In this question, a question is followed by two statements numbered (I) and (II). You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and decide the appropriate answer. Q. Among five people – A, B, C, D, and E – who is the tallest? (I) A is taller than B. B is taller than C. (II) D is taller than E.
Both statements I and II together are NOT sufficient to answer the question.
To determine who among the five people (A, B, C, D, and E) is the tallest, we need to analyze the information given in the two statements and evaluate their sufficiency:
- Statement I: "A is taller than B. B is taller than C."
- From this, we can deduce the order: \(A > B > C\).
- However, this statement gives no information about D and E, so we cannot determine the tallest among all five.
- Statement II: "D is taller than E."
- This simply gives us the order: \(D > E\).
- Like statement I, this statement does not provide information about A, B, and C. Thus, it cannot help us in determining the tallest among the five individuals.
Both statements individually fail to provide information about some of the people involved, and hence neither statement alone is sufficient to answer the question. Even when combined, the statements only partially order the group as follows:
- \(A > B > C\) from Statement I
- \(D > E\) from Statement II
Combining these, we do not have any information connecting groups A, B, C with D, E, making it impossible to determine who is the tallest overall.
Therefore, the correct answer is: "Both statements I and II together are NOT sufficient to answer the question."
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