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Zeno's Unfinished Furniture sells exactly five types of furniture-footstools, hutches, sideboards, tables, and vanities. Irene buys just four items, each of a different type, and each made entirely of one kind of wood-maple, oak, pine, or rosewood. The following conditions govern Irene's purchases:
Any vanity she buys is maple.
Any rosewood item she buys is a sideboard.
If she buys a vanity, she does not buy a footstool.
If lrene buys a footstool, she also buys a table made of the same wood.
Irene does not buy an oak table.
Exactly two of the items she buys are made of the same kind of wood as each other.
Which one of the following could be an accurate list of the items Irene buys?
(A) maple footstool, maple hutch, rosewood sideboard, maple table
(B) oak hutch, rosewood sideboard, pine table, oak vanity
(C) rosewood hutch, maple sideboard, oak table, maple vanity
(D) pine footstool, rosewood sideboard, pine table, maple vanity
(E) maple footstool, pine hutch, oak sideboard, maple table
Any vanity she buys is maple.
Any rosewood item she buys is a sideboard.
If she buys a vanity, she does not buy a footstool.
If lrene buys a footstool, she also buys a table made of the same wood.
Irene does not buy an oak table.
Exactly two of the items she buys are made of the same kind of wood as each other.
Which one of the following could be an accurate list of the items Irene buys?
(A) maple footstool, maple hutch, rosewood sideboard, maple table
(B) oak hutch, rosewood sideboard, pine table, oak vanity
(C) rosewood hutch, maple sideboard, oak table, maple vanity
(D) pine footstool, rosewood sideboard, pine table, maple vanity
(E) maple footstool, pine hutch, oak sideboard, maple table
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(A) maple footstool, maple hutch, rosewood sideboard, maple table - ELIMINATE: If lrene buys a footstool, she also buys a table made of the same wood. In this choice we have a footstool and table made of different woods.
(B) oak hutch, rosewood sideboard, pine table, oak vanity - ELIMINATE: Exactly two of the items she buys are made of the same kind of wood as each other. Here we have four different kinds of wood.
(C) rosewood hutch, maple sideboard, oak table, maple vanity - ELIMINATE: Any rosewood item she buys is a sideboard. Here we have a rosewood hutch.
(D) pine footstool, rosewood sideboard, pine table, maple vanity - ELIMINATE: If she buys a vanity, she does not buy a footstool. Here we have both a vanity and a footstool.
(E) maple footstool, pine hutch, oak sideboard, maple table - KEEP: Nothing here contradicts any of the "rules" set out in the question stem.
ANSWER E
(B) oak hutch, rosewood sideboard, pine table, oak vanity - ELIMINATE: Exactly two of the items she buys are made of the same kind of wood as each other. Here we have four different kinds of wood.
(C) rosewood hutch, maple sideboard, oak table, maple vanity - ELIMINATE: Any rosewood item she buys is a sideboard. Here we have a rosewood hutch.
(D) pine footstool, rosewood sideboard, pine table, maple vanity - ELIMINATE: If she buys a vanity, she does not buy a footstool. Here we have both a vanity and a footstool.
(E) maple footstool, pine hutch, oak sideboard, maple table - KEEP: Nothing here contradicts any of the "rules" set out in the question stem.
ANSWER E
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How is (a) wrong? maple footstool and maple table is correct. (e) violates the rule 'Any rosewood item she buys is a sideboard'
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