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Steve and JoAnne are both members of a certain club, though they are not speaking to each other. Cecily, the club president, is appointing members to the fundraising committee, but she has resolved that she will not appoint anyone without his or her explicit consent. Steve tells Cecily, 'I will not consent to appointment on that committee unless I know whether JoAnne is to be a member of it.' And JoAnne says, 'I will not consent to be a member of that committee unless I know whether Steve will be appointed to it.'
If all three of these people stick by these resolutions, then:
A) Neither of them can be appointed to the committee.
B) The situation described in the scenario cannot arise, because it is inherently incoherent.
C) They must either both be appointed or both be left out.
D) The committee may finally have one of them, both of them, or neither of them as members.
E) Either one of them can be appointed, but not both.
If all three of these people stick by these resolutions, then:
A) Neither of them can be appointed to the committee.
B) The situation described in the scenario cannot arise, because it is inherently incoherent.
C) They must either both be appointed or both be left out.
D) The committee may finally have one of them, both of them, or neither of them as members.
E) Either one of them can be appointed, but not both.
24 Mar 2011, 01:51
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Only 2 cases-
Steve says to cecily : I don't want it
Joanne sys to cecily: ok I consent to the appointment
Joanne says to cecily : I don't want it
Steve says to cecily : ok I consent to the appointment
So their appointment is mutually exclusive.
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Steve says to cecily : I don't want it
Joanne sys to cecily: ok I consent to the appointment
Joanne says to cecily : I don't want it
Steve says to cecily : ok I consent to the appointment
So their appointment is mutually exclusive.
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What's the source of this one?
If we're to infer that by 'not speaking to each other' then they 'won't serve together on the same committee', then the answer would be E. I believe this was an inference we were supposed to draw from the passages first sentence and therefore E is correct.
Without making the inference that 'not speaking to each other' translates to 'won't serve together,' choice D have been the correct answer
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If we're to infer that by 'not speaking to each other' then they 'won't serve together on the same committee', then the answer would be E. I believe this was an inference we were supposed to draw from the passages first sentence and therefore E is correct.
Without making the inference that 'not speaking to each other' translates to 'won't serve together,' choice D have been the correct answer
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