The features of five mobile communication devices are compared in the

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The features of five mobile communication devices are compared in the table. Each feature is rated from 0 to 5, with greater ratings indicating greater quality. A device (P) is said to be ratings-dominant over another device (Q) if P matches or exceeds the ratings of Q for every single feature in the table but Q does not match all of the ratings of P.      Device      Features     X1      X2      XS      XL      XZ       A   5  0  1  0  0     B   2  0  2  5  1     C   0  3  3  4  2     D   0  3  5  0  2     E   0  0  4  4  0     F   0  0  0  0  1     G   0  0  0  3  0     H   0  2  2  1  0      ( Sort ↕  the table by clicking on the headers)

For each of the following devices, select Yes if the device is ratings-dominant over any of the other devices in the table. Otherwise, select No.

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Sajjad1994 · Accepted Answer

Official Explanation

RO1

To be ratings-dominant over one of the other devices, Device X1 must match or exceed all the ratings of the other device in every other category. In other words, it could not have a lower rating than the other device in any category. By sorting the table on X1, it is clear that Device X1 has a zero rating for every feature except A and B, and no other device has zero ratings in all those categories. Thus, Device X1 cannot be ratings-dominant over any of the other devices in the table.

The correct answer is No.

RO2

Sorting the table by XS shows that every rating for Device XS matches or exceeds the rating for Device X2. Moreover, the ratings for Features A, B, D, and E for Device XS exceed those of Device X2. Therefore, Device XS is ratings-dominant over Device X2.

The correct answer is Yes.

RO3

Sorting the table by XZ shows that Device XZ’s ratings for both Features C and D exceed those of Device X1, but of no other device. However, Device X1 has higher ratings than Device XZ for Features A and B. Thus, Device XZ cannot be ratings-dominant over any of the other devices.

The correct answer is No.

Apt0810 · Answer

1)No,since if we see and compare individual feature based rating for X1 with the rating of other devices than we see that for one or more features the rating of X1 is less than that of others,for example
Rating of X1 (Feature D)< Rating of XZ(Feature D) & Rating of X1(Feature H)<Rating of other devices (Feature H)

2)Yes, Device XS is ratings dominant when you compare it's ratings with those of X2 since the ratings of XS are >= those of X2,and in only two ratings the value matches ,this satisfying the criteria.

3)No,Device XZ is not ratings dominant since one or the rating category it has less rating than that of the other devices

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bM22 · Answer

1. Device X1 - If we compare the features of X1 with those of X2, XS, or XZ, we can see that for each of the device, one or the other feature is greater than that of X1. 
 Thus answer is No .

2. Device XS - On comparing we can see that device XS is better in features than X2. As all the features of XS are >= X2 and X2's features are less than those of XS.

Answer Is Yes.

3. Device XZ - The features of XZ are not better than any of the devices, as it lags behind in one or the other category when compared to other devices.

Answer Is No.

yashikaaggarwal · Answer

Rating of devices in descending order:
A. X1 > XS > XZ = X2 = XL
B. XL > XS = X1 > XZ > X2
C. XL > XS = X2 > XZ > X1
D. XS > X2 > XZ > XL = X1
E. XL = XS > X1 = XZ = X2
F. XZ > XS = X1 = XL = X2
G. XL > XS = X1 = XZ = X2
H. X2 = XS > XL > XZ = X1

Devices are dominant when its ahead of any other model constantly.

Device X1: Its ranked at last in few of the features. So it can't be the dominant one. (FALSE)

Device XS: In above table its always ranked ahead of model X2. Hence Device XS is dominant. (TRUE)

Device XZ: Even though Its not ranked as last. But it's competitive devices are in both in dominant phase for the particular feature or succeeding the model XZ. So it can't be the dominant one. (FALSE)

So, X1 : No, XS : Yes, XZ : No.

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Rohi02 · Answer

1. No, The only feature dominant in X1 is of A, other than that the ratings for other features are lower than others.
2. Yes, The ratings for XS dominates XZ and X2 for most of the features.
3. No, XZ has the lowest ratings when compared to other devices.

kevinylx · Answer

Device XS is lower in the rating in B and E against device XL. why is the answer still yes?

sushant2012 · Answer

I'm not able to understand why RO2 is true. In the Official Explanation, XS is compared only with X2. However, comparing XS in particular with XL, XL has the highest ratings in three features (B, C and G) among all devices whereas XS has highest rating in only one feature (D) and has same highest rating as XL for feature E. For features A, F other devices X1 and XZ respectively have the highest ratings. Then how XS is rating-dominant?

BLTN · Answer

Dear  sushant2012 
I have similar doubt; the answer, plausibly, is the wording of the question:

"any  of the other  devices" does not equal to  any devices  or  all devices .

huongdo122 · Answer

Can anyone please help shed a light on this? I still don't understand why in  2) Yes , the device XS ONLY compared to X2, why it not compared to X1?

Sajjad1994 · Answer

You may need to read the complete thread as the answer to your question is posted at least twice.

Hint: We have to compare the features of XS with X2.

miltonduff · Answer

so "any of the other" means "at least one of the other"? Can someone who is native speaker answer that?

khmnasser · Answer

I really didn't understand why the second question is considered true, while the question clearly states that the Device must be compared to all other devices!!
While Device XS is less in the rankings of some features that Device XL!!

sayan640 · Answer

Sort the column on the basis of X 1 , XS and XZ for each of the three questions and compare its values with each of the other columns.
For your question , 
Sort the column on XS. See its values are greater than or equal to  all the values of the column X2.  Can you find any value in the column X2 which is greater than a value in XS ? 
Hence XS is rating dominant over X2. Hope it helps.

jk017 · Answer

If the intention was to arrive at the "official" answer provided, then this question is very poorly worded and extremely confusing

riri3026 · Answer

Can someone please help me out with Q2, as the question stem clearly states that it has to be A device (P) is said to be ratings-dominant over another device (Q) if P matches or exceeds the ratings of Q for every single feature in the table but Q does not match all of the ratings of P.

So, when you do look at the table X1 exceeds XS in A category. So are we looking for most ratings in comparison or are we looking at "every single feature"?

So, when you do look at the table X1 exceeds XS in A category. So are we looking for most ratings in comparison or are we looking at "every single feature"?

cheshire · Answer

The device must have ratings the same or greater in every category over another device for it to be ratings-dominant. To answer your question, we are looking at every feature because it must have better ratings in every feature.

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