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At 11 Am, Abraham leaves from his home for a meeting that is scheduled for 1 PM. If the venue of the meeting is not less than 100 kilometers away and Abraham drives at a speed not less than 60 kilometers per hour, will he be late for the meeting?

1) The venue of the meeting is less than 120 kilometers away.
2) He does not drive at a speed greater than 80 kilometers per hour.

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by Jay@ManhattanReview » Wed Jun 05, 2019 10:39 pm

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At 11 Am, Abraham leaves from his home for a meeting that is scheduled for 1 PM. If the venue of the meeting is not less than 100 kilometers away and Abraham drives at a speed not less than 60 kilometers per hour, will he be late for the meeting?

1) The venue of the meeting is less than 120 kilometers away.
2) He does not drive at a speed greater than 80 kilometers per hour.

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Starting at 11 am, Abraham must reach within 2 hours, else he's late.

Let's take each statement one by one.

1) The venue of the meeting is less than 120 kilometers away.

Even if we take the maximum distance = 120 miles and minimum speed = 60 mph, he reaches office in 120/60 = 2 hours. So, he's not late. Sufficient.

2) He does not drive at a speed greater than 80 kilometers per hour.

Case 1:

Say distance = 280 miles and speed = 70 mph. Abraham reaches office in 280/70 = 4 hours. So, he's late.

Case 2:

Say distance = 105 miles and speed = 70 mph. Abraham reaches office in 105/70 = 1.5 hours. So, he's not late.

No unique answer. Insufficient.

The correct answer: A

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by deloitte247 » Sat Jun 08, 2019 12:15 am

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$$Dis\tan ce\ from\ \hom e\ to\ meeting\ge100km$$
$$Time\ taken\ is\ \exp ected\ to\ be\ \le2hrs\ to\ avoid\ lateness$$
$$speed\ge60\ \frac{km}{hr}$$
Will Abraham be late for the meeting?

Statement 1
The venue of the meeting is less than 120 km away.
$$100km\le Dis\tan ce\le120km$$
If the distance = 120km at the speed of 60km/hr, he will get to the meeting in 2hrs.
If Distance =100km at the speed of 60km/hr, he will get to the meeting within 1hr 42minutes.
He will not be late, Statement 1 is SUFFICIENT.

Statement 2
He does not drive at a speed greater than 80 km/hr
$$Speed\le80\ \frac{km}{hr}$$
$$Dis\tan ce\ \ge100\ \frac{km}{hr}$$
If distance = 100 km at a time taken to get to the meeting will be 1 hour 15 minutes at 80 km/hr.
Therefore, he will not be late .

If Distance =100 and speed = 20 km/hr Time-taken = 5 hrs
Therefore, he will be late, information given is not enough.
Statement 2 is INSUFFICIENT.

$$Answer\ is\ Option\ A$$