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how do we know that the fifth jump is the final jump in this question..

The question on its own says that 5th is the final jump!!!!!!!!![/b]

abhinav85 wrote:how do we know that the fifth jump is the final jump in this question..

The question on its own says that 5th is the final jump!!!!!!!!![/b]

i think question has mentioned "how far did ken jump on his fifth and final jump".. how we can assume that fifth is the final jump.. why it is not that the question is asking for the fifth and the final jump separately i.e. the separate numbers , taking the assumption that fifth is final jump aside..
i think that it is possible that the question is asking the separate values for the fifth jump as well as the final jump(both different)..
Experts, please lemme know whether the statement "how far did ken jump on his fifth and final jump" always indicates that fifth is the final jump or it is not incorrect to take fifth and final jump to be the separate jumps..
I wanna clear this doubt to avoid the future mistakes(if any)..
please help..

ketkoag wrote:

abhinav85 wrote:how do we know that the fifth jump is the final jump in this question..

The question on its own says that 5th is the final jump!!!!!!!!![/b]

i think question has mentioned "how far did ken jump on his fifth and final jump".. how we can assume that fifth is the final jump.. why it is not that the question is asking for the fifth and the final jump separately i.e. the separate numbers , taking the assumption that fifth is final jump aside..
i think that it is possible that the question is asking the separate values for the fifth jump as well as the final jump(both different)..
Experts, please lemme know whether the statement "how far did ken jump on his fifth and final jump" always indicates that fifth is the final jump or it is not incorrect to take fifth and final jump to be the separate jumps..
I wanna clear this doubt to avoid the future mistakes(if any)..
please help..

I have seen main stem generally asks one question. So we can assume fifth and final means fifth one only. If not, that means fifth and final means fifth and another one say eighth one. In that case answer for eighth one is still deducible from stmt2. Now can u say in which category the qn will fall? choice B or E? (because partly answer can be given from stmt2)

ketkoag wrote:how do we know that the fifth jump is the final jump in this question..

"attempt" is singular, therefore we know that the question is asking about only one jump. "fifth and final attempts" would have indicated two separate jumps.

The only assumption we're making is that the GMAT asks gramatically correct questions.

thanks a lot..