Question

Questions on Analytical Reasoning
(1) At a baseball game, five men (L, M, N, O and P) and five women (S, T, U, V and W) occupy a row of ten seats. The men are in odd-numbered seats, starting from the left, each woman sits to the right of the man she is dating. (2) O is V's date. (3) W is not at the right end of the row and the man she is dating is not at the left end of the row. (4) The man dating W likes T best among the other women and insists on being seated to the right of T. (5) N is one seat from the right end of the row. (6) M and his date occupy the middle pair of seats (7) V sits next to M. QUESTION: 1) Which of the following lists five persons who must sit adjacent to one another, from left to right (A) U, V, O, M, T (B) M, T, L, W, L (C) O, V, M, T, W (D) O, V, M, T and either L or P 2) U's date may be: (A) N or L (B) L or P (C) N or P (D) N, L or P

Answer 1

the answer are-
1. O,V,M,T  and L or P
2. N,L or P

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

Given,

At a baseball game, five men ( L, M, N, O and P) and five women ( S, T, U, V and W) occupy a row of ten seats. The men are in odd-numbered seats, starting from the left, each woman sits to the right of the man she is dating

If we number seats from 1 to 10,

then L, M, N, O and P will occupy from seats  1, 3, 5, 7, 9

S, T, U, V and W will occupy from 2, 4, 6, 8, 10

Let this be the arrangement:

1     2     3     4     5      6      7      8     9      10

According to statement 3, we can place N

1     2     3     4     5      6      7      8     9      10

                                                           N

According to statement 6, M and his date occupy middle seats, that is, 5 and 6

Also, with the help of statement 4 we can place W and T

So arrangement now will be :

1     2     3     4     5       6      7       8          9      10

                           M       T               W         N              

According to statement 7, V sits next to M

We can now place V and O [ Since O is partner of V ( Statement 2 ) ]

1     2     3      4     5       6      7       8        9      10

              O     V    M      T               W        N              

Now only 1 and 7 odd places are left and in male we have L and P left

The final arrangement can be made as :

1            2     3      4     5       6      7            8        9      10

L/P                O     V    M      T       L/P        W        N              

QUESTION:

1 ) Which of the following lists five persons who must sit adjacent to one another, from left to right (A) U, V, O, M, T (B) M, T, L, W, L (C) O, V, M, T, W (D) O, V, M, T and either L or P

Answer : From the arrangement it is clear

Option D - O, V, M, T AND EITHER L OR P

2 ) U's date may be: (A) N or L (B) L or P (C) N or P (D) N, L or P

Answer : Since we dont know partners of N, L OR P

Option D - N, L or P