XYZ, a large philanthropic organization, has the following policy rega

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XYZ, a large philanthropic organization, has the following policy regarding requests for XYZ funds.

1. Any organization that has submitted a request for funds to XYZ must receive a response no later than 4 months after receipt of the request by XYZ.

2. The response must take the form of a granting of the request, a rejecting of the request, or a solicitation for further information.

3. Such further information, when solicited, must be received by XYZ no later than 5 months after receipt of the solicitation by the organization; otherwise the request for funds will be rejected.

4. Once such further information has been received by XYZ, XYZ will reconsider the request as if it were a new submission, beginning with Step 1 above.

For a request for funds that has been granted in accord with this policy, select the maximum amount of time between receipt of the initial request by XYZ and the granting of the request, given that no solicitation for further information was made by XYZ, and select the maximum amount of time, given that exactly one solicitation for further information was made by XYZ. Make only two selections, one in each column.

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GmatTest2026 · Accepted Answer

The answer to the first part no solicitation is very straightforward 4 months. The second part with one solicitation firstly 4 months then when solicited it would take 5 months and reconsidering the request will take a further 4 months i.e. 4 + 5 + 4 = 13 months

SatvikVedala · Answer

No solicitations for further information: 4 Months

One solicitations for further information: 4 Months + 5 Months (Max time for solicitation) + 4 Months (Max time for receipt)

Bismuth83 · Answer

1. The question gives 2 possible cases and asks us to  calculate the maximum amount of time it would take for each case to be granted with XYZ funds .

2.   Case #1: No solicitations for further information.   The organization will receive a response in 4 months max. Now, the request has to be granted, since it gets no solicitations for further information. So, the process will take at most  4 months .

3.   Case #2: One solicitations for further information.   The organization will receive a response in 4 months max. Now, the request must be given a solicitation for further information. Then, XYZ can receive the further information in 5 months max. XYZ now considers this a new submission which will take 4 months max to receive a response. Since there was only one solicitation, the process ends here. Overall, it can take up to 4 + 5 + 4 =  13 months .

4. Our answer will be:   No solicitations for further information - 4 months; One solicitations for further information - 13 months  .

CA_Mahi · Answer

Case 1: No solicitations for further information - Simple - 4 months
Case 2 : Solicitation - 4 months + 5 months + 4 months = 13 months

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