Question 119143
First report 
"the first interview narrowed the field down to fewer than 7 candidates".
We'll interpret that to mean exactly 6 or fewer candidates remain. 
Since the total number of candidates is 27, 
then the number of candidates eliminated was 21 or greater.
{{{x>=21}}}
Second report
"eliminated fewer than 23 applicants from consideration"
We'll interpret this to mean exactly 22 or fewer were eliminated. 
{{{x<=22}}}
If both are true, then
{{{21<=x<=22}}}
So both 21 and 22 meet the criteria. 
d)21 and 22 only