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| Question: One of Mr. Horton,his wife,their son,and Mr. Horton's mother is a doctor and another is a lawyer. a)If the doctor is younger than the lawyer, then the doctor and the lawyer are not blood relatives. b)If the doctor is a woman, then the doctor and the lawyer are blood relatives. c)If the lawyer is a man, then the doctor is a man. Whose occupation you know?
Answer: Mr. Horton:he is the doctor |
| August 08, 2008 08:50:39 |
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| wanderer11 |
Member Since: August 2008 Total Comments: 4 |
RE: One of Mr. Horton,his wife,their son,and Mr. Horton's mother is a doctor and another is a lawyer.a)If the doctor is younger than the lawyer, then the doctor and the lawyer are not blood relatives.b)If the doctor is a woman, then the doctor and the law |
Atleast one of them is doctor. Statement a rules out son as he is a blood relative to all of them. Statement b and c together rule out the possibility of the doctor being a woman
The only person whose occupation can be doctor, is Mr. Horton (which is not ruled out by any of the statements). |
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