Day: 1 2 3 4 5 6
3 2 2 2 1
After four days she’ll still have one company to visit, so it will take her five days total to visit all ten companies (H).
D
Several of these choices might seem reasonable to you, but the correct choice is going to be the assumption underlying the
statement that since Fred was accepted to Harvard Law, he must have studied very hard. No other information is given about
Fred, so the only way you could conclude that he must have studied very hard is to assume that everyone who gets into
Harvard Law must have studied hard (in other words, only people who study hard are accepted—choice (D)).
You’re given no info about Fred’s friends or his ability to pass entrance exams, so (A) and (C) are out. (B) is wrong because
the fact that Harvard Law School is hard to get into doesn’t necessarily force us to the conclusion that Fred must have studied
hard to get in; he may be naturally brilliant or have an inside connection with the admissions office. (E) is a conclusion most
people would draw after hearing of Fred’s success, but it too does not help us to the conclusion that Fred must have studied
hard.
17.
J
There isn’t much that you can conclude from the information in the question stem except that the earthquake that was predicted
by seismograph didn’t occur, which shows that seismographs aren’t always correct in their predictions. This makes (J) the
correct answer. There is no reason to think, at least as far as you know, that the earthquake is still coming (F) or that there
was a minor earthquake instead of the predicted major one (K), although both are of course possible. (G) is far too harsh an
indictment of scientists based on the failure of one prediction, and there is no evidence to support (H).
18.
B
Draw a circle to represent the table and seat the players according to the given information. It’s easiest to start with Liz and
Jim, since you know exactly where they are in relation to each other. Since Karen is Jim’s partner, she has to be directly
across from him; Ron has to sit across from Liz. You can see as you work on the diagram that Karen sits to Ron’s left, which
means that Tracy must be sitting next to Ron on his right. Finally, Sean goes across from Tracy, between Karen and Liz.
19.
