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Nine consultants are assigned to three different departments: Department Alpha, Department Beta, and Department Gamma. Not less than two consultants and not more than four consultants work in any department. David works only with Emily, but not in department Beta. Frank works in department Beta but not with Ivy. Jack, Karen, and Leo work in the same department. Karen works with Ivy but not in department Alpha. Grace and Henry are two of the consultants.

Which of the following associations is correct?

Options

A

None is correct

B

Grace – Department Beta

C

Henry – Department Gamma

D

Ivy – Department Beta

E

Emily – Department Gamma

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Correct Answer :

Option B

Grace – Department Beta

Solution :

Step-by-Step Logic and Deduction:

Let's analyze the given details step by step to determine the department assignment for each consultant.

1. Basic Rules & Constraints:
- Total consultants: 9 (David, Emily, Frank, Ivy, Jack, Karen, Leo, Grace, Henry).
- Total departments: 3 (Department Alpha, Department Beta, Department Gamma).
- Distribution constraint: Each department has at least 2 and at most 4 consultants (2 ≤ size ≤ 4).

2. Analyzing Clues:
- Clue 1: "David works only with Emily, but not in department Beta."
This means David and Emily are the ONLY two consultants in their department. Since David is not in Beta, their department must be either Alpha or Gamma. Thus, the department with David and Emily has exactly 2 consultants: {David, Emily}.

- Clue 2: "Jack, Karen, and Leo work in the same department."
This group of 3 consultants ({Jack, Karen, Leo}) must be together in a single department.

- Clue 3: "Karen works with Ivy but not in department Alpha."
Since Karen works in the same department as Jack and Leo, Ivy must also be in that exact same department. Therefore, this department consists of 4 consultants: {Jack, Karen, Leo, Ivy}.
Furthermore, since Karen is not in Department Alpha, this 4-person group {Jack, Karen, Leo, Ivy} cannot be in Department Alpha.

- Clue 4: "Frank works in department Beta but not with Ivy."
Since Ivy is in the 4-person department {Jack, Karen, Leo, Ivy}, that 4-person department CANNOT be Department Beta.
Since it cannot be Alpha (from Clue 3) and cannot be Beta, the 4-person department {Jack, Karen, Leo, Ivy} MUST be Department Gamma.

3. Assigning Departments to Groups:
- Department Gamma (4 members): {Jack, Karen, Leo, Ivy}
- Department Alpha (2 members): Since Department Gamma has 4 members and Beta contains Frank (who isn't with David/Emily), the exclusive 2-person department {David, Emily} MUST be Department Alpha.
- Department Beta (3 members): The remaining consultants must be in Department Beta. Since there are 9 consultants total (4 in Gamma + 2 in Alpha = 6), Department Beta must have 9 - 6 = 3 members.
Frank is in Department Beta, leaving Grace and Henry to also be in Department Beta: {Frank, Grace, Henry}.

Final Department Assignments:
- Department Alpha (2): David, Emily
- Department Beta (3): Frank, Grace, Henry
- Department Gamma (4): Jack, Karen, Leo, Ivy

Now let's check the given options:
- None is correct (Incorrect)
- Grace – Department Beta (Correct)
- Henry – Department Gamma (Incorrect, Henry is in Beta)
- Ivy – Department Beta (Incorrect, Ivy is in Gamma)
- Emily – Department Gamma (Incorrect, Emily is in Alpha)

Therefore, the correct association is Grace – Department Beta.

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