Three meetings — Finance (1hr), Marketing (30min), Legal (45min) — must be scheduled between 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM with no overlap. Finance cannot start before 2:00 PM. Marketing must end by 2:30 PM. Which schedule works?

A Marketing 1:00-1:30, Legal 1:30-2:15, Finance 2:15-3:15

B Finance 1:00-2:00, Marketing 2:00-2:30, Legal 2:30-3:15

C Marketing 1:00-1:30, Finance 2:00-3:00, Legal 3:00-3:45

D Both A and C

✓ Correct Answer: Option D

B: Finance starts at 1:00 (before 2:00) ✗. A: Marketing ends 1:30 ✓ (before 2:30). Finance starts 2:15 ✓ (after 2:00). C: Marketing ends 1:30 ✓. Finance starts 2:00 ✓. Both A and C work.

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The correct answer to the question "Three meetings — Finance (1hr), Marketing (30min), Legal (45min) — must be scheduled between 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM with no overlap. Finance cannot start before 2:00 PM. Marketing must end by 2:30 PM. Which schedule works?" is Option D: Both A and C.

The other options — A) Marketing 1:00-1:30, Legal 1:30-2:15, Finance 2:15-3:15, B) Finance 1:00-2:00, Marketing 2:00-2:30, Legal 2:30-3:15, C) Marketing 1:00-1:30, Finance 2:00-3:00, Legal 3:00-3:45 — are incorrect for this General Knowledge question. As explained above: B: Finance starts at 1:00 (before 2:00) ✗. A: Marketing ends 1:30 ✓ (before 2:30). Finance starts 2:15 ✓ (after 2:00). C: Marketing ends 1:30 ✓. Finance starts 2:00 ✓. Both A and C work.

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Three meetings — Finance (1hr), Marketing (30min), Legal (45min) — must be scheduled between 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM with no overlap. Finance cannot start before 2:00 PM. Marketing must end by 2:30 PM. Which schedule works?

✓ Correct Answer: Option D

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