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Franklin School of Business is organizing a weekend series for business students to learn from academic and business experts. The series will be in the form of interviews with experts and will take place on the first Saturday and Sunday of the spring semester. On both days, five speakers will be interviewed, each of them will either be a faculty or an entrepreneur. In alignment with the school’s pedagogy, the majority of interviews on one of the days will not be from Finance. On the other day, at least four entrepreneurs will be interviewed. Neither day will have more than two interviews with experts from the same industry.

Four experts on each day have already been confirmed. The following schedule shows the experts’ details – profession, area of expertise, and industry.

Saturday

O’Reilly: Faculty, Finance, Fashion
Hoffman: Entrepreneur, Marketing, E-commerce
Epstein: Entrepreneur, Marketing, E-commerce
Jenson: Entrepreneur, Finance, Retail
Sunday

Martinez: Entrepreneur, Finance, Retail
Kahl: Entrepreneur, Finance, Retail
Wahba: Faculty, Strategy, Education
Emanuel: Faculty, Operations, Manufacturing
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Franklin School of Business is organizing a weekend series for business students to learn from academic and business experts. The series will be in the form of interviews with experts and will take place on the first Saturday and Sunday of the spring semester. On both days, five speakers will be interviewed, each of them will either be a faculty or an entrepreneur. In alignment with the school’s pedagogy, the majority of interviews on one of the days will not be from Finance. On the other day, at least four entrepreneurs will be interviewed. Neither day will have more than two interviews with experts from the same industry.

Four experts on each day have already been confirmed. The following schedule shows the experts’ details – profession, area of expertise, and industry.

Saturday


O’Reilly: Faculty, Finance, Fashion
Hoffman: Entrepreneur, Marketing, E-commerce
Epstein: Entrepreneur, Marketing, E-commerce
Jenson: Entrepreneur, Finance, Retail
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Martinez: Entrepreneur, Finance, Retail
Kahl: Entrepreneur, Finance, Retail
Wahba: Faculty, Strategy, Education
Emanuel: Faculty, Operations, Manufacturing
Select an expert who could be the fifth expert on either day. Then select an expert who could be the fifth expert on neither day. Make only two selections, one in each column.



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Since only two entrepreneurs are scheduled for Sunday, it is not possible to satisfy the condition of having at least four entrepreneurs on a Sunday. Thus, Saturday must have four entrepreneurs in the panel, and Sunday should have the majority of the experts who are not from Finance.

Additionally, since there cannot be more than two interviews with experts from the same industry, it follows that the selected expert for Saturday must not be from the E-Commerce industry, and the selected expert for Sunday must not be from the Retail Industry.

Thus, the experts who satisfy the given conditions for each day will have the following details:

Saturday: (Entrepreneur, ________, NOT E-Commerce)
Sunday: ( ________, NOT Finance, NOT Retail)
Among the provided options, Mulick is the only expert who could be the fifth expert on either day, and Crowe is the only expert who could NOT be the fifth expert on either day.

Hence, for “Either Day” column, “Mulick: Entrepreneur, HR, Automobiles”, and for “Neither Day” column, “Crowe: Faculty, Finance, Sports” is the correct combination of the answer choices.
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To determine the fifth expert who could be included on either day and the one who could be included on neither day, we need to consider the constraints provided:

Neither day will have more than two interviews with experts from the same industry.
The majority of interviews on one of the days will not be from Finance.
On the other day, at least four entrepreneurs will be interviewed.

Analyzing the current schedule:
Saturday:
O'Reilly: Faculty, Finance, Fashion
Hoffman: Entrepreneur, Marketing, E-commerce
Epstein: Entrepreneur, Marketing, E-commerce
Jenson: Entrepreneur, Finance, Retail

Currently: 2 from Marketing (E-commerce), 2 from Finance (Fashion and Retail)
3 Entrepreneurs, 1 Faculty
Constraints to note: Cannot have another expert from Marketing (E-commerce) or Finance (any industry)

Sunday:
Martinez: Entrepreneur, Finance, Retail
Kahl: Entrepreneur, Finance, Retail
Wahba: Faculty, Strategy, Education
Emanuel: Faculty, Operations, Manufacturing

Currently: 2 from Finance (Retail), 1 from Strategy (Education), 1 from Operations (Manufacturing)
2 Entrepreneurs, 2 Faculty
Constraints to note: Cannot have another expert from Finance (any industry)

Considering potential candidates for "Either day":

Taffe: Entrepreneur, Finance, Sports

Saturday: Another Finance expert is not possible (already 2).
Sunday: Another Finance expert is not possible (already 2).
Not a valid choice for either day.

Crowe: Faculty, Finance, Sports

Saturday: Another Finance expert is not possible (already 2).
Sunday: Another Finance expert is not possible (already 2).
Not a valid choice for either day.

Pyne: Entrepreneur, Marketing, E-commerce

Saturday: Another Marketing expert is not possible (already 2).
Sunday: Possible, as there is no conflict with existing subjects.
Valid for Sunday only.

Mulick: Entrepreneur, HR, Automobiles

Saturday: Valid as it does not add a third expert in any industry.
Sunday: Valid as it does not add a third expert in any industry.
Valid for either day.

Garbo: Faculty, Strategy, Hospitality

Saturday: Valid as it does not add a third expert in any industry.
Sunday: Valid as it does not add a third expert in any industry.
Valid for either day.

Vandaley: Faculty, Marketing, E-commerce

Saturday: Another Marketing expert is not possible (already 2).
Sunday: Possible, as there is no conflict with existing subjects.
Valid for Sunday only.

Selection:
Either day: Mulick: Entrepreneur, HR, Automobiles (valid for both days and does not violate constraints)
Neither day: Taffe: Entrepreneur, Finance, Sports (cannot be placed on either day due to Finance constraint)

Thus, the final selections are:
Either day: Mulick
Neither day: Taffe
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­Either day: Crowe: Faculty, Finance, Sports
Neither day: Pyne: Entrepreneur, Marketing, E-commerce
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Franklin School of Business is organizing a weekend series for business students to learn from academic and business experts. The series will be in the form of interviews with experts and will take place on the first Saturday and Sunday of the spring semester. On both days, five speakers will be interviewed, each of them will either be a faculty or an entrepreneur. In alignment with the school’s pedagogy, the majority of interviews on one of the days will not be from Finance. On the other day, at least four entrepreneurs will be interviewed. Neither day will have more than two interviews with experts from the same industry.

Four experts on each day have already been confirmed. The following schedule shows the experts’ details – profession, area of expertise, and industry.

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O’Reilly: Faculty, Finance, Fashion
Hoffman: Entrepreneur, Marketing, E-commerce
Epstein: Entrepreneur, Marketing, E-commerce
Jenson: Entrepreneur, Finance, Retail
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Martinez: Entrepreneur, Finance, Retail
Kahl: Entrepreneur, Finance, Retail
Wahba: Faculty, Strategy, Education
Emanuel: Faculty, Operations, Manufacturing
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Choose for neither of the day:
The majority of interviews on one of the days will not be from Finance. Neither day will have more than two interviews with experts from the same industry. 
=> On Saturday we already have 2 experts in E-commerce - Hoffman and Epstein => we cannot choose another who is also an expert in E-commerce => choose Pyne: Entrepreneur, Marketing, E-commerce

Choose for either of the day: On the other day, at least four entrepreneurs will be interviewed.
Since Saturday already have 3 entrepreneurs, we need another entrepreneur who is not an expert in Finance and E-commerce => choose Mulick: Entrepreneur, HR, Automobiles
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Five speakers will be interviewed, each of them will either be a faculty or an entrepreneur
The majority of interviews on one of the days will not be from Finance.

On the other day, at least four entrepreneurs will be interviewed.

Neither day will have more than two interviews with experts from the same industry.

Saturday

O’Reilly: Faculty, Finance, Fashion
Hoffman: Entrepreneur, Marketing, E-commerce
Epstein: Entrepreneur, Marketing, E-commerce
Jenson: Entrepreneur, Finance, Retail

Sunday

Martinez: Entrepreneur, Finance, Retail
Kahl: Entrepreneur, Finance, Retail
Wahba: Faculty, Strategy, Education
Emanuel: Faculty, Operations, Manufacturing

an expert who could be the fifth expert on either day
Mulick: Entrepreneur, HR, Automobiles

Neither day Crowe: Faculty, Finance, Sports
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Four Entrepreneurs are only possible on Saturday, and Finance can't be chosen on either day if the entrepreneur is chosen for Saturday. Otherwise, Finance can be an option for Saturday.
E-commerce can't be chosen for Saturday, and Retail can't be chosen for Sunday.
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5 speakers per day. Have to check speaks that fit both days or neither.

Quick listing the conditions:
- atleast 4 entrepreneurs on a day & other day doesn't major in finance
- max 2 same industry experts on any day

If we see the 4 speakers for each day, Sunday has 2 entrepreneurs out of 4 and adding a entrepreneur as 5th speaker won't make it cross 4 as per one of our conditions. So Saturday has to be the day with atleast 4 entrepreneurs.

That automatically puts Sunday as day with finance as non Majority.

If we put what we got
Speaker that qualifies for both days must be
Entrepreneur, non finance

Non E-commerce too since Saturday already has 2 in that industry.

So, for either day we rule out Taffe, Crowe, Pyne, Grabo and Vandaley.

Mulick is the option for either days

For neither day, we see Crowe fit well among all options, since they are not entrepreneur to be on Saturday, also disqualify from Sunday as they got finance.

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Either day ca have a faculty expert, Neither day can have a finance expert as the fifth expert.

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Either day - Mulick: Entrepreneur, HR, Automobiles

Neither day - Crowe: Faculty, Finance, Sports

On both days, five speakers will be interviewed, each of them will either be a faculty or an entrepreneur. In alignment with the school’s pedagogy, the majority of interviews on one of the days will not be from Finance. On the other day, at least four entrepreneurs will be interviewed. Neither day will have more than two interviews with experts from the same industry.
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Franklin School of Business is organizing a weekend series for business students to learn from academic and business experts. The series will be in the form of interviews with experts and will take place on the first Saturday and Sunday of the spring semester. On both days, five speakers will be interviewed, each of them will either be a faculty or an entrepreneur. In alignment with the school’s pedagogy, the majority of interviews on one of the days will not be from Finance. On the other day, at least four entrepreneurs will be interviewed. Neither day will have more than two interviews with experts from the same industry.

Four experts on each day have already been confirmed. The following schedule shows the experts’ details – profession, area of expertise, and industry.

Saturday

O’Reilly: Faculty, Finance, Fashion
Hoffman: Entrepreneur, Marketing, E-commerce
Epstein: Entrepreneur, Marketing, E-commerce
Jenson: Entrepreneur, Finance, Retail
Sunday

Martinez: Entrepreneur, Finance, Retail
Kahl: Entrepreneur, Finance, Retail
Wahba: Faculty, Strategy, Education
Emanuel: Faculty, Operations, Manufacturing
Select an expert who could be the fifth expert on either day. Then select an expert who could be the fifth expert on neither day. Make only two selections, one in each column.

Fifth expert on Saturday could be one of the following: - 
Taffe: Entrepreneur, Finance, Sports
Mulick: Entrepreneur, HR, Automobiles

Fifth expert on Sunday could be one of the following: - 
Pyne: Entrepreneur, Marketing, E-commerce
Mulick: Entrepreneur, HR, Automobiles
Garbo: Faculty, Strategy, Hospitality
Vandaley: Faculty, Marketing, E-commerce

An expert who could be the fifth expert on either day is Mulick: Entrepreneur, HR, Automobiles

An expert who could be the fifth expert on neither day is Crowe: Faculty, Finance, Sports
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­Ans D and B 
D- Fits Saturday: Adds an entrepreneur and no industry conflict.
Fits Sunday: Adds an entrepreneur and no industry conflict.
B 
On Saturday, adding Crowe would make 3 Finance experts (O'Reilly, Jenson, Crowe).
On Sunday, adding Crowe would make 3 Finance experts (Martinez, Kahl, Crowe).
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Since On the other day, at least four entrepreneurs will be interviewed and since sunday has 2 entrepreuners and saturday has 3 entrepreuners, then Saturday must have an expert entrepreuner
so we retain Taffe, Pyne , Mulick for either day
we can only retain for the Neither day Crowe, Carbo, vandaley

Since the majority of interviews on one of the days will not be from Finance, and both saturday and sunday have 2 experts in finance, we cannot add another expert in finance, otherwise we'll be having a majority of finance ( 3 vs 2), then saturday and sunday must not have finance expert
So we retain Pyne and Mulick for either day
Only Crowe stay in Neither day

Neither day will have more than two interviews with experts from the same industry.
Pyne: Entrepreneur, Marketing, E-commerce must not be in either days is out from Either day


We can conclude that
Mulick: Entrepreneur, HR, Automobiles is Either Day
Crowe: Faculty, Finance, Sports in on Neither day is Neither day
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On both days, five speakers will be interviewed, each of them will either be a faculty or an entrepreneur. In alignment with the school’s pedagogy, the majority of interviews on one of the days will not be from Finance. On the other day, at least four entrepreneurs will be interviewed. Neither day will have more than two interviews with experts from the same industry.

Four experts on each day have already been confirmed. The following schedule shows the experts’ details – profession, area of expertise, and industry.

Saturday
O’Reilly: Faculty, Finance, Fashion
Hoffman: Entrepreneur, Marketing, E-commerce
Epstein: Entrepreneur, Marketing, E-commerce
Jenson: Entrepreneur, Finance, Retail

Sunday
Martinez: Entrepreneur, Finance, Retail
Kahl: Entrepreneur, Finance, Retail
Wahba: Faculty, Strategy, Education
Emanuel: Faculty, Operations, Manufacturing

Select an expert who could be the fifth expert on either day. Then select an expert who could be the fifth expert on neither day. Make only two selections, one in each column.­Either dayNeither day Taffe: Entrepreneur, Finance, SportsCrowe: Faculty, Finance, SportsPyne: Entrepreneur, Marketing, E-commerceMulick: Entrepreneur, HR, AutomobilesGarbo: Faculty, Strategy, HospitalityVandaley: Faculty, Marketing, E-commerce

Explanation and answer:
Saturday - the day with at least 4 entrepreneurs as speakers, so the 5th speaker must be an entreprener
Sunday - majority NOT finance; so the 5th speaker must NOT be from Finance

Therefore, for Saturday; there are three possible options:
Taffe, Pyne and Mulick
Taffe gets crossed out for Sunday, as the day cannot have one more speaker from Finance, and we have 2 left: Pyne and Mulick
Saturday already has 2 speakers from e-commerce industry, so Pyne gets eliminated
Therefore, Mulick is the only speaker who could be the fifth expert on either day.

For neither day, the speaker cannot be an entrepeneur, so we have Garbo and Crowe, and cannot be someone from Finance, so Crowe is the one who could be the fifth expert on neither day.
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Franklin School of Business is organizing a weekend series for business students to learn from academic and business experts. The series will be in the form of interviews with experts and will take place on the first Saturday and Sunday of the spring semester. On both days, five speakers will be interviewed, each of them will either be a faculty or an entrepreneur. In alignment with the school’s pedagogy, the majority of interviews on one of the days will not be from Finance. On the other day, at least four entrepreneurs will be interviewed. Neither day will have more than two interviews with experts from the same industry.

Four experts on each day have already been confirmed. The following schedule shows the experts’ details – profession, area of expertise, and industry.

Saturday


O’Reilly: Faculty, Finance, Fashion
Hoffman: Entrepreneur, Marketing, E-commerce
Epstein: Entrepreneur, Marketing, E-commerce
Jenson: Entrepreneur, Finance, Retail
Sunday


Martinez: Entrepreneur, Finance, Retail
Kahl: Entrepreneur, Finance, Retail
Wahba: Faculty, Strategy, Education
Emanuel: Faculty, Operations, Manufacturing
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Constraints and Analysis
  1. Majority of interviews on one day will not be from Finance. This means at most two Finance interviews on that day.
  2. At least four entrepreneurs will be interviewed on one day. This day will have four or five entrepreneurs.
  3. Neither day will have more than two interviews with experts from the same industry. This means at most two interviews per industry per day.
Saturday Analysis
A. Confirmed experts:
Two Marketing, E-commerce (Hoffman, Epstein)
Two Finance (O'Reilly, Jenson)

B. Possible fifth expert on Saturday:
Must be an entrepreneur (to meet the four entrepreneur requirement) and not exceed two per industry.

Sunday Analysis
A. Confirmed experts:
Two Finance, Retail (Martinez, Kahl)
One Strategy, Education (Wahba)
One Operations, Manufacturing (Emanuel)

B. Possible fifth expert on Sunday:
Must not exceed two per industry.

Selections
A. Possible fifth expert on either day:
Mulick: Entrepreneur, HR, Automobiles
Saturday: Does not exceed industry limits and adds an entrepreneur.
Sunday: Does not exceed industry limits and adds an entrepreneur.

B. Not possible on either day:
Crowe: Faculty, Finance, Sports
Adding Crowe on either day would exceed the limit of Finance interviews.
 
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Franklin School of Business is organizing a weekend series for business students to learn from academic and business experts. The series will be in the form of interviews with experts and will take place on the first Saturday and Sunday of the spring semester. On both days, five speakers will be interviewed, each of them will either be a faculty or an entrepreneur. In alignment with the school’s pedagogy, the majority of interviews on one of the days will not be from Finance. On the other day, at least four entrepreneurs will be interviewed. Neither day will have more than two interviews with experts from the same industry.

Four experts on each day have already been confirmed. The following schedule shows the experts’ details – profession, area of expertise, and industry.

Saturday


O’Reilly: Faculty, Finance, Fashion
Hoffman: Entrepreneur, Marketing, E-commerce
Epstein: Entrepreneur, Marketing, E-commerce
Jenson: Entrepreneur, Finance, Retail
Sunday


Martinez: Entrepreneur, Finance, Retail
Kahl: Entrepreneur, Finance, Retail
Wahba: Faculty, Strategy, Education
Emanuel: Faculty, Operations, Manufacturing
Select an expert who could be the fifth expert on either day. Then select an expert who could be the fifth expert on neither day. Make only two selections, one in each column.



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Limits
a. At most two Finance interviews on that day
b. Can have four or five entrepreneurs
c. At most two interviews per industry per day

Saturday
1. Confirmed experts:
Two Marketing, E-commerce (Hoffman, Epstein)
Two Finance (O'Reilly, Jenson)

2. Possible fifth expert on Saturday:
Must be an entrepreneur (to meet the four entrepreneur requirement) and not exceed two per industry

Sunday
1. Confirmed experts:
Two Finance, Retail (Martinez, Kahl)
One Strategy, Education (Wahba)
One Operations, Manufacturing (Emanuel)

2. Possible fifth expert on Sunday:
Must not exceed two per industry

Selections
1. Possible fifth expert on either day:
Mulick: Entrepreneur, HR, Automobiles
Saturday & Sunday: Does not exceed industry limits and adds an entrepreneur

2. Not possible on either day:
Crowe: Faculty, Finance, Sports
Adding Crowe on either day will exceed the limit of Finance interviews
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­Answer is D, B

Elimination technique will work better hereEither dayNeither day Taffe: Entrepreneur, Finance, SportsCrowe: Faculty, Finance, SportsPyne: Entrepreneur, Marketing, E-commerceMulick: Entrepreneur, HR, AutomobilesGarbo: Faculty, Strategy, HospitalityVandaley: Faculty, Marketing, E-commerce
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­We know one of the days should have 4 entreprenurs and other day should not have more than 2 finance persons. 

Looking at the four experts on each day, it is clear that Saturday should have 4 entreprenurs and sunday should not have more than 2 finance persons. 

Consderig other criteria, we can deduct the following about the fifth person for each day

Saturday - 
Should be an entreprenur
Should not be from e-commernce

Sunday
Should not be finance.

Taffe can be on saturday but cannot be on Sunday.
Crowe can be on neither day ( not satuday since he's not entreprenur and not on sunday since he's finance)
Pyne cannot be on saturday but can be on Sunday.
Mulick can be on either day.
Garbo cannot be on saturday but can be on Sunday.
Vandaley annot be on saturday but can be on Sunday.
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As option E [Garbo: Faculty, Strategy, Hospitality] is not violating any condition, it can be interviewed on either of the 2 days.
Option ­B [Crowe: Faculty, Finance, Sports] can not be interviewed on:
-Saturday because we need only an entrepreneur
-Sunday because we don't want a finance expert.
Thus, either days - option E, neither days = option B.
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