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by sanju09 » Fri Apr 18, 2014 10:31 pm
Five friends Andy, Brown, Caddie, Dominic, and Eric are standing in a row for a camera pose. If there are an equal number of persons standing on either side of the tallest of the five friends, then who is the tallest among the five friends?
(1) Eric and Andy are respectively standing to the left and right side of the tallest of the five friends.
(2) Dominic is taller than Caddie, but he's not standing in the middle of the row.



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by sparkles3144 » Tue Apr 22, 2014 4:18 pm
Is it D?
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by theCodeToGMAT » Tue Apr 22, 2014 8:55 pm
TO find: Tallest of 5

Statement 1:
Possible tallest = B C D
INSUFFICIENT

Statement 2:
POSSIBLE TALLEST = A B E
INSUFFICIENT


Combining...
POSSIBLE Tallest = B
SUFFICIENT

[spoiler]{C}[/spoiler]
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by sanju09 » Tue Apr 22, 2014 10:06 pm
theCodeToGMAT wrote:TO find: Tallest of 5

Statement 1:
Possible tallest = B C D
INSUFFICIENT

Statement 2:
POSSIBLE TALLEST = A B C?
INSUFFICIENT


Combining...
POSSIBLE Tallest = B or C
INSUFFICIENT

[spoiler]{E}?[/spoiler]
Hi Rahul,

Check your st(2) interpretation. If Dominic is already taller than Caddie, how can Caddie be a possibility for the tallest?

From the stem, we can deduce that if there are an equal number of persons standing on either side of the tallest of the five friends, then the tallest must stand in the middle.

(1) Here you are correct: Possible tallest = B C D, hence insufficient.

(2) Since Dominic is taller than Caddie, but he's not standing in the middle of the row, this means that none of Dominic or Caddie stand any chance to be the tallest, hence Possible tallest = A B E, hence insufficient.

When taken together, what is common in B C D and A B E? [spoiler]Brown[/spoiler] is the tallest guy, isn't he?

[spoiler]Pick C[/spoiler]
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by theCodeToGMAT » Tue Apr 22, 2014 10:49 pm
sanju09 wrote:
theCodeToGMAT wrote:TO find: Tallest of 5

Statement 1:
Possible tallest = B C D
INSUFFICIENT

Statement 2:
POSSIBLE TALLEST = A B C?
INSUFFICIENT


Combining...
POSSIBLE Tallest = B or C
INSUFFICIENT

[spoiler]{E}?[/spoiler]
Hi Rahul,

Check your st(2) interpretation. If Dominic is already taller than Caddie, how can Caddie be a possibility for the tallest?

From the stem, we can deduce that if there are an equal number of persons standing on either side of the tallest of the five friends, then the tallest must stand in the middle.

(1) Here you are correct: Possible tallest = B C D, hence insufficient.

(2) Since Dominic is taller than Caddie, but he's not standing in the middle of the row, this means that none of Dominic or Caddie stand any chance to be the tallest, hence Possible tallest = A B E, hence insufficient.

When taken together, what is common in B C D and A B E? [spoiler]Brown[/spoiler] is the tallest guy, isn't he?

[spoiler]Pick C[/spoiler]
Sillest Mistake :oops:
Mistakenly wrote C rather than E :?
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by sanju09 » Tue Apr 22, 2014 11:34 pm
theCodeToGMAT wrote:
Sillest Mistake :oops:
Mistakenly wrote C rather than E :?
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by theCodeToGMAT » Tue Apr 22, 2014 11:45 pm
sanju09 wrote:
theCodeToGMAT wrote:
Sillest Mistake :oops:
Mistakenly wrote C rather than E :?
Snooping to know the difference between Sillest and Silliest?
hahhaha.... typo ;) .... symptoms of doing BTG from office :P
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