John and Peter Ticket queue

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John and Peter Ticket queue

by harsh.champ » Sun Feb 07, 2010 12:19 pm
Johnl and Peter are in a queue to purchase tickets. How many people are there in the queue?
A: There are 20 people behind John and 20 people in front of Peter.
B: There are 5 people between John and Peter.
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by ajith » Sun Feb 07, 2010 1:12 pm
harsh.champ wrote:Johnl and Peter are in a queue to purchase tickets. How many people are there in the queue?
A: There are 20 people behind John and 20 people in front of Peter.
B: There are 5 people between John and Peter.
A - insufficient
B - Insufficient

Combined also Insufficient because we do not know whether John is ahead of Peter or it is the other way around answer changes in each case so insufficient
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by onedayi'll » Sun Feb 07, 2010 8:21 pm
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