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Two naval cadets—Steve and Robert—received the same the evaluation in only one of four areas. Each evaluation was on a scale of 1 to 10.
From which of the following statements can one determine whose average score was higher on the evaluation?

(A) Robert graduated at the top of his class.
(B) Steve scored higher than Robert in two areas and neither cadet scored below 5 in any area.
(C) Steve’s lowest score was less than or equal to Robert’s highest score.
(D) Robert received a score of 10 in three areas and Steve did not score higher than 8 in any area.
(E) Robert’s highest score and Steve’s lowest score were in the same area.
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04 May 2017, 12:18
Opted for D ...official explanation ??

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04 May 2017, 12:27
Option D leads to Robert having a higher score, since there is a difference of 6 at the bare minimum(even if Steve makes 3 8's). The question statement says Robert and Steve have the exact same score in one of the 4 areas, which is the fourth area score. Hence, the average will always be greater for Robert.

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04 May 2017, 12:43
I too fell for D - BTW even if we add values how come we get both C and D as answers?

Option C

S R
1 10 8
2 10 8
3 10 8
4 8 8
T = 38 32 -

Hence - C can be the answer too

Option D

S R
1 10 8
2 10 8
3 10 8
4 9 9
T = 39 33 -

Answer is coming as True for D as well.

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05 May 2017, 02:31
Hi SajjadAhmad ,

Can you please confirm the OA?

I think answer should be D.

Even if we take 8 as a score for Steve in all area, we will get Steve's total score = 32 and Robert's total score = 38.

You can also check for any values, Robert is going to be the winner.

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07 May 2017, 10:54
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Hi SajjadAhmad ,

Can you please confirm the OA?

I think answer should be D.

Even if we take 8 as a score for Steve in all area, we will get Steve's total score = 32 and Robert's total score = 38.

You can also check for any values, Robert is going to be the winner.

Please confirm the answer.

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Its answer is C

here is the explanation

Since they scored the same in
only one area, Steve’s lowest score was equal to
Robert’s highest score. Hence, in the other three areas
Steve scored higher than Robert. Thus, Steve’s average score is higher than Robert’s.

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08 May 2017, 00:35
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abhimahna wrote:
Hi SajjadAhmad ,

Can you please confirm the OA?

I think answer should be D.

Even if we take 8 as a score for Steve in all area, we will get Steve's total score = 32 and Robert's total score = 38.

You can also check for any values, Robert is going to be the winner.

Please confirm the answer.

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Its answer is C

here is the explanation

Since they scored the same in
only one area, Steve’s lowest score was equal to
Robert’s highest score. Hence, in the other three areas
Steve scored higher than Robert. Thus, Steve’s average score is higher than Robert’s.

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how do you eliminate D then? Please post the OE in detail to explain why d is wrong!
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08 May 2017, 03:35
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ziyuen

Its answer is C

here is the explanation

Since they scored the same in
only one area, Steve’s lowest score was equal to
Robert’s highest score. Hence, in the other three areas
Steve scored higher than Robert. Thus, Steve’s average score is higher than Robert’s.

Thanks

I donot agree with your explanation.

Let me break your case.

Let's say Steve scored 10 in all areas. In that case Steve's lowest will be equal to his highest score.

Now as per point C, We are saying this 10 is equal to Robert's highest score.

Now, it means Robert's other scores will be either 10 or less than 10. But we are given that they scored same in only one area.

It means Robert's other scores are lower than 10.

=> Robert's average could be lower than that of Steve.

Hence, your point is weakened as per my explanation.

Look at the explanation I gave for point D. https://gmatclub.com/forum/two-naval-ca ... l#p1847383

I hope that makes sense.

Please confirm the OA.
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08 May 2017, 03:49
One more vote for option D.

Or you did not copy paste it accurately. "received the same the evaluation in only one of four areas." this shows a typo. Please re-check
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08 May 2017, 11:21
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One more vote for option D.

Or you did not copy paste it accurately. "received the same the evaluation in only one of four areas." this shows a typo. Please re-check

I have pasted it correctly, there may be an error in the book
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I hate to be the bad guy who keeps saying this, but you're looking at a deeply, deeply flawed question here. It doesn't resemble a real GMAT CR question at all -- and either (C) or (D) can be defended here. That's not how the actual GMAT works. The correct answer might be hard to spot on a real GMAT CR question, but it will be 100% unambiguous.

Seriously, please don't waste any more of your precious time on this mess!
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Lol! Yup, I 100% misread (C). Foul on the supposed expert!

But yeah: not a quality question, even if my response wasn't high-quality, either. Nothing to see here, unless you're entertained by my brainfarts...

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LOL, We all have our share of brainfarts, so I don't think anyone should try to find some entertainment in it..
I'm sure people would have found in my posts too.....So you continue your good job of helping others..

And yes a poor Q with even worse explanation..
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