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Logic test - Tugdual - 03-28-2016 09:20 AM
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/mar/28/can-you-solve-it-the-logic-question-almost-everyone-gets-wrong
I failed, no idea why
And you?
RE: Logic test - Paul Dale - 03-28-2016 09:50 AM
It isn't a trick question and the answer can be deduced easily enough.
Pauli
RE: Logic test - Tugdual - 03-28-2016 10:19 AM
We know nothing about Anne and she is in the middle of that relation.
J(married) -> A (?) -> G(unmarried)
I don't see X(married) -> Y(unmarried)
So I concluded cannot be determined but this seems to be incorrect.
RE: Logic test - Paul Dale - 03-28-2016 10:21 AM
Work out the two possible cases for Anne's marital status and see what results.
- Pauli
RE: Logic test - Tugdual - 03-28-2016 10:23 AM
Omg game theory!
Nice one
RE: Logic test - Thomas Radtke - 03-28-2016 11:01 AM
That was fun, thanks for the link! :-)
RE: Logic test - ggauny@live.fr - 03-28-2016 11:06 AM
If it was a real woman, I thing the brest is beautifull.
RE: Logic test - Tugdual - 03-28-2016 11:51 AM
(03-28-2016 11:06 AM)ggauny@live.fr Wrote: If it was a real woman, I thing the brest is beautifull.Somehow, you failed the test...
RE: Logic test - Gerald H - 03-28-2016 12:33 PM
Link nicely posted, Tugdual. You beat me to it.
RE: Logic test - Accutron - 03-28-2016 03:00 PM
80% of people get that wrong? No offense to the 80%, but I fear for the future of humanity.
RE: Logic test - Vtile - 03-28-2016 03:48 PM
Edit. Misread the question.. .. answer is
RE: Logic test - Gerald H - 03-28-2016 04:50 PM
Is it enough to get the right answer?
Quote:
I got the right answer by assuming that George was probably their child and that the child would be unmarried...wrong but still right.
RE: Logic test - Dieter - 03-28-2016 05:26 PM
(03-28-2016 04:50 PM)Gerald H Wrote: Is it enough to get the right answer?
Quote:
I got the right answer by assuming that George was probably their child and that the child would be unmarried...wrong but still right.
No assumptions required here: "Jack is looking at Anne, but Anne is looking at George. Jack is married, but George is not." So the correct answer is yes, a married person is looking at an umarried person. Both if Anne is married or not.
In the meantime the results are in. Among more than 200.000 submissions more than 72% were wrong, mostly because the answer was "cannot be determined".
Dieter
RE: Logic test - Tugdual - 03-28-2016 05:37 PM
(03-28-2016 03:00 PM)Accutron Wrote: 80% of people get that wrong? No offense to the 80%, but I fear for the future of humanity.I was wrong but the good news is I'm close to the past of humanity.
RE: Logic test - Csaba Tizedes - 03-28-2016 05:46 PM
(03-28-2016 11:06 AM)ggauny@live.fr Wrote: If it was a real woman, I thing the brest is beautifull.
BTW If George and Jack are(?) siamese twins they(?) must married both(?) of them(?)?
I guess no. In this case their(?) wife has two(?) husband.
Csaba
RE: Logic test - Thomas Radtke - 03-28-2016 05:54 PM
Who needs soap operas when there are tests involving just a single woman *sigh*.
RE: Logic test - 4ster - 03-29-2016 12:44 AM
I still think the correct answer is C, since there is not enough information in the question.
My thought process was that you don't know if Jack can see George. We don't know that Ann is married or not. If Ann was standing on the sidewalk at the intersection of A and B streets, and Jack is on A street while George is on B street: Then Jack could not see George. But all three could be line of sight. But their orientation is not described: Therefore C is correct.
But then I'm poor at puzzles and rarely get the right answer.
RE: Logic test - rprosperi - 03-29-2016 01:03 AM
(03-29-2016 12:44 AM)4ster Wrote: I still think the correct answer is C, since there is not enough information in the question.
Consider if Anne IS NOT married. Then Jack looking at Anne satisfies the question.
Consider if Anne IS married. Then Anne looking at George (who IS NOT married) satisfies the question.
Either way, a married person is indeed looking at an unmarried person.
RE: Logic test - 4ster - 03-29-2016 04:52 AM
%facepalm%
RE: Logic test - Paul Dale - 03-29-2016 05:18 AM
What happens if Anne has a heart attack and dies between the first statement and the second? The answer is then C
- Pauli