Question #1639

Higher than either

Started by KevinP · started 2019-02-11 02:29 · last activity 2019-02-14 17:52 · 1 reply

Hi, I am having a hard time understanding a language in the question. It says "If John... receives a higher grade in geology than in either language". My question is, when it says "either", does it actually mean "both"? (i.e., G>I>R or G>R>I) or does it mean it's possible only one of I and R is lower than geology (i.e., G=I>R or G=R>I) <I have ignored the fact that G and P is consecutive for the purposes of my question since my question is about the meaning of word "EITHER"> Thanks!

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  1. Ravi · 2019-02-14 17:52

    @KevinP, Great question. In this case, when it says, "If John passes all his courses and receives a higher grade in geology than in either language," this means that John receives a higher grade in geology than in Italian and a higher grade in geology than in Russian. In other words, yes, his grade in geology is higher than the grades he receives in his language classes. Does this make sense? Let us know if you have any other questions!

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