House cleaning DS

[jcmsolis]

Patrick is cleaning his house in anticipation of the arrival of guests. He needs to vacuum the floors, fold the laundry, and put away the dishes after the dishwasher completes its cycle. If the dishwasher is currently running and has 55 minutes remaining in its cycle, can Patrick complete all of the tasks before his guests arrive in exactly 1 hour?

(1) Vacuuming the floors and folding the laundry will take Patrick 36 minutes.

(2) Putting away the dishes will take Patrick 7 minutes

[morpheus1976]

1), even though Patrick can finish Vacumming and folding before the dishwasher finish, we do not know how much time he will need to put away the dishes. Insufficient
2) Even without knowing the time for vacuming or folding, we can tell that Patrick cannot finish putting away of the dishes. Sufficient.

Ans: B

[chandak_anand]

B, He will fall short by 2 mins in putting away the dishes after cleaning