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Can you please explain option B is wrong ? Is it because it is already said in the passage that if we go for the sweatshirt contract , we will already get two weeks to install sewing machine and the installation of the sweing machine need not necessarily begin by the end of next week.
Two weeks are enough for the installation and also no overtime charges are required.
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­I've added to the explanation for (B). I think you already get why (B) isn't correct, but you can confirm by reviewing the new version of the explanation.
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­For the executive’s plan to succeed in avoiding the need for overtime, the essential requirement is that the jacket contract can still be completed on time without the need for overtime work. This would allow the company to start the sweatshirt contract two weeks later without incurring overtime costs. Therefore, the key condition that must be met is:

C. If the new sewing machines are installed without overtime work, the jacket contract can be completed on time without overtime work.

This statement ensures that the jacket contract, which needs to be started next week, can be completed on time without requiring overtime, even if the new sewing machines are installed without any overtime work. This allows the company to follow the executive's plan to shift from dress shirts to sweatshirts without incurring additional overtime costs.­
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If the sweatshirt contract can be started two weeks later, then presumably, the jacket contract can be started two weeks later, in which case they will have two additional weeks to install the machines.

How could you arrive at this based on the passage? What I interpreted was that the sweatshirt contract won't start till 2 weeks later, as opposed to the dress contract which would be starting earlier which would require jacket work to be finished even before (all less than 2 weeks). So i thought option B made sense as the the machines would be ready in time at least a week before sweatshirts have to be started giving time for jackets to be made. I had also shortlisted C, but i'm still not able to be convinced why not B.
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My approach of understanding this ambiguous question:

Sewing Machine (SM)
Installing Sewing Machine (ISM)
Working Overtime (WO)
Jacket Contract (JC)
Dress Shirt Contract (DS)
Sweat Shirt Contract (SS)

Accountant :
WO causes No Money
JC needs SM

This week - ISM needs WO, money problem.
Next week - JC
presumably 3rd week (2weeks later) or earlier - DS
(doesn't say when or how long exactly to make DS but looks like the question is fixed that workers can only do one job at a time per 1 week which also make Choice A intriguing)

Executive :
This week - blank
Next week - blank
3rd week (2weeks later) - SS

Subconsciously, anyone new to this question (type of people like me) will think that overtime means workers can work on 2 or more contracts at the same time, which could derail someone such as me.
Somehow the question implies that overtme work only applies to installing sewing machine and it doesn't apply to working 2 contracts at the same time.
Though Executive says "any overtime" but the only overtime the question concerns is "Installing the Machine Overtime"
I tried to think that the executive is competent here LOL but the question wants him to be incompetent and irrational.

Choice C :
This week - ISM don't need WO, no money problem.
Next week - JC
3rd week (2weeks later) - SS­
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