Definition of pedestrian: Any person who, while on a sidewalk or simil

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Definition of  pedestrian : Any person who, while on a sidewalk or similar paved walkway alongside a roadway, is walking, running, or otherwise moving in any manner on foot or who, while on a paved, public, travelable surface is riding on any type of conveyance (including a wheelchair or roller skates) moved by human muscular power.

This definition of pedestrian fails to capture the standard concept of a pedestrian in that it allows for the inclusion of some things that are not ordinarily thought of as pedestrians, for example, people who are_______ 1 ______, and excludes some things that are ordinarily thought of as pedestrians, for example, people who are _______ 2 _______.

GMATCoachBen · Accepted Answer

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Prasadhd1996 , the definition has two parts, connected by "or".

The 2nd part says, "or who, while on a  paved, public, travelable surface  is  riding on any type of conveyance  (including a wheelchair or roller skates)  moved by human muscular power.

Choice (C), "riding bicycles on roadways", fits this definition (a "paved, public, travelable surface" fits with "roadway", and "conveyance moved by human muscular power" fits with "bicycles"). However, it does not match the ordinary real-life definition of a "pedestrian", which means "person on foot". Therefore, (C) is the answer for blank 1.

This a very unusual question structure; I don't recall seeing another question asking us to find differences between a theoretical definition and the ordinary definition of a word.

Please let me know if that helps or if you have further questions, thanks!

Apt0810 · Answer

1)C, riding bicycles on roadways, since the definition says that we can include those things in the definition of pedestrian which are moved by human muscular power,so cycle comes into it,and that's something which doesn't fits in into the ideal definition/concept of pedestrian,and cycle is something which should be driven on the road and not on sidewalks since doing so on sidewalks may cause accidents

2)D, crossing roadways on foot should be included in the pedestrian definition cases,since a person , since if a person wants to go from one side to other,he/she will cross the road and move from one sidewalk to the opposite sidewalk,so this case of crossing roadways should be there in pedestrian definition

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mSKR · Answer

Definition of pedestrian: Any person who, while on a sidewalk or similar paved walkway alongside a roadway, is walking, running, or otherwise moving in any manner on foot or who, while on a paved, public, travelable surface is riding on any type of conveyance (including a wheelchair or roller skates) moved by human muscular power.

A. walking on a private sidewalks
>>walking  included normal as per definition
B. carrying roller skates while walking on sidewalks
>>walking  included normal as per definition
 C. riding bicycles on roadways 
>>moved on human muscular power  should be included— FIRST BLANK 
 D. crossing roadways on foot-SECOND BLANK 
>>neither on a sidewalk nor on similar paved walkway alongside a roadway
E. swimming in pools near roadways
>>not mentioned; irrelevant 
F. pushing carts on sidewalks
>>while on a sidewalk or similar paved walkway alongside a roadway-matches
>> riding on any type of conveyance (including a wheelchair or roller skates) 
>>moved by human muscular power.

Sajjad1994 · Answer

Official Explanation

RO1

Blank #1 is to be filled by an activity that the given definition of pedestrian includes, but which is not ordinarily considered the activity of a pedestrian. Walking on private sidewalks, carrying roller skates while walking on sidewalks, crossing roadways on foot, and pushing carts on sidewalks are all activities performed by people ordinarily considered pedestrians. Swimming in pools near roadways is disallowed by the definition because the person’s movement must either be on foot or on some type of conveyance. People who are riding bicycles on roadways are not ordinarily considered pedestrians, but this activity is allowed by the definition since a bicyclist is on a paved, public, travelable surface and is riding on a type of conveyance that is moved by human muscular power.

The correct answer is riding bicycles on roadways.

RO2

Blank #2 is to be filled by an activity that the given definition of pedestrian excludes, but which is ordinarily considered the activity of a pedestrian. Swimming in pools and riding bicycles on roadways are not ordinarily considered the activities of a pedestrian. The definition includes anyone moving on foot … while on a sidewalk or similar paved walkway alongside a roadway; thus, walking on private sidewalks, carrying roller skates while walking on sidewalks, and pushing carts on sidewalks are all included. However, crossing roadways on foot is ordinarily considered an activity of pedestrians, but it is excluded from the definition since it takes place on a roadway rather than a sidewalk or similar paved walkway alongside a roadway.

The correct answer is crossing roadways on foot.

IloveMBA123 · Answer

If you come from a country with exotic culture then you are done. What is ordinarily considered by pedestrians doesn't mean it's pedestrians by someone else

Prasadhd1996 · Answer

The option mentions : 'riding bicycles on roadways'

The definition mentions pedestrian as : while on a sidewalk or similar paved walkway "alongside a roadway" (not on roadways).

By definition, 'riding bicycles on roadways' is not even included in the first way. The definition only talks about sidewalk or similar paved walkway (alongside a roadway), not directly on roadways.

Can someone help what I am missing here?

Auror_07 · Answer

This question is very anti-CR! The prompt clearly mentions "alongside a roadway", thus it can NOT include anything that goes on the roadway! I don't know how once can justify "alongside a roadway" being equal to "on the roadway" and still claim that it fits the CR bill. Mighty vague OA if you ask me.

GMATCoachBen · Answer

Auror_07 , The OA is valid. It's a very tricky and unusual question, with only 30% correct!

The key is the word  OR  in the passage.

There are TWO definitions given:

1) Any person who, while on a sidewalk or similar paved walkway alongside a roadway, is walking, running, or otherwise moving in any manner on foot  OR

2) who, while  on a paved, public, travelable surface  is riding on any type of conveyance (including a wheelchair or roller skates) moved by human muscular power.

Answer choice C, for blank 1, is referring to definition  #2, "on a paved, public, travelable surface".

Does that help? Please let me know if you have further questions, thanks!

ChiranjeevSingh · Answer

If you comprehend the text well to understand what EXACTLY you're looking for in the options, you'll have a far higher chance of getting this question right than otherwise.

In the first blank, we're looking for people who are NOT ordinarily thought of as pedestrians. If you understand this well, you will never select options 1, 2, 4, and 6 since these people are ordinarily considered pedestrians. Thus, you'll be down to options 3 and 5.

Between 3 and 5, I can see that the following part of the definition allows 3 (riding bicycles on roadways).

"who, while on a paved, public, travelable surface is riding on any type of conveyance (including a wheelchair or roller skates) moved by human muscular power."

However, no part of the definition allows a person swimming in a pool to be called a pedestrian.

Thus, I can rule out 5. 3 is correct for the first blank of this question.

For the second blank, we're looking for people who are ordinarily thought of as pedestrians. Thus, I'll not consider 3 and 5 for this blank. Among 1, 2, 4, and 6, I can see that 1, 2, and 6 are allowed by the first part of the definition.

The first part of the definition: Any person who, while on a sidewalk or similar paved walkway alongside a roadway, is walking, running, or otherwise moving in any manner on foot

I can see that 4 is not allowed by this definition since 4 is talking about a person crossing roadways; for the definition to apply, the person has to be on a sidewalk or similar paved walkway alongside a roadway. The person cannot be on the road!

trinhthanhha · Answer

It's a super tricky question...assumption on common sense of "ordinarily thought of as pedestrians".
Let's break down into conditions

Definition of pedestrian:
(a)  sidewalk  or similar paved walkway  alongside a roadway  + (b) walking, running.. .on foot  
 OR  (c) paved, public,  travelable surface  + (d)  riding on  any type of  conveyance  (including a wheelchair or roller skates) moved  by human muscular power.

Matching conditions (a & b) or (c & d).

1. walking  (b)  on a private sidewalks  (a)  --> match definition, ordinarily thought of as pedestrians
2. carrying roller skates while walking  (b)  on sidewalks  (a)  --> match definitions, ordinarily thought of as pedestrians
3. riding bicycles  (d)  on roadways  (c)  -->  match definition, NOT ordinarily thought of as pedestrians  -->  answer key (1) 
4. crossing roadways  (not a) (c)  on foot  (b) (not d)  -->  NOT match definition, ordinarily thought of as pedestrians  ("roadway~travelable surface" pairs with "riding", not with "on foot" and "on foot" pairs with "along the roadways/ sidewalk", not with "on the roadways") -->  answer key (2) 
5. swimming in pools near roadways  (c, not d)  --> NOT match definitions, NOT ordinarily thought of as pedestrians
6. pushing carts on sidewalks  (a, b)  --> match definitions, ordinarily thought of as pedestrians

KarishmaB · Answer

Focus on the definition given:

Any person who, while on a sidewalk or similar paved walkway alongside a roadway, is walking, running, or otherwise moving in any manner on foot or who, while on a paved, public, travelable surface is riding on any type of conveyance (including a wheelchair or roller skates) moved by human muscular power.

walking on a private sidewalks   
- Ordinarily thought of as pedestrian
- As per the def, is a pedestrian (Any person who, while on a sidewalk ..., is walking)

carrying roller skates while walking on sidewalks  
 - Ordinarily thought of as pedestrian 
 - As per the def, is a pedestrian (Any person who, while on a sidewalk ..., is walking.) 
 What he is carrying is irrelevant for the definition

riding bicycles on roadways  
 - Ordinarily NOT thought of as pedestrian. Is a biker. 
 - As per the def, THIS IS a pedestrian (Any person who, or who while on a paved, public, travelable surface is riding on any type of conveyance moved by human muscular power) 
 A bicycle is moved by human muscular power 
  Select for 1

crossing roadways on foot  
 - Ordinarily thought of as pedestrian 
 - As per the def, this is NOT a pedestrian (Any   person who, while on a sidewalk or similar paved walkway alongside a roadway, is walking, ... or who, while on a paved, public, travelable surface is riding on any type of conveyance...) 
 He is not on a sidewalk but on the road (crossing the road). He is not on similar paved walkway alongside a road. He is riding on any type of conveyance. Hence he does not fall under any condition that could be met to call someone a pedestrian.  
 Select for 2

swimming in pools near roadways  
 - Ordinarily NOT thought of as pedestrian 
 - As per the def, this is NOT a pedestrian (only sidewalk or similar paved walkway and a paved, public, travelable surface are included, not pools)

pushing carts on sidewalks  
 - Ordinarily thought of as pedestrian 
 - As per the def, is a pedestrian (Any person who, while on a sidewalk ..., is walking.) 
 What he is pushing is irrelevant for the definition

Sa800 · Answer

this is the weirdest GMAT question i have ever come across.... GMATNinja  what are your thought on this???

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