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King, Queen & Jack
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Thu, 21 Dec 2000 17:36:22 GMT
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I read Dave's post the wrong way, I thought it one of those trick questions
which go around at this time of year. It got me thinking about this one
which I read a week or so ago:
Only one of the following statements about a particular hand of cards is true:
a. There is a king in the hand, or an ace, or both.
b. There is a queen in the hand, or an ace, or both.
c. There is a jack in the hand, or a ten, or both.
Q. Is it possible that there is an ace in the hand?
If you have seen before, please hold of replying for a bit. These things
never have the same impact when one is expecting trouble - but I thought
this would be fun.
Scott A
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| (...) Well, I haven't seen it before, but the answer is no. I'll refrain from explaining why, for folks still playing at home, but will offer a hint: 'might be true' doesn't hold any weight in logical puzzle solving. Think in terms of must be true (...) (24 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | Re: King, Queen & Jack
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| Scott A <eh105jb@mx1.pair.com> wrote in message news:G5xI8M.8pC@lugnet.com... (...) questions (...) true: (...) False, it either has to be an either/or statement somewhere in the statement, or must have some rule that can be derived when compared (...) (24 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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