linksfiend Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Since bart has been slacking, I found one online. Zoe has four suitors but only dates men who are tall, dark and handsome. (a.) Alex, Brian, Chris and Dan all have a different total number of these attributes (b.) Only Alex or Dan is tall and fair. (c.) Only Brian or Chris is short and handsome. (d.) Alex and Chris are either both tall or both short. (e.) Brian and Dan are either both dark or both fair. Who does Zoe date? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linksfiend Posted July 30, 2010 Author Share Posted July 30, 2010 Did everyone give up? Or did I commit a faux pas by infringing on bart's territory? Or would you like a hint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erynthered Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Tom, Dick or Harry who will Zoe marry. Zoe will marry Tom cause his Dick is Harry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooderson Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Since bart has been slacking, I found one online. Zoe has four suitors but only dates men who are tall, dark and handsome. (a.) Alex, Brian, Chris and Dan all have a different total number of these attributes (b.) Only Alex or Dan is tall and fair. (c.) Only Brian or Chris is short and handsome. (d.) Alex and Chris are either both tall or both short. (e.) Brian and Dan are either both dark or both fair. Who does Zoe date? Dude, idk. I tried doing some work for it but nothing seemed to come out right on paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartshan-83 Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Zoe has four suitors but only dates men who are tall, dark and handsome. (a.) Alex, Brian, Chris and Dan all have a different total number of these attributes (b.) Only Alex or Dan is tall and fair. (c.) Only Brian or Chris is short and handsome. (d.) Alex and Chris are either both tall or both short. (e.) Brian and Dan are either both dark or both fair. Who does Zoe date? Infringer! The people have spoken and they reject your puzzle! Kidding...I have been slacking. the puzzles have been kind of easy or stupid IMO so I've been trying to get good ones. Today's weren't too hot except for the 1st one I think. Anyway, I think I got yours: Zoe will date Chris...he is the only one who is Tall, Dark and Handsome. My thinking was this: Clues (d) and (e) are the starting points. One pair has to have the good quality and the other must have the bad, otherwise either no one can have either 0 or 3 good qualities. So Brian and Dan have to be FAIR and Alex and Chris TALL (if Brian and Dan are DARK, then Alex is SHORT which creates a problem because either Alex or Dan needs to be TALL and FAIR). Moving on, Brian has to be SHORT and HANDSOME because Chris is TALL. So Brian is SHORT, FAIR and HANDSOME (1 quality). Alex has to be FAIR because if Dan is TALL, then no one will have 0 qualities. Therefore, Dan has to be SHORT, FAIR and UGLY (0 qualities). This leaves Alex and Chris, and since Alex already has one bad quality (FAIR), Chris must be the winner. Alex = TALL, fair, HANDSOME Brian = short, fair, HANDSOME Chris = TALL, DARK, HANDSOME Dan = short, fair, ugly Winner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linksfiend Posted July 30, 2010 Author Share Posted July 30, 2010 Anyway, I think I got yours: Zoe will date Chris...he is the only one who is Tall, Dark and Handsome. My thinking was this: Clues (d) and (e) are the starting points. One pair has to have the good quality and the other must have the bad, otherwise either no one can have either 0 or 3 good qualities. So Brian and Dan have to be FAIR and Alex and Chris TALL (if Brian and Dan are DARK, then Alex is SHORT which creates a problem because either Alex or Dan needs to be TALL and FAIR). Moving on, Brian has to be SHORT and HANDSOME because Chris is TALL. So Brian is SHORT, FAIR and HANDSOME (1 quality). Alex has to be FAIR because if Dan is TALL, then no one will have 0 qualities. Therefore, Dan has to be SHORT, FAIR and UGLY (0 qualities). This leaves Alex and Chris, and since Alex already has one bad quality (FAIR), Chris must be the winner. Alex = TALL, fair, HANDSOME Brian = short, fair, HANDSOME Chris = TALL, DARK, HANDSOME Dan = short, fair, ugly Winner? Correct. Good work. The keys are 1. To recognize that condition (a) means that someone has 3 attributes, 2 attributes, 1 attribute or 0 attributes 2. Look at the 4 scenarios presented by (d) and (e) and recognize that only one is viable Everything else flows from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooderson Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Since bart has been slacking, I found one online. Zoe has four suitors but only dates men who are tall, dark and handsome. (a.) Alex, Brian, Chris and Dan all have a different total number of these attributes (b.) Only Alex or Dan is tall and fair. (c.) Only Brian or Chris is short and handsome. (d.) Alex and Chris are either both tall or both short. (e.) Brian and Dan are either both dark or both fair. Who does Zoe date? I guess I kinda missed that they all had to have a different number of attributes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountDorkula Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 I didnt figure it out, but it sounds / looks like Dan got the short end of the stick on this one. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 I didnt figure it out, but it sounds / looks like Dan got the short end of the stick on this one. . . All I got out of it was Zoe is a B word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 I didnt figure it out, but it sounds / looks like Dan got the short end of the stick on this one. . . Story of my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Anchorage Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 Since bart has been slacking, I found one online. Zoe has four suitors but only dates men who are tall, dark and handsome. (a.) Alex, Brian, Chris and Dan all have a different total number of these attributes (b.) Only Alex or Dan is tall and fair. (c.) Only Brian or Chris is short and handsome. (d.) Alex and Chris are either both tall or both short. (e.) Brian and Dan are either both dark or both fair. Who does Zoe date? Well? Answer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linksfiend Posted August 2, 2010 Author Share Posted August 2, 2010 Well? Answer? Chris. Bart posted the correct answer above in yellow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountDorkula Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 Story of my life. Have a beer it always helps. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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