The standard policy of the mail delivery system of Bainsbury is to hold registered mail at the post office and ask the intended recipients to drive to the post office in order to retrieve it. Last year, this policy generated long waits at the post office, due to the fact that government tax returns are all delivered on the same day by registered mail, as are many holiday cards and packages, and the post office was flooded with visitors. The post office is expecting the same amount of registered mail on the day that government tax returns are delivered this year as it received on the corresponding day of last year. In order to reduce the wait time at the post office on such days to half of what it was last year, the post office has changed its policy. This year, the post office will take half of the bags of registered mail on tax days and holidays and deliver their contents by hand to their intended recipients.
Which of the following must be true for the post office's plan to achieve its goal on days with unusually high quantities of registered mail?
A
Delivering half of the registered mail received on holidays will cost the Bainsbury post office no more than delivering non-registered mail on days with regular mail volume.
B
This year, every piece of registered mail that is being held at the post office must be addressed to a recipient for whom no other piece of registered mail is being held at the post office.
C
The average number of visitors to the post office per bag of registered mail delivered this year will be no higher than the average number of visitors to the post office per bag of registered mail delivered last year.
D
Registered mail delivered to Bainsbury will constitute a smaller percentage of all mail delivered this year than it did last year.
E
The total number bags of registered mail delivered to Bainsbury this year will be smaller than the total number of bags of registered mail delivered to Bainsbury last year.
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my pick is E
B was the other contender but excluded it for the following reason.
This year, every piece of registered mail that is being held at the post office must be addressed to a recipient for whom no other piece of registered mail is being held at the post office.
So, this means that even though the post office might deliver half the bags of registered mail to people and not ask them to come to the post office...This would have helped in reducing traffic at post office if the recipients did not have other registered mail for which they anyways had to come to the post office
B was the other contender but excluded it for the following reason.
This year, every piece of registered mail that is being held at the post office must be addressed to a recipient for whom no other piece of registered mail is being held at the post office.
So, this means that even though the post office might deliver half the bags of registered mail to people and not ask them to come to the post office...This would have helped in reducing traffic at post office if the recipients did not have other registered mail for which they anyways had to come to the post office
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Hence IMO C.pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:The standard policy of the mail delivery system of Bainsbury is to hold registered mail at the post office and ask the intended recipients to drive to the post office in order to retrieve it. Last year, this policy generated long waits at the post office, due to the fact that government tax returns are all delivered on the same day by registered mail, as are many holiday cards and packages, and the post office was flooded with visitors. The post office is expecting the same amount of registered mail on the day that government tax returns are delivered this year as it received on the corresponding day of last year. In order to reduce the wait time at the post office on such days to half of what it was last year, the post office has changed its policy. This year, the post office will take half of the bags of registered mail on tax days and holidays and deliver their contents by hand to their intended recipients.
Which of the following must be true for the post office's plan to achieve its goal on days with unusually high quantities of registered mail?
A
Delivering half of the registered mail received on holidays will cost the Bainsbury post office no more than delivering non-registered mail on days with regular mail volume. --- Irrelevant
B
This year, every piece of registered mail that is being held at the post office must be addressed to a recipient for whom no other piece of registered mail is being held at the post office -- Was a contender but elimintaed when looked properly at the bolded part.
C
The average number of visitors to the post office per bag of registered mail delivered this year will be no higher than the average number of visitors to the post office per bag of registered mail delivered last year. -- looks good ..so keep it.
D
Registered mail delivered to Bainsbury will constitute a smaller percentage of all mail delivered this year than it did last year. --- irrelevant
E
The total number bags of registered mail delivered to Bainsbury this year will be smaller than the total number of bags of registered mail delivered to Bainsbury last year. -- no effect as the argument says the amount of registered mail will be the same
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i think B is correct here....
if P.O is deleivering mails to all those persond who do not have any other mail in their names at the post office.....crowd is reduced..
if P.O is deleivering mails to all those persond who do not have any other mail in their names at the post office.....crowd is reduced..
IMO C.
Let's say average number of people/bag last year = 100 and total no. of bags = 10.
And this year this average number of people/bag has increased to 150 with same total no. of bags.
According to the question, 5 out of 10 bags will be delivered but the remaining bags will have 5*150=750 people still queuing up outside post office, as opposed to 10*100 = 1000 people last year. Hence, the time taken by P.O. to deliver these mails will not be reduced to half.
What's the OA?
Let's say average number of people/bag last year = 100 and total no. of bags = 10.
And this year this average number of people/bag has increased to 150 with same total no. of bags.
According to the question, 5 out of 10 bags will be delivered but the remaining bags will have 5*150=750 people still queuing up outside post office, as opposed to 10*100 = 1000 people last year. Hence, the time taken by P.O. to deliver these mails will not be reduced to half.
What's the OA?
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i chose B for this CRpradeepkaushal9518 wrote:The standard policy of the mail delivery system of Bainsbury is to hold registered mail at the post office and ask the intended recipients to drive to the post office in order to retrieve it. Last year, this policy generated long waits at the post office, due to the fact that government tax returns are all delivered on the same day by registered mail, as are many holiday cards and packages, and the post office was flooded with visitors. The post office is expecting the same amount of registered mail on the day that government tax returns are delivered this year as it received on the corresponding day of last year. In order to reduce the wait time at the post office on such days to half of what it was last year, the post office has changed its policy. This year, the post office will take half of the bags of registered mail on tax days and holidays and deliver their contents by hand to their intended recipients.
Which of the following must be true for the post office's plan to achieve its goal on days with unusually high quantities of registered mail?
A
Delivering half of the registered mail received on holidays will cost the Bainsbury post office no more than delivering non-registered mail on days with regular mail volume.
B
This year, every piece of registered mail that is being held at the post office must be addressed to a recipient for whom no other piece of registered mail is being held at the post office.
C
The average number of visitors to the post office per bag of registered mail delivered this year will be no higher than the average number of visitors to the post office per bag of registered mail delivered last year.
D
Registered mail delivered to Bainsbury will constitute a smaller percentage of all mail delivered this year than it did last year.
E
The total number bags of registered mail delivered to Bainsbury this year will be smaller than the total number of bags of registered mail delivered to Bainsbury last year.
and hey, why you posted the CR question and have never given it the answer? i have answered for at least 10 CR you posted and waiting for the right answer for now and i dont see you post the correct answer choices, and its been for days!!!!
post the OA, man!
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so what is the answer???diebeatsthegmat wrote:i chose B for this CRpradeepkaushal9518 wrote:The standard policy of the mail delivery system of Bainsbury is to hold registered mail at the post office and ask the intended recipients to drive to the post office in order to retrieve it. Last year, this policy generated long waits at the post office, due to the fact that government tax returns are all delivered on the same day by registered mail, as are many holiday cards and packages, and the post office was flooded with visitors. The post office is expecting the same amount of registered mail on the day that government tax returns are delivered this year as it received on the corresponding day of last year. In order to reduce the wait time at the post office on such days to half of what it was last year, the post office has changed its policy. This year, the post office will take half of the bags of registered mail on tax days and holidays and deliver their contents by hand to their intended recipients.
Which of the following must be true for the post office's plan to achieve its goal on days with unusually high quantities of registered mail?
A
Delivering half of the registered mail received on holidays will cost the Bainsbury post office no more than delivering non-registered mail on days with regular mail volume.
B
This year, every piece of registered mail that is being held at the post office must be addressed to a recipient for whom no other piece of registered mail is being held at the post office.
C
The average number of visitors to the post office per bag of registered mail delivered this year will be no higher than the average number of visitors to the post office per bag of registered mail delivered last year.
D
Registered mail delivered to Bainsbury will constitute a smaller percentage of all mail delivered this year than it did last year.
E
The total number bags of registered mail delivered to Bainsbury this year will be smaller than the total number of bags of registered mail delivered to Bainsbury last year.
and hey, why you posted the CR question and have never given it the answer? i have answered for at least 10 CR you posted and waiting for the right answer for now and i dont see you post the correct answer choices, and its been for days!!!!
post the OA, man!
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hey reply buddy, i think i hate pradeepkaushal because he never gives the answer for all CR he posted... and i think its very very annoyingreply2spg wrote:What's the answer? on second thought I am going with B.
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E is the best bet. Even though more visitors show up, the PO still hands these half that were set aside, in person
B: why can't a person receive 2 or more registered mail? in all prob he/she can
C: no guarantee...what if there are more returns than last year?
B: why can't a person receive 2 or more registered mail? in all prob he/she can
C: no guarantee...what if there are more returns than last year?
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hehe, I am not sure whether he has OA's for these questions. These are homework questions. As I chat with him he is not very happy with the course.
diebeatsthegmat wrote:hey reply buddy, i think i hate pradeepkaushal because he never gives the answer for all CR he posted... and i think its very very annoyingreply2spg wrote:What's the answer? on second thought I am going with B.
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I appreciate him for mentioning the source at leastpradeepkaushal9518 wrote:The standard policy of the mail delivery system of Bainsbury is to hold registered mail at the post office and ask the intended recipients to drive to the post office in order to retrieve it. Last year, this policy generated long waits at the post office, due to the fact that government tax returns are all delivered on the same day by registered mail, as are many holiday cards and packages, and the post office was flooded with visitors. The post office is expecting the same amount of registered mail on the day that government tax returns are delivered this year as it received on the corresponding day of last year. In order to reduce the wait time at the post office on such days to half of what it was last year, the post office has changed its policy. This year, the post office will take half of the bags of registered mail on tax days and holidays and deliver their contents by hand to their intended recipients.
Which of the following must be true for the post office's plan to achieve its goal on days with unusually high quantities of registered mail?
A
Delivering half of the registered mail received on holidays will cost the Bainsbury post office no more than delivering non-registered mail on days with regular mail volume.
B
This year, every piece of registered mail that is being held at the post office must be addressed to a recipient for whom no other piece of registered mail is being held at the post office.
C
The average number of visitors to the post office per bag of registered mail delivered this year will be no higher than the average number of visitors to the post office per bag of registered mail delivered last year.
D
Registered mail delivered to Bainsbury will constitute a smaller percentage of all mail delivered this year than it did last year.
E
The total number bags of registered mail delivered to Bainsbury this year will be smaller than the total number of bags of registered mail delivered to Bainsbury last year.
