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In a stack of boards at a lumber yard, the 20th board

by AAPL » Thu Aug 16, 2018 5:32 am

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In a stack of boards at a lumber yard, the 20th board counting from the top of the stack is immediately below the 16th board counting from the bottom of the stack. how many boards are in the stack?

A. 38
B. 36
C. 35
D. 34
E. 32

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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Thu Aug 16, 2018 5:47 am
AAPL wrote:GMAT Prep

In a stack of boards at a lumber yard, the 20th board counting from the top of the stack is immediately below the 16th board counting from the bottom of the stack. how many boards are in the stack?

A. 38
B. 36
C. 35
D. 34
E. 32

OA D.
Let's start from the bottom and work our way up:

We'll start with the 16th board counting from the bottom of the stack

Right BELOW that 16th board, we have a board that we'll call Larry.
So, Larry is the 15th board counting from the bottom of the stack.
So, starting from the bottom and working our way up to Larry, we have 15 boards so far.

Larry is the 20th board counting from the TOP of the stack
In other words, there are 19 boards ABOVE Larry.
So, including those 19 boards, we now have 34 boards in TOTAL.

Answer: D

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by Scott@TargetTestPrep » Thu Aug 23, 2018 3:55 pm
AAPL wrote:GMAT Prep

In a stack of boards at a lumber yard, the 20th board counting from the top of the stack is immediately below the 16th board counting from the bottom of the stack. how many boards are in the stack?

A. 38
B. 36
C. 35
D. 34
E. 32
If the 20th board counting from the top of the stack is immediately below the 16th board counting from the bottom of the stack, then the 19th board counting from the top of the stack is exactly the 16th board counting from the bottom of the stack. In other words, there are 18 boards above the 16th board counting from the bottom of the stack. Thus, there are 18 + 16 = 34 boards in the stack.

Answer: D

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