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Hi bunuel what is the right answer - I dont think gien answer is right

Hi,

The OA is correct.

Number of diamond rings refined in 2 weeks = ?

St1: There are 4 diamonds in each ring --> Clearly insufficient

St2: One goldsmith can refine 2 diamonds in 4 hours. --> Rate = 2 per 4 hrs = 12 diamonds/day
We know the number of diamonds but we do have no information about the number of diamond rings.
Not Sufficient

Combining St1 and St2:
4 diamonds in 1 ring --> 3 diamond rings/day --> 42 diamond rings in 2 weeks

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Is it ok to assume number of working days & hours of the week in such a question?
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Is it ok to assume number of working days & hours of the week in such a question?

We are given a specified rate. The number of days in a week and the number of hours in a day are constant. We are not assuming anything that is out of our perceived knowledge.
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Is it ok to assume number of working days & hours of the week in such a question?

We are given a specified rate. The number of days in a week and the number of hours in a day are constant. We are not assuming anything that is out of our perceived knowledge.

What i meant to ask is, should this type of question be viewed as a trick question (wherein the 'manhours' to be considered is not specified ) or just calculate assuming the goldsmith works for 24 hrs/day 7 days a week straight?
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Hi
This seems to be an ambiguous question....no of hrs in a day assumed that 24 hrs the gold smith keeps on working....no of diamonds needed to be polished is 4 ...what about the ring part to be polished apart from diamonds...???...may be i m thinking too much :)
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How many diamond rings can a goldsmith refine in two weeks?

(1) There are 4 diamonds in each ring.
(2) One goldsmith can refine 2 diamonds in 4 hours.

Yes, the question doesn't seem to be GMAT-Quality.

1. We do not know that to "refine a ring", all we need to do is "refine the diamonds in the ring" though the solution assumes that.

2. The rate is given in terms of diamonds per hour but time is in weeks. A rate in terms of diamonds per day would make far more sense (though I would still wonder if it works 7 days a week). OR the question needs to specify that the refinery works 24 hrs/7 days etc.

In any case, there is ambiguity in the question.



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