The figure above represents the floor plan of an art gallery that has

statement 1: sufficient
I drew a sketch on a piece of paper and then kept adding 2 minutes for each room lisa was and did the same for Paul and then saw that they would meet in room K because Lisa would be arriving there in 20 minutes and Paul would be there in 21 minutes

statement 2: insufficient
If Lisa spends 2 minutes in each room and Paul spends 12 minutes in each room, they meet in room P. If Lisa spends 14 minutes in each room and Paul spends 24 minutes in each room, they meet in room L.

Answer A

Statement 1: Lisa spends 2x minutes in each room and Paul spends 3x minutes in each room.
We can deduct that by the time Lisa passes from 3 rooms, Paul can pass through only 2 rooms.
With this information we can identify the room where they will meet - Sufficient

Statement 2: Lisa spends 10 minutes less time in each room than Paul does.
We don't have enough information regarding the amount of time Lisa or Paul spends in each room - Insufficient

Answer A

Statement 1: Lisa spends 2x minutes in each room and Paul spends 3x minutes in each room.
We can deduct that by the time Lisa passes from 3 rooms, Paul can pass through only 2 rooms.
This way we get a movement pattern, hence we can find the room in which they meet
Sufficient

Statement 2: Lisa spends 10 minutes less time in each room than Paul does.
lets paul takes 200 min, Lisa takes 190 min
or, paul takes 20 min and Lisa takes 10 min.
hence the movement pattern in both cases would be different.
NOT Sufficient


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Hi Banuel

Can you please explain this?Cant we get more than one rooms where they will meet from option one?
I am sorry i am not understanding the wording.

I think bottom line is that this is a ratio problem.

(1) ratio is 2x:3x, no matter what the ratio stays 2:3 for any value of x
(2) ratio is x-10:x, and the ratio changes significantly per step
11-10:10 --> 1:10
12-10:12 -->2:12=1:6
3:13
4:14 -->2:7

etc

This means that A should be the answer, even though I went with B specifically because it seemed to make sense generally but when you're dealing with a fixed paths and rooms it changes the result.

Apply Bunuel 's solution from here to see why statement 1 is sufficient on its own:
https://gmatclub.com/forum/two-trains-x-and-y-started-simultaneously-from-opposite-ends-of-a-168061.html#p1337527

The most important condition to be sure about here is whether there is only one way to walk through all the rooms. And it seems to be the case that not one of the rooms is connected to more than one other room. Therefore we can safely conclude that this art gallery would not have passed the fire precautions.

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can someone explain solution to this question? ho to use speed time ratio concept in this.

Lisa and Paul are walking towards each other, shrinking together a total distance of 18 rooms.

The moment they meet they would have spent exactly the same time walking towards each other at their respective speeds.

Since the time is the same, we know that the speed and the distance will vary directly. Therefore: SL/SP= DL/DP (S is the speed and D is the distance; in this case the number of rooms).

Since we know the total distance that is 18 rooms, if we know the ratio of lisa's distance to Paul's distance (DL/DP) or the ratio of Lisa's speed to Paul's speed (SL/SP), we will be able to answer this question.

Statement 1 tells us that 2xDL = 3xDP (time spent on each room multiplied by the number of rooms for Lisa and Paul are equal because they spent the same time moving towards each other when they met).
Hence, DL/DP=3x/2x=3/2.
We can stop here and state that this statement is sufficient without having to make any calculations.
But for the sake of clarity, let's find out where they exactly meet:

DL : DP : Total
3 : 2 : 5
Since the actual total is 18, using the unknown multiplier, we get:
DL : DP : Total
10,8 : 7,2 : 18

They will therefore meet in room K. Statement 1 is sufficient.

An alternative method to solve this is to use algebra by solving the following system of two equations, to find out the values of DL and DP:
2xDL=3xDp ---> 2DL=3DP (dividing by x)
DL+DP=18
After solving, you will get DP=7,2 and DL= 10,8.


Statement 2 tells us that Lisa spends 10 minutes less time in each room than Paul does. That tells us that Lisa is faster than Paul, so we know that they are going to meet somewhere between J and R but we don't know where exactly.
For different values of the time spent in each room by Lisa and Paul, we can get different values for the ratio of their distances, and therefore different answers to where they meet. Hence statement 2 is not sufficient.

Correct answer is A

There is only one route from room A to room R and vice versa so IMO, the best way to approach this question is to think of it as two buses (or cars), one leaving from city A to city B and the other leaving from city B to city A and find out where they meet in the middle.

We know the total distance between the two. We know that the time taken by both of them is going to be the same.

Hence, to understand how much distance each of them would cover before meeting, we need the ratio of the ditances they covered, which means we need the ratio of their speeds (since they both travel for the same time).

Statement 1 gives that while Statement 2 doesn't. Hence option A.

Total number of rooms =18

Time spent per room
Lisa = 2x
Paul = 3x

Rooms covered
Lisa =y
Paul=18-y

Same time passed when they meet so it can be equated
2x *y= 3x *(18-y)

X cancelled, single variable equation. Y is solvable

A sufficient


Time spent in each room
Lisa = x
Paul = x-10

Same equation again
Xy= (x-10)*(18-y)

Two variables one equation
Insufficient

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Even I did the same way and got that they will meet in room 'K'. Is this correct ?