Fred is a Grade D manager in Lighthouse Infrastructure and manages a small team of eight engineers. The company has 15 Grade D managers. He worked his way up from the lowest grade, Grade E, where he was one of 52 line managers and hopes to be promoted to Grade C soon, which would make him one of the six vice-presidents in the company. However, breaking into Grade B, comprising three presidents, will be a challenge. Only the CEO and COO occupy Grade A. Which of the following numbers represents Fred's span of management?
A) 15
B) 60
C) 52
D) 8
E) 11

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Fred manages a team of 8 engineers, so his span of management is 8. The other numbers given in the passage represent the number of managers at various grades and the number of line managers at Grade E.

Fred Is a Grade D Manager in Lighthouse Infrastructure and Manages