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Merco has been in business longer than Nolen. Inc, Olean [#permalink]
 31 Mar 2006, 04:47
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Merco has been in business longer than Nolen. Inc, Olean Industries was founded years before the Potter Company, and the Potter Company was started years after the Quarles Corporation. Nolen, Inc., and the Quarles Corporation were founded in the same year.
If the information above is true, which of the following must also be true?
(A) Olean Industries has been in business for more years than Merco.
(B) Olean Industries has been in business for more years than the Quarles Corporation.
(C) Nolen, Inc., has not been in business for as many years as Olean Industries.
(D) Merco has been in business for more years than the Potter Company.
(E) Nolen, Inc., has not been in business for as many years as the Potter Company.
Can somene explain why the answer cannot be C?
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I think the ans is D.
For these kind of questions i find it helpful to actually write out the relations. In this case:
1. Merco>Nolen
2. Olean>Potter
3. Quales>Potter
4. Nolen = Quales
Simmilarly C can be written as Olean > Nolen, which NEED not be true. Thus C is out.
On the other hand, D can be written as Merco>Potter. This is true from 1, 3 and 4. Thus D is the right answer.
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one more for D
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Yes D, because we have a factual info on this one....
We know that Merco > Nolen,
We also know that Nolen = Quarles
And Quarles is > Potter, so we could say that Nollen > Potter
So if Nollen was in business for more years than Potter, Merco is definetely older company than Potter, since Merco is even older than Nolen....
Not C because we cannot confirm that. We only know that Nolen>Potter and Olean>Potter... we do not have data on Nolen relation to Olean....
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It is definitely D.
Best is to draw a small chart to compare.
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D is true
M (LONGEST IN BUSINESS)
N = Q
P ( SHORTEST IN BUSINESS
O (LONGER IN BUSINESS)
P
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