ unidentified individuals are covid positive. Due to lack of adequate covid-testing kits, the health authorities of the town devised a strategy to identify these covid-positive individuals. The strategy is to:

Given this strategy, no more than _______ testing kits will be required to identify all the $100$ covid positive individuals irrespective of how they are grouped.

$700$
$600$
$800$
$1000$

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