2009-12-28, 08:37 PM
So, this is an annoying stat problem we were given. It's so frustrating. e.e
Sixteen passengers on a liner discover that they are an exceptionally representative body. Four are Englishmen, four are Scots, four are Irish and four are Welsh. There are also four of each of four different ages, 35,45,55,65 and no two of the same age are of the same nationality. By profession, four are lawyers, four are soldiers, four are clergymen and four doctors, and no two of the same profession are of the same age or of the same nationality.
It appears, also, that four are bachelors, four are married, four are widowed, and four are divorced and that no two of the same marital status are of the same profession, or of the same age, or of the same nationality. Finally, four are conservatives, four are liberals, four are socialists, and four are fascists, and no two of the same political sympathies are of the same marital status, or of the same profession, or of the same age or of the same nationality.
Three of the fascists are known to be a divorced English lawyer of 65, a married Scots soldier of 55 and a widowed Irish doctor of 45. It is then easy to specify the remaining fascist.
It is further given that the Irish socialist if 35, the conservative of 45 is a Scotsman and the Englishman of 55 is a clergyman. What do you know of the Welsh lawyer?
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Sixteen passengers on a liner discover that they are an exceptionally representative body. Four are Englishmen, four are Scots, four are Irish and four are Welsh. There are also four of each of four different ages, 35,45,55,65 and no two of the same age are of the same nationality. By profession, four are lawyers, four are soldiers, four are clergymen and four doctors, and no two of the same profession are of the same age or of the same nationality.
It appears, also, that four are bachelors, four are married, four are widowed, and four are divorced and that no two of the same marital status are of the same profession, or of the same age, or of the same nationality. Finally, four are conservatives, four are liberals, four are socialists, and four are fascists, and no two of the same political sympathies are of the same marital status, or of the same profession, or of the same age or of the same nationality.
Three of the fascists are known to be a divorced English lawyer of 65, a married Scots soldier of 55 and a widowed Irish doctor of 45. It is then easy to specify the remaining fascist.
It is further given that the Irish socialist if 35, the conservative of 45 is a Scotsman and the Englishman of 55 is a clergyman. What do you know of the Welsh lawyer?
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