#23 - Local, Could Be True

[Dave Killoran]

Complete Question Explanation
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The correct answer choice is (D)

This is a potentially confusing question. The question stem requires that the two workers each complete two tasks, and that they work on the same days as each other. Thus, we need a pair of workers that must meet the following criteria:

• 1. Each worker must be able to complete two tasks. This immediately eliminates answer choice (A), which includes both G and M, workers who can each complete just one task each.
  
  2. The workers must also be able to jointly complete four separate tasks (two different tasks for each worker). This fact eliminates answer choices (B) and (E). Answer choice (B) is eliminated because H and K can only complete three total tasks (sanding, priming, and framing), and answer choice (E) is eliminated because L and O can only complete three total tasks (wallboarding, taping, and priming).
  
  3. Finally, the workers must also be able to complete the first two tasks on the same day as each other, and the other two tasks on the same day as each other. This eliminates answer choice (C) because while I and L can complete two tasks together on the first day (framing and wallboarding), they cannot complete the other two tasks on the same day as each other because the two tasks would have to taping and priming, and those two tasks must be completed on different days according to the second rule.

Answer choice (D) is the correct answer choice, because K and L are the only pair listed which can meet the new criteria: If the first two tasks are completed on Day 1 (by K and L, respectively), and the next two tasks are completed on Day 2 (by L and K, respectively), then this is a pair that can work on the same two days, and each can complete two tasks. Day 3 would be priming, and would be completed by H, I, or O.