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Re: King, Queen & Jack
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Fri, 22 Dec 2000 18:50:48 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, David Eaton writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Scott Arthur writes:
> > Not persuaded? Try this one - the question in each test is: "Can both
> > statements be true at the same time?"
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> Hmm... By my read, you probably meant to say in each statement that those
> were the ONLY things on the table? Otherwise I find that only the last test
> has two conflicting statements.
That is the point - you have to decide if there is a conflict within each
test. As you point out, 4 is not true.
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> DaveE
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> > Test 1
> >
> > There is a pin and/or a bolt on the table, or else there is a bolt and a
> > nail on the table.
> >
> > There is a bolt and a nail on the table
> >
> > Test 2
> >
> > There is a pin and/or a bolt on the table, or else there is a bolt and a
> > nail on the table.
> >
> > There is a pin and a bolt on the table
> >
> > Test 3
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> > There is a pin and/or a bolt on the table, or else there is a bolt and a
> > nail on the table.
> >
> > There is a nail but no bolt on the table
> >
> > Test 4
> >
> > There is a pin and/or a bolt on the table, or else there is a bolt and a
> > nail on the table.
> >
> > There is no pin and no bolt on the table
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| (...) Hmm... By my read, you probably meant to say in each statement that those were the ONLY things on the table? Otherwise I find that only the last test has two conflicting statements. DaveE (...) (24 years ago, 22-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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