Each of the following could be the lowest-ranking tennis player EXCEPT:

yassmenaraim September 26, 2020

Why not Kim?

I'm still confused about why Kim can't be the answer, even after I read other questions/answers in the message board. An instructor responded with P is the sufficient for K to play tennis and rank higher than O & P. But isn't it the same with S? M is the sufficient for S to play tennis and rank higher than M but lower than O. I still don't understand the difference between the two. Why is it S but not K? The video explanation didn't really clear things up for me. Thanks!

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MarsfromFl October 2, 2020

yes, Yassmen I have to exact same question

MarsfromFl October 2, 2020

okay so I went back through and I see why. S plays two roles, he is sufficient and necessary. P is only necessary. So S is not always focused on M to play, S can go play and M is going to follow, just so happen S is always going to rank higher than M. K on the other hand has to wait on P to play to be the best. If K plays by himself we don't know how he is going to rank, so if we say O is better when only those two are on the court, it doesn't spark an argument.

allisonfarley October 28, 2020

Hi Jayla I appreciate your explanation!! It helped to see that P was the deciding factor in the ranking of S and M.

I'm still a little confused. I have a scenario where

G:LMPS
T: KO (being interchangeable) since as you said, K is the necessary we can't conclude anything about its rank, but doesn't that mean K still could be lowest when together with O? Or am I wrong in this scenario ?

I appreciate any guidance you have

allisonfarley October 28, 2020

I apologize I think I still got part of the initial read wrong in your response, disregard the first comment in my message haha!

I see why S can't go after M, but I don't understand why K can't be last...so I was torn by the answer choices and should have known I misunderstood something since there can't be two right answers.

allisonfarley October 28, 2020

OH my goodness. wow. I just realized I selected K forgetting for a split second that it was an EXCEPT question! Jayla, disregard my entire post !!

I'm so sorry. Clearly I've officially burnt out on today's games :D gonna go for a run

Ally