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Jorge travels to meet once daily with exactly six clients, Clients A t [#permalink] New post   19 May 2020, 05:21
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Jorge travels to meet once daily with exactly six clients, Clients A through F. When scheduling these meetings, Jorge schedules the most urgent meeting to be the first of the day and then schedules each subsequent meeting according to which client is the least distance from the meeting immediately prior to it. The table shows the distances between Jorge’s clients.

Number of Kilometers between Clients
ClientABCDEF
A073421
B70215174
C3203186
D41530127
E217181209
F146790
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On Tuesday, Jorge’s most urgent meeting will be with Client E. For each of the following pairs of clients, select Yes if Jorge will schedule meetings with the given clients in the given order. Otherwise, select No.
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Client B then Client C
Client C then Client D
Client D then Client A
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Client B then Client C: Yes Client C then Client D: Yes Client D then Client A: No
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Re: Jorge travels to meet once daily with exactly six clients, Clients A t [#permalink] New post   20 May 2020, 22:27
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Hi SajjadAhmad, could you share the official explanation, I am not able to come to Yes for the second one.

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The information provided indicates that Jorge’s first meeting (his most urgent of the day) will be with Client E and that he will schedule meetings with each other client in order based on proximity to the previous meeting. From Client E, the closest client is Client A (2 km). From Client A, the closest client is Client F (1 km). From Client F, the closest client is Client A, but that meeting would be scheduled to take place immediately after the meeting with Client E, so among the remaining clients, Client B is closest to Client F (4 km). From Client B, the closest remaining client is Client C (2 km). After Client C, only Client D remains, so the client meetings would be scheduled in the following order: E, A, F, B, C, D. Therefore, Jorge will schedule the meeting with Client B to be immediately before that with Client C.

The correct answer is Yes.

Based on the explanation above, the meeting with Client C would be scheduled to immediately precede the meeting with Client D.

The correct answer is Yes.

Based on the explanation above, the meeting with Client A would be scheduled to be the second of the day and the meeting with Client D would be scheduled to be the last among the six.

The correct answer is No.
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Re: Jorge travels to meet once daily with exactly six clients, Clients A t [#permalink] New post   19 May 2020, 05:38
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Client D is @less distance than Client C.

Am i wrong?
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Re: Jorge travels to meet once daily with exactly six clients, Clients A t [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 21 May 2020, 08:00
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So here we can try the permutations and combinations on our own to see how the path is formed

We have to always follow the logic :

John schedules each subsequent meeting according to which client is the least distance from the meeting immediately prior to it.

So here first John goes to E

Now from E ,then from E the closest client is A with a distance of 2,so John will go to A,next from the closest point is F with a distance of 1,so John will go to client F,

Now from F,again the closest is A,but he already met A,so the next closest in the list is B with a distance of 4 ,so from F John will go to B

Now from B,the closest is C with a distance of 2,so John will go to C

Now from C,the closest is B,but John has already met B,so he will go to D(at a distance of 3 from C),so John will go to D.

Now from D,John will not go to A,since he already met A.

So the answers are Yes,Yes,No

Originally posted by Apt0810 on 19 May 2020, 09:30.
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Re: Jorge travels to meet once daily with exactly six clients, Clients A t [#permalink] New post   20 May 2020, 22:07
Hi SajjadAhmad, could you share the official explanation, I am not able to come to Yes for the second one.

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Jorge travels to meet once daily with exactly six clients, Clients A t [#permalink] New post   09 Dec 2023, 01:42
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First E, so we have E-2-3-4-5-6

Check E's row (or column). A is closest.
So we have E-A-3-4-5-6

Check A's row. Ignore E-A.
F is closest. So we have E-A-F-4-5-6

Check F's row. Exclude E-A-F.
B is closest. So we have E-A-F-B-5-6

Check B's row. Exclude E-A-F-B.
C Is closest. So Jorge's full schedule is E-A-F-B-C-D.

Now check the answer choices
Client B then Client C - Yes
Client C then Client D - Yes
Client D then Client A - No

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Re: Jorge travels to meet once daily with exactly six clients, Clients A t [#permalink] New post   27 Feb 2024, 08:36
­For part 2, 18 miles is farther away than 12 miles? Therefore it should be D then C, no??
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Re: Jorge travels to meet once daily with exactly six clients, Clients A t [#permalink] New post   27 Feb 2024, 21:18
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You are going wrong in measuring distances. The distances has to be measured from the last client visited.

So we start with E.
1. Scan for all the distances to the remaining clients from E. Closest is A, 2 km away.
2. From A, scan the distances to the remaining clients less E from A. Closest is F, 1 km away.
3. Now, he is with F and the closest is B, 2 km away.
4. From B, C is 3 km away
5. Finally, D is 3 km from C.

Thus, the clients visited are E-2-A-1-F-4-B-2-C-3-D.
# Client B then Client C - Yes
# Client C then Client D - Yes
# Client D then Client A - No

On a lighter and logical note, B to D is 15 km while B-C-D is just 5 km. Why would someone call B-D as direct route when a route one-third the length is available.
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Re: Jorge travels to meet once daily with exactly six clients, Clients A t [#permalink] New post   29 Mar 2024, 16:52
­Most urgent: E

1. Sort by E => A is closest

2. Sort by A => F is closest

3. Sort by F => B is closest (since already met A)

4. Sort by B => C is closest

5. Last is D


1. Client B then Client C => Yes

2. Client C then Client D => Yes

3. Client D then Client A => No
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