Question

Q59. A certain company currently has how many employees?

(1) If 3 additional employees are hired by the company and all of the present employees remain, there will be at least 20 employees in the company.

(2) If no additional employees are hired by the company and 3 of the present employees resign, there will be fewer than 15 employees in the company

• A. (a) If the question can be answered using either statement (1) alone but not statement (2) or statement (2) alone but not statement (1)
• B. (b) If either of the two statements individually is sufficient to answer the question
• C. (c) If both statements (1) and (2) together are required to answer the question
• D. (d) The question cannot be answered despite using the information provided in statements (1) and (2) taken together.

Answer 1

The correct option is C

(c) If both statements (1) and (2) together are required to answer the question

From the first statement it can be concluded that the original number of employees in the company is not less than 17. From second statement it can be concluded that the original number of employees in the company is less than 18. Hence the number of employees = 17.