Analytical Reasoning Question No. 100
A man will plant eight flower plants in eight in an even way spaced holes dug along a fence line. He has learned the following:
1. The types of flower plant that do well in his area are F, G, H, I, J, and K. He will make his selection from that group.
2. F, G, I, and J flower plants require cross-pollination to bear flower and must therefore be grown in pairs of a kind, immediately next to each other in the row.
3. If both plums and peaches are to be planted, each kind will produce more flowers if separated from the other kind by at least three other flower plants. The man will plant no more than two flower plants of any one kind.
He must organize a plan for planting that will maximize the probability that all of the flower plants he plants will bear as much flower as possible.
1. In a plan that meets his requirements, the man could plant exactly one of which of the following types of flower plants?
2. If an F flower plant is planted in the first hole in the row along the fence, the flower plant planted in the second hole must be:
3. Which of the following is an acceptable order of flower plants in the row along the fence?
4. If the man plants a I flower plant in the fourth hole in the row along the fence, he could plant a K flower plant in which of the following holes?
1. The types of flower plant that do well in his area are F, G, H, I, J, and K. He will make his selection from that group.
2. F, G, I, and J flower plants require cross-pollination to bear flower and must therefore be grown in pairs of a kind, immediately next to each other in the row.
3. If both plums and peaches are to be planted, each kind will produce more flowers if separated from the other kind by at least three other flower plants. The man will plant no more than two flower plants of any one kind.
He must organize a plan for planting that will maximize the probability that all of the flower plants he plants will bear as much flower as possible.
1. In a plan that meets his requirements, the man could plant exactly one of which of the following types of flower plants?
| (A) F | (B) G | (C) I | (D) J | (E) K |
2. If an F flower plant is planted in the first hole in the row along the fence, the flower plant planted in the second hole must be:
| (A) F flower plant | (B) G flower plant | (C) H flower plant |
| (D) K flower plant | (E) J flower plant |
3. Which of the following is an acceptable order of flower plants in the row along the fence?
(A) F, F, J, I, K, J, I, K
(B) F, F, J, J, G, G, I, I
(C) I, F, F, J, J, H, K, I
(D) I, F, F, J, J, H, K, K
(E) K, I, I, H, F, F, F, H
(B) F, F, J, J, G, G, I, I
(C) I, F, F, J, J, H, K, I
(D) I, F, F, J, J, H, K, K
(E) K, I, I, H, F, F, F, H
4. If the man plants a I flower plant in the fourth hole in the row along the fence, he could plant a K flower plant in which of the following holes?
| (A) The first | (B) The second | (C) The third |
| (D) The sixth | (E) The eighth |
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