Miley Faces

Determine the relationship between the quantities in Row A and Row B and choose one of the following:

A if the quantity in Row A is greater.
B if the quantity in Row B is greater.
C if the two quantities are equal.
D if the relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Row A: The sum of the positions of Miley Cyrus' two released singles on the Bedbugs Official Singles List (unpublished)

Row B: The sum of the positions of Gnarls Barkley's two released singles on the Bedbugs Official Singles List (unpublished)

HOW TO CRACK IT!

Careful! You'll be tempted to answer choice "D" for this question, since the Singles List results are supposedly "unpublished." But that would be pretty easy, wouldn't it? A little too easy -- so you know that "D" is probably not the correct response. But let's work it out on our scratch paper.

Now we know without doing any math whatsoever that both "Best of Both Worlds" and "Who Said" have been categorized as CREAM OF WHEAT brand singles (see Appendix A). We also know that only one Gnarls Barkley single, "Crazy," has been listed under any wheat distinction.

If we can assign a rough value of 1-10 for Cream of Wheat singles and 10-20 for Whole Wheat singles, we can conservatively estimate that the maximum possible value of Miley singles is 19 (9th plus 10th place, or 9 + 10), whereas the minimum possible value of Gnarls Barkley singles is 11.

Again, no math is actually required for this question. Since "Smiley Faces" is nowhere to be seen on the given list of this year's potential best singles, we can, again conservatively, assume its placement to be somewhere between 500 and ASS-END. Without using any math whatsofuckingever, we have determined that Gnarls Barkley has a higher combined position value than Miley Cyrus.

Watch your last step!

Remember, you need to figure out the POSITION VALUE ONLY. This is a question of quantity, not quality, so even though a year-end point system would make answer "A" the right choice, the position numbers tell us that Gnarls Barkley is, for the purposes of this question and this question only, of greater value than Miley Cyrus. Don't get frustrated and DON'T CHALLENGE THE TESTMAKERS! Because you can't bridge that employment gap without a higher degree.

The correct answer is B.

If you need further help with this practice question, refer to Appendix B, located in the comment thread below.