Range of the Team!!!

[apoorva.srivastva]

The range of the males in the teams is 14 inches and the range of the females is 12 inches.What is the range of the team?

1.) The shortest of the man is 3 inches more than the tallest female.
2.) The tallest man is 75 inches

[nitya34]

Clearly A

let me explain

MALE

m,.......................,(m+14)


FEMALE
f,..........................,(f+12)


Range=(m-f)+14

hence its A as A tells us that m-f=15

[apoorva.srivastva]

Thanks nitya...cool solution..you cleared my doubt ;)

[abcdefg]

hmmm. I know the first statement is sufficient but shouldn't the range of the team be 29?

The tallest man is +14 from the shortest man. The shortest man is +3 from the tallest woman. So the tallest man is +17 from the tallest woman. The tallest woman is +12 from the shortest woman. So the range from the tallest man to the shortest woman is +29. No?

[Morgoth]

I agree, answer should be 29.

ML - MS = 14----I
FL - FS = 12-----II

ML - FS = ?

MS = 3 + FL, substitute this in I equation

ML -3 -FL = 14
FL = ML -17, substitute this in II equation

ML - 17 - FS = 12
ML - FS= 12+17 = 29

[chintanjadwani]

agreed..answer should be 29...!!