The fruit plants in my garden do not bear fruit during their first summer. The fruits are picked for the next two years and then the plants become too woody and need to be pulled up. Occasionally some of the die over winter. The last five years I had fruit on the following number of plants: 0,11,20,27,19

Question

Assuming no plants die this winter, what is the fewest that I could have next summer?
a) 0
b) 1
c) 7
d) 8
e) 19

Answer 1

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