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Free GMAT Multi-Source Reasoning Practice Question

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A regional food-bank network is choosing which of its candidate distribution hubs to activate for a new fresh-produce program. The produce is perishable, so a hub can be activated for the program only if it clears all three of the following requirements; a hub that misses any one is not activated, no matter how strong it is on the others.

Cold storage: the hub must have at least 2,000 cubic feet of refrigerated storage. Volunteer coverage: the hub must field at least 30 regular volunteers. Access: the hub must be within 8 miles of the network's central depot, so produce arrives same-day.

Requirements are checked in the order listed; the network screens cold storage first, then volunteers, then access, and stops checking a hub as soon as it fails a requirement.

Using the sources, how many of the candidate hubs are activated for the fresh-produce program?

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Answer & Explanation

Correct answer

B

The memo sets a three-gate AND: cold storage at least 2,000, volunteers at least 30, within 8 miles. Walk the hubs, failing fast.

Harlow 3,200/42/6 activated. Ingleside 1,800 fails gate one. Jessup 2,500 then 22 fails gate two. Kestrel 2,100/36 then 11 miles fails gate three. Larkfield 4,000/48/7 activated. Marwick 2,000 (at the bar, at least includes 2,000), 30 (exactly), 8 (within 8 includes 8) activated.

Three hubs clear every gate: Harlow, Larkfield, Marwick.