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Today a certain cinema multiplex has exactly two showings (an early showing and a late showing) for each of five films (Films A, B, C, D, and E). All of these showings occur after noon, and each showing consists of the film only, with no previews, announcements, or advertisements. The following gives the duration of each film and the start time for each showing:
Film A (90 minutes); 3:45 and 5:30
Film B (100 minutes); 1:30 and 7:15
Film C (105 minutes); 2:00 and 6:00
Film D (115 minutes); 5:00 and 8:00
Film E (125 minutes); 12:15 and 7:00
Statement: The early showing of Film 1 overlaps with at least part of both showings of Film 2.
Select for 1 and for 2 the options that complete the statement so that it is accurate of the showings listed in the information provided. Make only two selections, one in each column.
Film A (90 minutes); 3:45 and 5:30
Film B (100 minutes); 1:30 and 7:15
Film C (105 minutes); 2:00 and 6:00
Film D (115 minutes); 5:00 and 8:00
Film E (125 minutes); 12:15 and 7:00
Statement: The early showing of Film 1 overlaps with at least part of both showings of Film 2.
Select for 1 and for 2 the options that complete the statement so that it is accurate of the showings listed in the information provided. Make only two selections, one in each column.
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Attention: This question is sourced from the GMAT Prep Focus practice test; solving it before taking the practice test can inflate your score.
Today a certain cinema multiplex has exactly two showings (an early showing and a late showing) for each of five films (Films A, B, C, D, and E). All of these showings occur after noon, and each showing consists of the film only, with no previews, announcements, or advertisements. The following gives the duration of each film and the start time for each showing:
Film A (90 minutes); 3:45 and 5:30
Film B (100 minutes); 1:30 and 7:15
Film C (105 minutes); 2:00 and 6:00
Film D (115 minutes); 5:00 and 8:00
Film E (125 minutes); 12:15 and 7:00
Statement: The early showing of Film 1 overlaps with at least part of both showings of Film 2.
Select for 1 and for 2 the options that complete the statement so that it is accurate of the showings listed in the information provided. Make only two selections, one in each column.
Let us test the least first: Film A (90 minutes); 3:45 and 5:30
So the first show ends at 3:45 + 90 min = 5:15, and second show starts at 5:30.
Now, we check for any of the films that have their first show at 5:15 and 5:30 both.
Film D runs for 115 minutes at starts at 5:00, so it will run from 5:00 to 6:55.
So, 1 is film D and 2 is Film A.
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This question can be answer almost without any calculation and in ~1min. You just need to notice that the early showings start at 12:15 and the last starts at 5:00, while the late showings just start at 5:30! This means that the early showings are almost disjunt to the late shows. So the most probable intersection is with the last movie from the early sections (movie D). The other movie being overlapped with movie D in the afternoon is movie A (3:15+90min = 5:45 > 5:00). Also, the easly showing of movie D intersects A's later showing (5:00+115min = 6:55 > 5:30).
You can also visualize by ordering the movies per showing:
time: (noon)---------------------(5h)--(5h30)---------------------------------|
early: E------B------C------A------D-------------------------------------------|
late: ------------------------------------------A------C------E------B------D---|
So "D" and "A" are the movies to fill the blank.
You can also visualize by ordering the movies per showing:
time: (noon)---------------------(5h)--(5h30)---------------------------------|
early: E------B------C------A------D-------------------------------------------|
late: ------------------------------------------A------C------E------B------D---|
So "D" and "A" are the movies to fill the blank.
