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# The table above shows the cost, in dollars, of traveling to

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The table above shows the cost, in dollars, of traveling to and from cities A, B, C, D, E, and F. A sales representative wants to leave from A , travel to C, E, and F, and return to A . If the first city that the sales representative travels to must be E, what is the minimum possible cost for the entire trip?

(A) $13 (B)$14
(C) $16 (D)$18
(E) $20 [Reveal] Spoiler: OA Last edited by Bunuel on 04 Oct 2013, 00:07, edited 1 time in total. Renamed the topic, edited the question and the OA. Director Joined: 13 Mar 2007 Posts: 545 Schools: MIT Sloan Followers: 4 Kudos [?]: 28 [0], given: 0 [#permalink] 02 Jun 2007, 16:35 A -> E -> C -> F -> A => 7+2+4+3 =$16
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Re: The table above shows the cost, in dollars, of traveling to [#permalink]  03 Oct 2013, 10:57
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The table above shows the cost, in dollars, of traveling to and from cities A, B, C, D, E, and F. A sales representative wants to leave from A, travel to C, E, and F, and return to A. If the first city that the sales representative travels to must be E, what is the minimum possible cost for the entire trip?
(A) $13 (B)$14
(C) $16 (D)$18
(E) $20 OA: A Don't think the OA is A Could you please check? Math Expert Joined: 02 Sep 2009 Posts: 27228 Followers: 4231 Kudos [?]: 41093 [0], given: 5666 Re: The table above shows the cost, in dollars, of traveling to [#permalink] 04 Oct 2013, 00:08 Expert's post jlgdr wrote: bmwhype2 wrote: The table above shows the cost, in dollars, of traveling to and from cities A, B, C, D, E, and F. A sales representative wants to leave from A, travel to C, E, and F, and return to A. If the first city that the sales representative travels to must be E, what is the minimum possible cost for the entire trip? (A)$ 13
(B) $14 (C)$16
(D) $18 (E)$20

OA: A

Don't think the OA is A

The correct answer is C. Edited. Thank you.
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Re: The table above shows the cost, in dollars, of traveling to [#permalink]  07 Oct 2013, 07:38
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jlgdr wrote:
bmwhype2 wrote:
The table above shows the cost, in dollars, of traveling to and from cities A, B, C, D, E, and F. A sales representative wants to leave from A, travel to C, E, and F, and return to A. If the first city that the sales representative travels to must be E, what is the minimum possible cost for the entire trip?
(A) $13 (B)$14
(C) $16 (D)$18
(E) $20 OA: A Don't think the OA is A Could you please check? The correct answer is C. Edited. Thank you. HI Bunuel, Could you please explain me this question?? unable to understand how values are taken.. Intern Joined: 07 Jan 2013 Posts: 26 Location: Poland GPA: 3.8 Followers: 0 Kudos [?]: 5 [0], given: 491 Re: The table above shows the cost, in dollars, of traveling to [#permalink] 14 Oct 2013, 10:55 jlgdr wrote: bmwhype2 wrote: The table above shows the cost, in dollars, of traveling to and from cities A, B, C, D, E, and F. A sales representative wants to leave from A, travel to C, E, and F, and return to A. If the first city that the sales representative travels to must be E, what is the minimum possible cost for the entire trip? (A)$ 13
(B) $14 (C)$16
(D) $18 (E)$20

OA: A

Don't think the OA is A

It will give you 13 from A to C and F...but you have to return to A, so it is an additonal 3 dollars of cost. So 16
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Re: The table above shows the cost, in dollars, of traveling to [#permalink]  17 Oct 2013, 02:30
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Bunuel wrote:
jlgdr wrote:
The table above shows the cost, in dollars, of traveling to and from cities A, B, C, D, E, and F. A sales representative wants to leave from A, travel to C, E, and F, and return to A. If the first city that the sales representative travels to must be E, what is the minimum possible cost for the entire trip?
(A) $13 (B)$14
(C) $16 (D)$18
(E) $20 The correct answer is C. Edited. Thank you. HI Bunuel, Could you please explain me this question?? unable to understand how values are taken.. Look at the image below: Attachment: Untitled3.png [ 65.63 KiB | Viewed 1907 times ] The distance from A to D is 2. The distance from B to E is 5. The distance from F to E is 6. ... Does this make sense? _________________ Intern Joined: 23 Jul 2013 Posts: 22 Followers: 0 Kudos [?]: 5 [0], given: 63 Re: The table above shows the cost, in dollars, of traveling to [#permalink] 24 Oct 2013, 16:32 Understood completelyy...Thank you Bunuel so much... m feeling so dumb right now..!!! it was that easy... Manager Joined: 10 Mar 2014 Posts: 122 Followers: 1 Kudos [?]: 32 [0], given: 7 Re: The table above shows the cost, in dollars, of traveling to [#permalink] 14 Jan 2015, 00:45 Bunuel wrote: jlgdr wrote: bmwhype2 wrote: The table above shows the cost, in dollars, of traveling to and from cities A, B, C, D, E, and F. A sales representative wants to leave from A, travel to C, E, and F, and return to A. If the first city that the sales representative travels to must be E, what is the minimum possible cost for the entire trip? (A)$ 13
(B) $14 (C)$16
(D) $18 (E)$20

OA: A

Don't think the OA is A

The correct answer is C. Edited. Thank you.

Hi Bunuel,

If we will do A-c. then C->e then E->f then F-A

then 3+2+6+3 = 14

Please clarify this. What mistake i am making

Thanks
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Re: The table above shows the cost, in dollars, of traveling to [#permalink]  14 Jan 2015, 01:00
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PathFinder007 wrote:
Hi Bunuel,

If we will do A-c. then C->e then E->f then F-A

then 3+2+6+3 = 14

Please clarify this. What mistake i am making

Thanks

Please read questions carefully: "...the first city that the sales representative travels to must be E ..."
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