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earnit wrote:
Bunuel wrote:
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Tricky question.

(1) The number of patients of Vertigo Hospital who have both arachnophobia and acrophobia is the same as the number of patients who have neither arachnophobia nor acrophobia. Use double-set matrix:



As you can see, # of patients who have acrophobia is \(58-45=13\). Sufficient.

(2) 32 patients of Vertigo Hospital have arachnophobia but not acrophobia. Clearly insufficient.


Answer: A


I have a query with regard to understanding the underlying assumption involved here:
Are we assuming that the hospital could have patients with diseases other than arachnophobia and acrophobia ? And if NO, then why is statement 2 insufficient?

As per Statement 2: 32 patients of Vertigo Hospital have arachnophobia but not acrophobia, implies that the no. of people with both arachnophobia and acrophobia should be 13, satisfying the given no. of 45 and hence the no. of people acrophobia should amount to 13 and hence the ans is 23.

I cannot draw the venn diagram, but assuming the intersection part as x and only acro as y:
32+x+y = 58
32+x = 45 given
Hence y = 58-45 = 13
Reqyired answer: 13+x = 13+13 = 26.

Yes it defies the logic that both statments always give the same answer but what am i missing here.


We cannot assume that there are no patients with some other phobias in the hospital. Moreover, (1) states that the number of patients at Vertigo Hospital who have both arachnophobia and acrophobia is equal to the number of patients who have neither arachnophobia nor acrophobia. The patients who have neither arachnophobia nor acrophobia are those who have some other phobias. Therefore, we are directly told that there are patients with some other phobias in the hospital.
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I think this question is good and helpful.
Very Good Question
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I think this is a high-quality question and I agree with explanation. One of the trickiest!
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I love this question, really high quality.
reminder to keep an eye for little tricks.
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I have edited the question and the solution by adding more details to enhance its clarity. I hope it is now easier to understand.
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I think this is a high-quality question and I agree with explanation.
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