& Two (or more) lines of a poem are said to rhyme when the final word of each line rhymes with the final word of the other line (or lines). Letter sequences, starting with the letter A, are used to describe rhyme schemes in a poem. For example, the rhyme scheme ABAB indicates that the first and third lines rhyme, and that the second and fourth lines rhyme; the rhyme scheme ABAABB indicates that the first, third, and fourth lines rhyme, and that the third, fifth, and sixth lines rhyme. Joe was asked to write a five-line poem with the rhyme scheme ***** , where each * is
either A or B. If the five-line poem that Joe wrote is such that the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme, and the third and fourth lines rhyme, then did Joe’s poem have rhyme scheme *****?
(1) The sequence ***** includes two consecutive A’s and two consecutive B’s.
(2) In the sequence *****, only the third and fourth letters are B.
For this problem why would both statements not each be individually sufficient? They are saying that only 2 is sufficient, but the reasoning for 1 being insufficient seems to be bad in my opinion. They say that it can’t be sufficient because it could be bbaab or aabba, but the problem states that it must start with a. Others argue it could be aabba or abbaa, but the problem explicitly states that joes rhyme must rhyme on 1,2, and 5 as well as 4 and 5? Any clarification would be helpful
I feel like I must be missing something because everyone else talks about it as if it is obvious on the forum