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Theterm"analyticreasoning"referstorecognizingpatternsandconnectionsinavarietyofinformation.

Eachanalyticalreasoningquestionisalogicalpuzzle,basedonagivensetofconditions

Analyticalreasoningquestionsarepresentedingroupsoffourorfivequestions.Eachgroupisbasedonashortpassagefollowedbyasetof
conditions.

AnalyticalReasoningtestmeasuresyourabilitytoanalyzeandtodrawresultfromacomplexsituationbyapplyingyourlogic.

AnalyticalReasoningquestionsaredesignedtoassesstheabilitytoconsideragroupoffactsandrules,and,giventhosefactsandrules,
determinewhatcouldormustbetrue.Thespecificscenariosassociatedwiththesequestionsareusuallyunrelatedtolaw,sincetheyareintended
tobeaccessibletoawiderangeoftesttakers.However,theskillstestedparallelthoseinvolvedindeterminingwhatcouldormustbethecase
givenasetofregulations,thetermsofacontract,orthefactsofalegalcaseinrelationtothelaw.InAnalyticalReasoningquestions,youare
askedtoreasondeductivelyfromasetofstatementsandrulesorprinciplesthatdescriberelationshipsamongpersons,things,orevents.

AnalyticalReasoningquestionsappearinsets,witheachsetbasedonasinglepassage.Thepassageusedforeachsetofquestionsdescribes
commonorderingrelationshipsorgroupingrelationships,oracombinationofbothtypesofrelationships.Examplesincludescheduling
employeesforworkshifts,assigninginstructorstoclasssections,orderingtasksaccordingtopriority,anddistributinggrantsforprojects.

AnalyticalReasoningquestionstestarangeofdeductivereasoningskills.Theseinclude:

Comprehendingthebasicstructureofasetofrelationshipsbydeterminingacompletesolutiontodieproblemposed(forexample,an

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acceptableseatingarrangementofallsixdiplomatsaroundatable)

Reasoningwithconditional("ifthen")statementsandrecognizinglogicallyequivalentformulationsofsuchstatements

Inferringwhatcouldbetrueormustbetruefromgivenfactsandrules

Inferringwhatcouldbetrueormustbetruefromgivenfactsandrulestogetherwithnewinformationintheformofanadditionalorsubstitute
factorrule

Recognizingwhentwostatementsarelogicallyequivalentincontextbyidentifyingaconditionorrulethatcouldreplaceoneoftheoriginal
conditionswhilestillresultinginthesamepossibleoutcomes

AnalyticalreasoningTypes
SeatingArrangements
Sequencing
Combinations
Comparisons
Selections
Ranking
Relations
Grouping

TechniquesusedforAnalyticalproblemsolving
VanDiagrams
MathOperators
Lineuprepresentation
Equations
Tablerepresentation
Diagrams&Notations
BasicLinearSequenceGamesetup
IfthenNotation:
GroupingGameDiagrams

MathSymbols

Anygooddiagrammingsystemmustbe:
FastYoumustbeabletoexpressideasinshorthandtosavetime

NeatmessynotationswillcostYoupoints

EasytoUnderstandYoumustinstantlyunderstandwhatyournotationsmean

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1:Entities

Oneofthefirststepsinsettingupyourdiagramiswritedownaletterornumbertorepresenteachofyourentities.Eachgamewillhavealistof
entitiesthatwillbeplacedintoanorderorgroupsorboth.Startbywritingdownthislistofentities.Forexample:youaretoldthatthereare5
differentclogsinaraceandtheyareaLabrador,MixedBreed,Newfoundland,Poodle,andaSchauzer.Recordthislistofentitiesasfollows:

LMNPS

NoticethatweonlyusedoneletterforMixedBreed.Thereisnosenseinconfusingyourselfwithadditionalletters.Keepittooneletterper
entity.Alsonoticethattheentitiesaregiveninalphabeticalorder.However,theywilloftenleaveouraletterortwotoconfuseyou.Some
studentswillunwittinglyinsertthatletterbyforceofhabit.ForexampleinthisquestionmanystudentsmightjustaddintheletterObecausethe
areusedtoOfollowingLMN.Makesureyourlistofentitiesmatchesthosegiven.

Nowthatwehaveourlistofentitieswecanmoveontothediagramitself.

2:BasicLinearSequenceGamesetup

ALinearSequenceGamewillaskyoutoplaceasetofentitiesinorder.Thiscouldbeexpressedinanumberofwaysincluding:1stto6th,Firstto
Last,MondaytoFriday,ToptoBottom,FronttoBack,etc.

Inordertomakeaplaceforeachentityinyourdiagramsimplyloutanunderlineforeachspacewhereanentitywillgo.Soifwearetoldtolist
fivedogsinorderfromfastesttoslowestwecansetupourgameasfollows:
_________________________
Wenowhave5spotsforour5dogs.IfyouwantyoucouldputFandSattheendsofthediagramtorepresentthatitgoesfromFastestto
Slowest.Thisisusuallynotnecessaryandcanwastetimewhenyouareredrawingyourdiagram.Ifyouchosetoincludethisextranotationmake
surethattheFandSdonotmatchanyofyourentities.ForexampleifyouhadaSchnauzerasoneofyourdogtypesyouwouldnotwanttohaveS
forSchauzerandSforslowest.Onewayyoucanavoidthisistoputthefandsforfastandslowinlowercase.

3:FixedEntity

Ifwearetoldthatanentityisplacedinonespotthenwecanjustfillthatdirectlyintothediagram.Thisistheeasiesttypeofruletoinclude.For
exampleifwearetoldthattheSchnauzerwillbe3rdfastestthenwecanincludeitasfollows:

Notinthatspot:Ifwearetoldthataparticularentitydoesnotgoinaparticularspotweshouldaddthatdirectlytoourdiagrambyputtingthe
entityunderthatspotanddesignatingthatitdoesnotgothere.Therearenumberofwaystodesignatethattheentitydoesnotgothere.Youcan
putaslashthroughit,orputinfrontoftheentity.Findonethatworksbestforyou.ForexampleifwearetoldthethePoodleisnotthefastest
dogwecanincludeitinourdiagramasfollows:
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4:HereorTherePairnotation:
Thisnotationisusedwhentwoentitiesaregoingtofilltwospotsbutwedon'tknowwhichentityisinwhichspot.ForexampleifKandTmust
beinspots2and3.WeknowweeitherhaveKin2andTin3orTin2andKin3.

ThewaytoexpressthiswiththeHereorTherePairnotationisasfollows:

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5:IfthenNotation
Useanarrow====>forIfthenstatements.JustrewritetheifthenstatementreplacingIfandthenwith====>arrows.Alsorememberto
shortentheentitytothefirstletter.

Forexamplethestatement:IfAlbertisincludedthenBertisalsoincluded.Canbeexpressedas:

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====>A====>B

6:SpotsBetweennotation:

Ifwearetoldthatentitiesareaspecificnumberofspotsapartsimplyinsertthatmanyblanklinesbetweenthem.Forexample:Tworunners
comeafterSarahbutbeforeFred.Canbeexpressedas

S_________F

ThiscanbecombinedwiththeHereorTherePairnotation.

Example:TworunnerscomebetweenSarahandFred.

S/F________F/S

Example:1
7personsliveinastreet,havinghousesinline.Considerthefollowing:

1.Alivesinthecorner'shouse.
2.2.CisbetweenEandG3.
3.Thereis1housebetweenDandF4.
4.FisneighborofGs.
5.TherearetwohousesbetweenAandG

Solution

7PersonsA,B,C,D,E,F,G

7personsliveinastreet

Wecanmake
XXXXXXX

1.Alivesinthecorner'shouse

So,therearetwopossibilities:

AXXXXXX
XXXXXXA

2.CisbetweenEandG

Here,alsotwopossibilities:

ECG
GCE

3.Thereis1housebetweenDandFTwopossibilities:

DXF
FXD
4.FisneighborofG

2possibilities

FGorGF

TherearetwohousesbetweenAandG

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AXXG
GXXA

TwohousesbetweenAandG:AXXG

CisbetweenEandG:AECG

FisneighborofG:AECGF

1housebetweenDandF:AECGFXD

Andfinally:AECGFBD

Example:2
Aspartoftheirsportsphysical,sevencollegeathletesF,G,H,I,J,KandLarebeingweighed.Inannouncingtheresultsofthephysicalexams,
thecoachhasgiventhefollowinginformation.

i.Noneoftheathletesisexactlythesameweightasanotherathlete.
ii:KisheavierthanL,butlighterthanH.
iii.IisheavierthanJ
iv.BothFandGareheavierthanH.

Solution
WeCanMakeSuchrelationsfromGivenInformation

1:SevenCollegeathletesareFGHIJKL

i.Noneoftheathletesisexactlythesameweightasanotherathlete.SowecanrepresentasF>G>H>I>J>K>L
ii:KisheavierthanL,butlighterthanH.
H>K>L
iii:IisheavierthanJ:I>J

iv.BothFandGareheavierthanH.F>G>HORG>F>H
SotheoverallrelationforGivenathletebecomes

H>K>L

F>G>H>k>LORG>F>H>k>L

WhereI>JcanbeadjustedanywhereinAboverelationsAnySingleAthleteormorecanbepossiblebetweenI&JSuchasI>
F>J,I>J>G,I>H>K>J
Question.1:EachofthefollowingcouldbetrueEXCEPT

A.Fistheheaviest.
B.Gistheheaviest.
C.Iistheheaviest.
D.MorethanthreeathletesareheavierthanK.
E.MorethanthreeathletesarelighterthanK.

AnswerisE

AsMaximumthreeathletescanbelighterthanK

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F>G>H>k>L>I>JORG>F>H>k>L>I>J

Question.2:Whichofthefollowing,iftrue,wouldbesufficienttodeterminewhichathleteisthelightest?

A.Iistheheaviest
B.IislighterthanK
C.KisheavierthanJ
D.JisheavierthanK
E.ExactlyfivestudentsarelighterthanF.

AnswerisD

IfJisheavierthanKthensimplyLwillbetheLightest
F>G>H>k>LORG>F>H>k>LandI>JbeforeK.

Question.3:IfJisheavierthanF,howmanydifferentrankingsbyweight,oftheathletesarepossible?

A.1
B.2
C.3
D.4
E.5

AnswerisD

AsF>G>H>k>LORG>F>H>k>L&I>J>F
IfJ>Fthenfollowingrelationscanbepossible
I>J>F>G>H>k>L
I>J>G>F>H>k>L
I>G>J>F>H>K>L
G>I>J>F>H>K>L
Question.4:IfHisheavierthanI,whichofthefollowingCANNOTbetrue?

A.I'sweightisequaltotheaverageofF'sweightandG'sweight.
B.I'sweightisequaltotheaverageofK'sweightandL'sweight
C.J'sweightisequaltotheaverageofK'sweightandL'sweight
D.Jisthesecondlightest.

AnswerisA

AsH>Isopossiblerelationscanbe

F>G>H>k>I>L>JORG>F>H>I>k>J>L

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