Please Understand the Math, accept the reality and find a solution or way: If a scholar is in a 1000 queue for a PhD and two publications are needed, each requires ten months, and only 30 scholars can complete a PhD per year. The scholar has only seven years to complete the PhD. Let's break down the scenario step by step:

Number of Scholars in Queue: There are 1000 scholars in the queue for a PhD.

Publication Time: Each publication takes 10 months to complete.

Rate of PhD Completion: Only 30 scholars can complete their PhD per year.

Time Constraint: The scholar has 7 years to complete the PhD.

Given these conditions, let's calculate the time it would take for the scholar to complete the PhD:

First, let's calculate the time it takes for the scholar to complete the publications:

2 publications x 10 months/publication = 20 months

Now, let's determine how many scholars can complete their PhD per year: 30 scholars/year

Given that there are 1000 scholars in the queue and only 30 can complete per year, it would take:

1000 scholars / 30 scholars/year = 33.33 years to clear the queue Since the scholar has only 7 years, they will need to complete their PhD faster than the average time it takes for scholars to clear the queue. Therefore, the chance of the scholar completing the PhD within 7 years is unlikely.

However, let's calculate the time it would take for the scholar to complete the PhD if they were to be able to start immediately after completing their publications:

20 months for publications + 7 years = 7 years and 20 months

Therefore, even with the fastest completion of publications and immediate start, it would still take the scholar more than 7 years to complete the PhD. So, unfortunately, it seems unlikely that the scholar would be able to complete the PhD within the given time constraint.

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