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Plus RWBY split up before when investigating to cover more ground; in Painting the Town. Ruby and Weiss went the to CCT (which Ruby got split from Weiss because of Penny), Blake went to the docks to infiltrate a White Fang rally, and Yang went to Junior to interrogate him for information again. So Ruby already knows the benefits of splitting and seaching other parts of town simultaneously. It's not out of the question for her to suggest they cover more ground that way.