It was logical that four asian countries (Japan, Korea, Laos and Malaysia) should be the judo finalists, but I couldn’t learn the relative standings.
A reporter told me “Laos won silver, and/or Malaysia won bronze.” Other reporter added “Japan won gold, and/or Korea won bronze.” A third one added “Laos won gold, and/or Japan won silver.”
I couldn’t make heads or tails out of this, until I remembered that in judo, two bronze medals are awarded. Which were the standings?
(In reply to
re: Solution by Federico Kereki)
Yes, I see what you mean. For some reason this puzzle reminded me of logic gates, where I'm used to using If "this", Then "that". After reading your response, I realized that I didn't allow for the fact that the first and second part of each statement could stand alone as true. What I find interesting is that both ways of looking at it took me to the same conclusion.
Thanks
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