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B > D
D > 3 siblings
So B,D are not siblings and neither is E
Which tells us that A, C, F is sibling pair
So B > D > A,C,F
E can be elder than B or elder than D but younger than B or could be younger than 3 siblings
So, E can be part of either of the groups
But B will only be part of Group 1 (because B is elder to D & 3 siblings)
And D can be Group 1 if E is younger than D or can be Group 2 if E is elder than D but can never be group 3 because it is elder to 3 Siblings

So for Group 2 but not 3 ---> Daria
Any one of 3 Groups ----> Elise
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A company is assigning 6 interns, Anya, Bram, Clara, Daria, Elise, and Felix, to 3 orientation groups based on age. The 2 oldest interns will be assigned to Group 1, the 2 youngest interns will be assigned to Group 3, and the remaining 2 interns will be assigned to Group 2. No two interns are the same age. Exactly 3 of the interns are siblings.

The following information is known:

• Bram is older than Daria.
• Daria is older than each of the 3 siblings.
• Elise is not one of the siblings.

Select for Group 2 but not Group 3 an intern who could be in Group 2 but could not be in Group 3, and select for Any Group an intern who could be in any one of the 3 groups. Make only two selections, one in each column.
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A company is assigning 6 interns, Anya, Bram, Clara, Daria, Elise, and Felix, to 3 orientation groups based on age. The 2 oldest interns will be assigned to Group 1, the 2 youngest interns will be assigned to Group 3, and the remaining 2 interns will be assigned to Group 2. No two interns are the same age. Exactly 3 of the interns are siblings.

The following information is known:

• Bram is older than Daria.
• Daria is older than each of the 3 siblings.
• Elise is not one of the siblings.

Select for Group 2 but not Group 3 an intern who could be in Group 2 but could not be in Group 3, and select for Any Group an intern who could be in any one of the 3 groups. Make only two selections, one in each column.
The 3 siblings are all younger than Daria (since Daria is older than each sibling), and Elise is not a sibling.

Hence, Daria can never be in Group 3 (the 2 youngest), but she can be in Group 1 or Group 2. So Daria could be in Group 2 but not Group 3.

Elise is not a sibling, and there isn't really anything that restricts her into a specific age position.

Depending on how the ages are arranged, she could be in Group 1, Group 2, or Group 3.

* Group 2 but not Group 3: Daria
* Any Group : Elise
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Here is all we know:

(1) G1 has the two biggest values, G3 has the two smallest values
(2) Each value is different
(3) There are exactly 3 siblings

B>D
D> each of the three siblings- from this, we can infer that siblings can only be three of A, C, E, F
Since E is not one of the siblings, the three siblings are A,C,F

These are the relationships we know now:
B>D>A,C,F

These are the inferences we can understand from all of this:
Now, B can only be in G1 because it has to be one of the two oldest
A,C,F can not be in group 1 because there are already two people older than D
D can not be in G3 because there are three younger

So, D can be in group 2 (if E is older than D) but it can never be in group 3
E can be in any group because we can't infer anything about its relative age with others
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Daria is not a sibling
Elsie is also not a sibling
Since Bram is older than Daria, Bram cannot be one of younger siblings. So siblings are A,C,F. Age order is B>D>ACF

Group 2 but not group 3
Bram cannot be in group 3 or group 2 as he is older than 3 siblings and Daria. So Bram should be in group 1. Daria can be in group 2, not 3 as D is older than 3 people.

Any group
Elise has no age restriction relative to others. So E can be in any group.

So Daria for group2, not 3 and Elise for any group
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A company is assigning 6 interns, Anya, Bram, Clara, Daria, Elise, and Felix, to 3 orientation groups based on age. The 2 oldest interns will be assigned to Group 1, the 2 youngest interns will be assigned to Group 3, and the remaining 2 interns will be assigned to Group 2. No two interns are the same age. Exactly 3 of the interns are siblings.

The following information is known:

• Bram is older than Daria.
• Daria is older than each of the 3 siblings.
• Elise is not one of the siblings.

Select for Group 2 but not Group 3 an intern who could be in Group 2 but could not be in Group 3, and select for Any Group an intern who could be in any one of the 3 groups. Make only two selections, one in each column.
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The answer: Group 2, but not group 3 is Daria
Any group is Elise
Reasoning group one equals two oldest three equals two youngest group 2 equals middle two
The three siblings are all younger than Daria, and Daria is younger than Bram. So Bram and Daria are both older than all three siblings. The remaining non-sibling is Elise.
Daria: she’s older than the three siblings so at most two people (Bram+ Elise) can be older than her so she can’t be in the bottom two Group 3. She could be in group one or group 2, depending on ages of Bram and Elise. So she can be in group 2, but never group 3.
Elise: no age constraints tie her down(she’s not a sibling and no direct comparisons). She can land anywhere depending on the arrangement so any of the three group groups.
Bram it’s too old for a group 3, but it could be in group one or two the siblings can’t be in group one since Bram and Daria are always above them so they aren’t any group.

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A company is assigning 6 interns, Anya, Bram, Clara, Daria, Elise, and Felix, to 3 orientation groups based on age. The 2 oldest interns will be assigned to Group 1, the 2 youngest interns will be assigned to Group 3, and the remaining 2 interns will be assigned to Group 2. No two interns are the same age. Exactly 3 of the interns are siblings.

The following information is known:

• Bram is older than Daria.
• Daria is older than each of the 3 siblings.
• Elise is not one of the siblings.

Select for Group 2 but not Group 3 an intern who could be in Group 2 but could not be in Group 3, and select for Any Group an intern who could be in any one of the 3 groups. Make only two selections, one in each column.
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A company is assigning 6 interns, Anya, Bram, Clara, Daria, Elise, and Felix, to 3 orientation groups based on age. The 2 oldest interns will be assigned to Group 1, the 2 youngest interns will be assigned to Group 3, and the remaining 2 interns will be assigned to Group 2. No two interns are the same age. Exactly 3 of the interns are siblings.

The following information is known:

• Bram is older than Daria.
• Daria is older than each of the 3 siblings.
• Elise is not one of the siblings.

Select for Group 2 but not Group 3 an intern who could be in Group 2 but could not be in Group 3, and select for Any Group an intern who could be in any one of the 3 groups. Make only two selections, one in each column.

Let's arrange them age-wise:
Given- Bram > Daria; Daria > each of the 3 siblings.
Bram > Daria > _ > _ > _ (3 siblings in _)
Also, Elise is not one of the siblings.
Now, question asked- group 2 but not group 3 :- Daria can't be in group 3 at any cost (since 3 below her) but can be in group 2 if Elise is elder- so justifies the option.
Next- in any of the groups- Elise is that person because nothing is defined about her age. Can be youngest, middle or even the eldest one.
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Let the persons be denoted by initials B, D, S1,S2,S3
E can be placed anywhere

First, let B,E,D,S1,S2,S3...D is in group 2.
But let B,E,D,S1,S2,E,S3...D can never be in group 3

So D can be in group 2 but not 3

E can be anywhere.

Answer D & E
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Since Bram>Daria> 3 siblings and Elise can be in any rank in this heirarchy, so Daria can be in group 2 but not in Group 3. Elise can be in any of the groups.
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A company is assigning 6 interns, Anya, Bram, Clara, Daria, Elise, and Felix, to 3 orientation groups based on age. The 2 oldest interns will be assigned to Group 1, the 2 youngest interns will be assigned to Group 3, and the remaining 2 interns will be assigned to Group 2. No two interns are the same age. Exactly 3 of the interns are siblings.

The following information is known:

• Bram is older than Daria.
• Daria is older than each of the 3 siblings.
• Elise is not one of the siblings.

Select for Group 2 but not Group 3 an intern who could be in Group 2 but could not be in Group 3, and select for Any Group an intern who could be in any one of the 3 groups. Make only two selections, one in each column.
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Bram > Daria
Daria > 3 siblings
Elise is not a sibling

Because Bram > Daria > 3 siblings, five people are ordered.
Elise can be in any of the 6 positions (between each two people or in any of the extremes).

Because Daria > 3 siblings, she has at least 3 people younger than her, so she cannot be in Group 3. But she can be in Group 2 if Elise is older than her.

"Group 2 but not Group 3" = Daria and "Any Group" = Elise
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A, B, C, D, E, F

B > D > A,C,F (A C F CAN BE IN ANY ORDER)

Three situations

E>B>D>A>C>F --------(I)
B>D>E>A>C>F --------(II)
B>D>A>C>F>E --------(III)

So E can be in any group.

at any point D has three people younger to them. So it can never be in group 3.
However, as per point (I) Can be in group 2.

So D can be in group 2 but not 3.
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The answer is always the one with more contraints for such questions.

For any group:
E is the one.
Because we can have E as the eldest, as well as any of the youngest or in between.
E can be eldest as:
E,B,D,x,y,z is a valid combo.

For group 2 but not 3:
D strikes immeditately as it can't be in youngest.
It can't be B as B has to be among the top 2 only.

Answer: Daria, Elise.
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A company is assigning 6 interns, Anya, Bram, Clara, Daria, Elise, and Felix, to 3 orientation groups based on age. The 2 oldest interns will be assigned to Group 1, the 2 youngest interns will be assigned to Group 3, and the remaining 2 interns will be assigned to Group 2. No two interns are the same age. Exactly 3 of the interns are siblings.

The following information is known:

• Bram is older than Daria.
• Daria is older than each of the 3 siblings.
• Elise is not one of the siblings.

Select for Group 2 but not Group 3 an intern who could be in Group 2 but could not be in Group 3, and select for Any Group an intern who could be in any one of the 3 groups. Make only two selections, one in each column.
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B > D > S1 > S2 > S3

E COULD BE ANY OF THOSE POSITION.

SO D COULD BE G2 NOT G3
E COULD BE ANYWHERE.
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From the information given we can derive that B>D>(3 Siblings) then E can fall anyway
Since each group has two people and D is greater than 3 people clearly D cannot be in group 3 but can be in group 2 if E is older than D
On the other hand E can fall into any group. If older than all E could be in group 1, if B>E then E could be in group 2 and if E is the youngest the she could be in group 3
Group 2 but not group 3: Diana
Any group: Elise
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A company is assigning 6 interns, Anya, Bram, Clara, Daria, Elise, and Felix, to 3 orientation groups based on age. The 2 oldest interns will be assigned to Group 1, the 2 youngest interns will be assigned to Group 3, and the remaining 2 interns will be assigned to Group 2. No two interns are the same age. Exactly 3 of the interns are siblings.

The following information is known:

• Bram is older than Daria.
• Daria is older than each of the 3 siblings.
• Elise is not one of the siblings.

Select for Group 2 but not Group 3 an intern who could be in Group 2 but could not be in Group 3, and select for Any Group an intern who could be in any one of the 3 groups. Make only two selections, one in each column.
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"Daria is older than each of the 3 siblings" means that Daria cannot be in Group 3 because she is at least older than 3 people.
Daria can be in Group 2 if Elise is older than her.

Elise is the only person whose relative age is unknown so she could be older than Bram or older than Daria (Group 1), or younger than Daria (Group 2 or Group 3).

'Group 2 but not Group 3' is Daria
'Any Group' is Elise
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Bram: only Group 1
Daria: Group 1/2
Anya/Clara/Felix: Group 2/3
Elise: Group1/2/3
Therefore and should be Daria and Elise


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A company is assigning 6 interns, Anya, Bram, Clara, Daria, Elise, and Felix, to 3 orientation groups based on age. The 2 oldest interns will be assigned to Group 1, the 2 youngest interns will be assigned to Group 3, and the remaining 2 interns will be assigned to Group 2. No two interns are the same age. Exactly 3 of the interns are siblings.

The following information is known:

• Bram is older than Daria.
• Daria is older than each of the 3 siblings.
• Elise is not one of the siblings.

Select for Group 2 but not Group 3 an intern who could be in Group 2 but could not be in Group 3, and select for Any Group an intern who could be in any one of the 3 groups. Make only two selections, one in each column.
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Bram > Daria
Daria > siblings
Elise =/ Siblings
==> Bram > Daria > siblings/ Elise doesn't have a fixed place.

Based on Elise age, we get 9 total groups.

If Elise is between Bram and Daria => Bram +Elise, Daria + 1-sibling, 2-sibling + 3-sibling
If Elise is between Daria and the siblings or between sibling-1 and 2== > Bram + Daria, Elise +1-sibling, 2-sibling+3-sibling
If Elise is between sibling 2/3 or younger than all the siblings ==> Bram + Daria, 1-Sibling+2-Sibling, Elise + 3-Sibling

Person who can be in 2nd group but not red = Daria
Person who can be in any group = Elise
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Siblings are Anya, Clara, and Felix

The possible arrangements are (people in parentheses can be arranged in any order):
+ 1st option: (3 siblings), Daria, Bram, Elise
+ 2nd option: (3 siblings), Daria, Elise, Bram
+ 3rd option: (3 siblings, Elise), Daria, Bram

Bram can be only in Group 1, Siblings can be in Group 2 or Group 3, Daria can be in Group 1 or Group 2 (but not in Group 3) and Elise can be in any Group.

Group 2 but not Group 3 = Daria
Any Group = Elise
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