jack0997 wrote:
Team A and team B competed in 8 distinct consecutive events. The team winning the nth event was given n points, there were no other teams competing, and there were no ties in any event. Did team A receive more points than team B?
(1) Team A won the seventh and eighth events and at least one other event.
(2) Team B won the third, fourth, and fifth events.
Can any expert interpret Statement 2? Shouldn't it be interpreted as Team B won ONLY the third, fourth, and fifth events? Pl. help.
The question's answer is correct. If for (2) we were given "B won ONLY .... " then that automatically means Team A won events 1~2, and 6~8, thus (2) would be sufficient.
Getting that out of the way, let us look at the original question. There are 8 events in total for a total worth of 1 + 2 + ... + 7 + 8 = 4 * (9) = 36 points. Thus whoever wins more than 18 points wins.
(1) is insufficient. A can win at most 7 + 8 + 6 > 18, or at least 7 + 8 + 1 < 18. So we don't know who wins yet.
(2) is insufficient. B can win at least 3 + 4 + 5 < 18. Or all of them of course which is more than 18. Insufficient.
(3) we still have A earning 7 + 8 + 6 at most, or 7 + 8 + 1 at least. Same situations in (1) so still insufficient.
Ans: E
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