tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post7166903594542430831..comments2024-03-25T08:08:23.132-07:00Comments on Who Has Time For This?: A Logic PuzzleDavid Cowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13075075203254308405noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-13438201053099376512011-06-24T09:01:39.805-07:002011-06-24T09:01:39.805-07:00I took the parenthetical comment in the first sent...I took the parenthetical comment in the first sentence to mean that the houses didn't have to be numbered in order. Seemed an odd way to structure this sort of problem and made Garage 2 problematic, but I did have the Ford and Nissan belonging to next door neighbors. <br /><br />Should have looked up the definition of prime numbers, but I thought I knew it. Any idea if there is a reason 1 is excluded?The Lab Managerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11102364023305163092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-81274040686152786032011-06-23T15:04:32.952-07:002011-06-23T15:04:32.952-07:00Congrats to the commenters above who submitted ans...Congrats to the commenters above who submitted answers before others were published. evan was first. <br /><br />Sylvia, 1 is not a prime number. And even if that's debatable, your answer violates the fact that the Ford and Nissan belong to next door neighbors.<br /><br />Hemang, he's 12.<br /><br />Thanks for playing!David Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075075203254308405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-28413119404480809882011-06-23T13:45:19.077-07:002011-06-23T13:45:19.077-07:00First house: #1/Charlie/Ford
Second house: #4/Alic...First house: #1/Charlie/Ford<br />Second house: #4/Alice/Nissan<br />Third house: #3/Ed/Mercedes<br />Fourth house: #2/Bob/Toyota<br />Fifth house: #5/Diana/Honda<br /><br /><br />Not sure it's the only solution, but I think this one works.Sylvianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-27745861672896697082011-06-23T12:50:36.268-07:002011-06-23T12:50:36.268-07:00Nice puzzle, thanks for putting it up.
My answers...Nice puzzle, thanks for putting it up.<br /><br />My answers are:<br /><br />1 Charlie Mercedes<br />2 Bob Toyota<br />3 Edward Ford<br />4 Alice Nissan<br />5 Diana HondaHarithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04296547171893260431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-4099289275078089622011-06-23T12:19:26.340-07:002011-06-23T12:19:26.340-07:00Names/Cars in order of house #
1 - Charlie: Merced...Names/Cars in order of house #<br />1 - Charlie: Mercedes<br />2 - Bob: Toyota<br />3 - Edward: Ford<br />4 - Alice: Nissan<br />5 - Diana: Hondajudichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05414322955847547109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-59719585206911423502011-06-23T11:50:09.549-07:002011-06-23T11:50:09.549-07:00Alice = Nissan
Bob = Toyota
Charlie = Mercdes
Dian...Alice = Nissan<br />Bob = Toyota<br />Charlie = Mercdes<br />Diane = Honda<br />Ed = FordBoomerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10181734732656185358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-61857194728796583632011-06-23T11:49:40.933-07:002011-06-23T11:49:40.933-07:00How old is your son? A pretty good puzzle overall....How old is your son? A pretty good puzzle overall. Took me about 15 min to finish, which considering the fact that I used to crank these out during LSAT prep, is moderately challenging. Nicely done, and bonus points for the precision of language usage and how key it was for the solve. <br /><br />House 1 - Charlie and his Benz<br />House 2 - Bob and his Toyota<br />House 3 - Ed and his Ford<br />House 4 - Alice and her Nissan<br />House 5 - Diana and her Honda<br /><br />Too bad this wasn't 6 months ago, where I could've parlayed this for an intro. =)<br /><br />HemangHemang Gadhiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11925648121787943405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-90495982051261727482011-06-23T11:01:11.257-07:002011-06-23T11:01:11.257-07:00Love it; bringing me back to the LSATs...
Don'...Love it; bringing me back to the LSATs...<br /><br />Don't quite have time to do a walk through, but the answers should be, with person, house, car, from top to bottom:<br /><br />C B E A D<br />1 2 3 4 5<br />M T F N HAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02585805691922269051noreply@blogger.com