shashank.ism wrote:Five students Atul, Bala, Chetan, Dev and Ernesto were the only ones who participated in a quiz contest. They were ranked based on their scores in the contest. Dev got a higher rank as compared to Ernesto, while Bala got a higher rank as compared to Chetan. Chetan's rank was lower than the median. Who among the five got the highest rank?
A. Atul was the last rank holder.
B. Bala was not among the top two rank holders.
a.) 1
b.) 2
c.) 3
d.) 4
e.) 5
If a, b, c, d, and e, respectively, were the scores of the five students Atul, Bala, Chetan, Dev and Ernesto, then
d > e, and c is less than both the median and b. Here, b could be the median as well; who knows?
(1) It says that, a is not median, and that a < c < b and a < e < d. Either b or d could be the highest. Insufficient
(2) If b is not among the top two scores, then either a or d could be the highest. Insufficient
Taken together
Either b or d could be the highest and b is not among the top two scores, then it's d among the five who got the highest score, or it's Dev among the five who got the highest rank. Sufficient
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