I couldn't agree more with the whole of your answer on this one.
They wanted B as the answer but made such a cock up of the question that brought D into it.
Glad we are agreed on that.
Not being pedantic about the wording of D because a supply undertaking could be read as a distributor or supplier or DNO.
Agreed. As I've been saying, if they were being that pedantic in their thinking, it would be effectively a 'trick question'.
We must do a D to find out whether or not B applies. So the answer is D or D and B but seeing as you are only allowed one answer then D it must be.
Not necessarily, and that's the problem with the question. Again, it's all pedantic, but you do not need to do D in order 'to find out whether or not B applies'. Rather, you need to do D in order
to find out whether the body of Table 54.8 applies. Answer B refers just to "Table 54.8", not only
the body of 54.8 - so it can be taken to refer to all of 54.8,
including the note. In other words, the entirity of Table 54.8 (Answer B)
includes a statement that implies you have to consult with the 'supply undertaking' in order to determine whether the figures in the body of the table applies. It can therefore be argued that answer B includes 'everything', including the implied need to check with the supplier. IIRC, that was Sgt Trojan's point, way back in this thread.
Not Having sad that I agree weith your very good answer on that JohnW2
I regret I disagree with you about the pennies.
.....The question referes to an old pound of which there is no such thing as an old pound or new pound it is just as always a pound.
....So, if the question was "how many old pennies in a pound?" I would say 240 , but "how many pennies in an old pound?" I would say 100
ie the "Old " should be refering to the penies not the pounds. That is where the questioner has gone wrong.
Yes, you're right - I wasn't being pedantic enough! Mind you, I still think my bottom line was probably right - since I think that the majority of people would read the question as saying what it should have said, rather than what it did say - and hence would answer '240' anyway! It's really a matter of what I said before about 'context'. Having interpreted 'old pound' (which, as you say, is technically meaningless) as meaning a pound in the pre-decimalisation era, I think most would then automatically think about the corresponding 'pennies' in that era!
Kind Regards, John