Everyone sitting in the waiting room of the school’s athletic office

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Everyone sitting in the waiting room of the school’s athletic office this morning at nine o’clock had just registered for a beginner's tennis clinic. John, Mary, and Teresa were all sitting in the waiting room this morning at nice o’clock. No accomplished tennis player would register for a beginner's tennis clinic.

If the statements above are true, which one of the following must also be true on the basis of them?

If the statements above are true, which one of the following must also be true on the basis of them?

(A) None of the people sitting in the school’s athletic office this morning at nine o’clock had ever played tennis.

(B) Everyone sitting in the school’s athletic office this morning at nine o’clock registered only for a beginners tennis clinic.

(C) John, Mary, and Teresa were the only people who registered for a beginners tennis clinic this morning.

(D) John, Mary, and Teresa were the only people sitting in the waiting room of the school’s athletic office this morning at nine o’clock.

(E) Neither John nor Teresa is an accomplished tennis player.

eakabuah · Answer

E is the right answer.

The best way to answer this question is by a process of elimination.

This cannot be correctly inferred from the statements above. We can correctly infer that none of the people sitting in the waiting room of the school's athletic office at nine o'clock is an accomplished player. The fact that a person has registered for a beginner's course does not mean that the person has never played tennis before.

We can infer that anyone who sat in the waiting room of the school's athletic office registered for a beginner's tennis clinic. But we cannot infer that they registered only for beginner's tennis clinic. Whether they registered for another clinic cannot be determined. B is therefore incorrect.

That John, Mary, and Teresa sat in the waiting area only tells us that they registered for the beginner's clinic. We cannot correctly infer that they are the only people who registered for the beginner's tennis clinic. C is thus wrong.

The fact that we are informed that John, Mary, and Teresa were sitting in the waiting room of the school's athletic office does not mean they are the only people sitting in the waiting room. There could be others or they were the only people there, we can't tell. D is incorrect.

Correct. We know that no accomplished tennis player would register for a beginner's tennis clinic. And since we can infer that John and Teresa registered for the clinic because they sat in the waiting area of based on the information above, we can conclude that neither John nor Teresa is an accomplished tennis player.

Paras96 · Answer

(A) None of the people sitting in the school’s athletic office this morning at nine o’clock had ever played tennis.
 - This statement cannot be inferred from the given information. We only know that they registered for a beginners tennis clinic, but we don't have information about their previous tennis experience.

(B) Everyone sitting in the school’s athletic office this morning at nine o’clock registered only for a beginners tennis clinic.
 - This statement is supported by the given information. Since everyone in the waiting room had just registered for a beginners tennis clinic, it can be concluded that they registered only for that clinic. However, it doesn't address whether John and Teresa are accomplished tennis players.

(C) John, Mary, and Teresa were the only people who registered for a beginners tennis clinic this morning.
 - This statement cannot be concluded from the given information. We know that John, Mary, and Teresa were in the waiting room, but we don't have information about whether others also registered for the clinic.

(D) John, Mary, and Teresa were the only people sitting in the waiting room of the school’s athletic office this morning at nine o’clock.
 - This statement cannot be inferred from the given information. We don't know if there were others in the waiting room.

(E) Neither John nor Teresa is an accomplished tennis player.
 - This statement logically follows from the given information. We are told that no accomplished tennis player would register for a beginners tennis clinic, and both John and Teresa were in the waiting room after registering for the clinic. Therefore, it can be concluded that neither John nor Teresa is an accomplished tennis player .

Option (E) is the only statement that can be logically deduced from the information provided in the question.

Abhishek009 · Answer

All A's (sitting in the waiting room of the school’s athletic office) are B's (beginners tennis clinic.)
All C's (John, Mary, and Teresa) are A's (all sitting in the waiting room)
No D's (Accomplished tennis player) are A's

Only possible choice is (E), apart from that the question can be solved using the options....

(A) Ever playing and accomplished tennis player are different altogather.
(B) Restatement (Highlighted) of stimulus (No new information)
(C) & (D) only restricts the options, there may be others...

Left with only (E)

unraveled · Answer

Everyone sitting in the waiting room of the school’s athletic office this morning at nine o’clock had just registered for a beginner's tennis clinic. John, Mary, and Teresa were all sitting in the waiting room this morning at nice o’clock. No accomplished tennis player would register for a beginner's tennis clinic.

If the statements above are true, which one of the following must also be true on the basis of them?

If the statements above are true, which one of the following must also be true on the basis of them?

(A) None of the people sitting in the school’s athletic office this morning at nine o’clock  had ever played tennis . - WRONG. Unlikely that they never played. We can't be sure.

(B)  Everyone sitting  in the school’s athletic office this morning at nine o’clock  registered only for a beginners tennis  clinic. - WRONG. Both red text are wrong.

(C) John, Mary, and Teresa  were the only people who registered  for a beginners tennis clinic this morning. - WRONG. Like D only there can still be some more.

(D) John, Mary, and Teresa  were the only people sitting in the waiting room  of the school’s athletic office this morning at nine o’clock. - WRONG. Not the only people. There might still be some.

(E) Neither John nor Teresa is an  accomplished tennis player . - CORRECT. Leaving Mary doesn't matter since what is said in this choice isinferable.

Answer E.

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