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- ShehryarB30
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Elle Woods
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Q11
Could you pls explain this one
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Atticus Finch
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Re: Q11
If we wrote any previous scenarios in this game, we would try to use them to get rid of answers that we know, from experience, could be true.
But since there aren't any IF questions in this game, we might not have too many.
We would otherwise plan to take a quick first pass through the five answers to see if any of them are obviously breaking some rule.
Since all the answers involve loading up a tape with two-of-a-kind, we could think to ourselves, "How could two-of-a-kind go wrong?"
The most apparent way would be if there were two jazz on any of tapes 2, 3, or 4 (since we know there needs to be a jazz on tape 1).
Otherwise, if there were two folks right after two rocks.
Neither of those jump out in any answer choice, so the dealbreaker isn't happening in terms of the sides we learn about, it'll be happening in terms of the pieces that remain.
We call these "Who's Left" questions, because the guilty rule-breaker is someone who's "offscreen".
If we can't see the correct answer, then we need to try to write some scenarios to prove that four answers COULD be true (so that we know the other one CAN'T be true).
(A)
J _ | R R | H H | _ _
Who's left? J, F, F
That should be fine.
J J | R R | H H | F F is legal. Eliminate (A).
(B)
J _ | H H | R R | _ _
Who's left? J, F F
Wait, that's NOT fine. We can't put any F's in tape 4, since there is rock in tape 3. But we'd be forced to put at least one F in tape 4.
Since there's no way to complete this scenario without breaking a rule, this can't be true. Pick (B)
We'd probably stop there and go to the next game/question. But for what it's worth, here are some could be true's for the other answers:
(C)
J J | F F | R R | H H
(D)
J J | H H | F F | R R
(E)
J J | F F | H H | R R
But since there aren't any IF questions in this game, we might not have too many.
We would otherwise plan to take a quick first pass through the five answers to see if any of them are obviously breaking some rule.
Since all the answers involve loading up a tape with two-of-a-kind, we could think to ourselves, "How could two-of-a-kind go wrong?"
The most apparent way would be if there were two jazz on any of tapes 2, 3, or 4 (since we know there needs to be a jazz on tape 1).
Otherwise, if there were two folks right after two rocks.
Neither of those jump out in any answer choice, so the dealbreaker isn't happening in terms of the sides we learn about, it'll be happening in terms of the pieces that remain.
We call these "Who's Left" questions, because the guilty rule-breaker is someone who's "offscreen".
If we can't see the correct answer, then we need to try to write some scenarios to prove that four answers COULD be true (so that we know the other one CAN'T be true).
(A)
J _ | R R | H H | _ _
Who's left? J, F, F
That should be fine.
J J | R R | H H | F F is legal. Eliminate (A).
(B)
J _ | H H | R R | _ _
Who's left? J, F F
Wait, that's NOT fine. We can't put any F's in tape 4, since there is rock in tape 3. But we'd be forced to put at least one F in tape 4.
Since there's no way to complete this scenario without breaking a rule, this can't be true. Pick (B)
We'd probably stop there and go to the next game/question. But for what it's worth, here are some could be true's for the other answers:
(C)
J J | F F | R R | H H
(D)
J J | H H | F F | R R
(E)
J J | F F | H H | R R
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