The table lists each of the kinds of cat food that a pet store

Question

The table lists each of the kinds of cat food that a pet store currently has in stock.

Brand    Manufacturer    Type    Formula   
  Healthy Cat  Benefacturers Inc.  dry  kitten     Healthy Cat  Benefacturers Inc.  dry  adult     Healthy Cat  Benefacturers Inc.  dry  senior     Kitty Cuisine  ACB Foods  dry  kitten     Kitty Cuisine  ACB Foods  dry  adult     Kitty Cuisine  ACB Foods  wet  salmon     Kitty Cuisine  ACB Foods  wet  chicken     Kitty Cuisine  ACB Foods  dry  senior     Kitty Cuisine  ACB Foods  dry  sensitive stomach     Kitty Cuisine  ACB Foods  wet  duck     My Feline  ACB Foods  dry  kitten     My Feline  ACB Foods  wet  salmon     My Feline  ACB Foods  dry  adult

For each of the following statements about the cat foods in the table, select  Yes  if the statement accurately reflects the information in the table. Otherwise, select  No.

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Bismuth83 · Answer

1. The question asks us to  analyze the table and check which statements are true and which aren't .

2.    Each of the brands is available in at least 3 different formulas.    There are brands: Healthy Cat, Kitty Cuisine, My Feline. Healthy Cat has formulas: kitten, adult, and senior; Kitty Cuisine has formulas: kitty, adult, salmon, chicken, senior, sensitive stomach, duck; My Feline has formulas: kitten, salmon, and adult.    So, the statement is accurate.

3.    Each of the brands of dry food is available in a kitten, adult, and senior formula.    My Feline has dry food, however, doesn't have a senior formula.    So, the statement is inaccurate.

4.    All of the wet foods are made by the same manufacturer.    There are 2 manufacturers: Benefacturers Inc. and ACB Foods.   Benefacturers Inc. doesn't make wet foods, and at the same time, ACB Foods does.    So, the statement is accurate.

shwetakoshija · Answer

Given:  A table listing kinds of cat food currently in stock at a pet store, including Brand, Manufacturer, Type (dry/wet), and Formula.

To find:  For each statement, determine whether it is accurately supported by the table.

Solution:

Statement 1 : Each of the brands is available in at least 3 different formulas.
Since we want to evaluate EACH brand, we need all products of a brand together by sorting the “Brand” column. But that is already done. We can start count distinct formulas under each brand: 
 
  Healthy Cat : kitten, adult, senior --- 3 formulas 
  Kitty Cuisine : salmon, chicken, duck, and so on --- more than 3 formulas 
  My Feline : salmon, kitten, adult --- 3 formulas  
Each brand has at least 3 different formulas.

Mark 'Yes'

Statement 2 : Each of the brands of dry food is available in a kitten, adult, and senior formula.
Check only dry foods by brand. (No new sorting needed):
 
  Healthy Cat (all dry) : kitten, adult, senior --- satisfies condition 
  Kitty Cuisine (dry) : kitten, adult, senior, and so on --- satisfies condition 
  My Feline (dry) : kitten, adult --- no senior formula  
Since My Feline does not have a senior dry formula, the statement is false.

Mark 'No'

Statement 3 : All of the wet foods are made by the same manufacturer.
Sort by the “Type” column to get all wet foods together. Then, check the manufacturer of each of them:
 
 We get 4 foods under the wet type: 1 My Feline, 3 Kitty Cuisine. 
 The Manufacturer column for all 4 foods has the same name – ACB Foods!  
 Mark 'Yes'

Correct Answer: Yes, No, Yes

Shweta Koshija  
  GMAT, GRE, SAT Coach for 10+ years

egmat · Answer

Happy to walk through all three statements using the table!

The table has  13  rows of cat food across three brands: Healthy Cat, Kitty Cuisine, and My Feline. Each row shows the Brand, Manufacturer, Type (dry or wet), and Formula.

Statement 1:  Each of the brands is available in at least  3  different formulas. --  YES

Let's count distinct formulas per brand:
- Healthy Cat: kitten, adult, senior =  3  formulas
- Kitty Cuisine: kitten, adult, salmon, chicken, senior, sensitive stomach, duck =  7  formulas
- My Feline: kitten, salmon, adult =  3  formulas

Every brand has at least  3 , so this is  YES .

Statement 2:  Each of the brands of dry food is available in a kitten, adult, AND senior formula. --  NO

We need to check dry foods only for each brand:
- Healthy Cat dry: kitten, adult, senior -- all three present
- Kitty Cuisine dry: kitten, adult, senior, sensitive stomach -- all three present
- My Feline dry: kitten, adult -- only two! There is  NO  senior formula for My Feline dry food.

Since My Feline's dry food is missing a senior formula, this is  NO .

Statement 3:  All of the wet foods are made by the same manufacturer. --  YES

Let's filter for only wet foods:
- Kitty Cuisine wet (salmon) -- Manufacturer: ACB Foods
- Kitty Cuisine wet (chicken) -- Manufacturer: ACB Foods
- Kitty Cuisine wet (duck) -- Manufacturer: ACB Foods
- My Feline wet (salmon) -- Manufacturer: ACB Foods

All  4  wet food entries are manufactured by ACB Foods.  Note that  Healthy Cat has no wet food at all, so it doesn't factor in. Since every wet food in the table shares the same manufacturer, this is  YES .

Key Insight:  The key technique here is filtering the table correctly for each statement -- Statement  2  requires filtering by Type = dry, and Statement  3  requires filtering by Type = wet, before checking the condition.

Answer: Yes, No, Yes

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Brand	Manufacturer	Type	Formula
Healthy Cat	Benefacturers Inc.	dry	kitten
Healthy Cat	Benefacturers Inc.	dry	adult
Healthy Cat	Benefacturers Inc.	dry	senior
Kitty Cuisine	ACB Foods	dry	kitten
Kitty Cuisine	ACB Foods	dry	adult
Kitty Cuisine	ACB Foods	wet	salmon
Kitty Cuisine	ACB Foods	wet	chicken
Kitty Cuisine	ACB Foods	dry	senior
Kitty Cuisine	ACB Foods	dry	sensitive stomach
Kitty Cuisine	ACB Foods	wet	duck
My Feline	ACB Foods	dry	kitten
My Feline	ACB Foods	wet	salmon
My Feline	ACB Foods	dry	adult

Yes	No
		Each of the brands is available in at least 3 different formulas.
		Each of the brands of dry food is available in a kitten, adult, and senior formula.
		All of the wet foods are made by the same manufacturer.

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