Three reporters were discussing the hockey results. The TV reporter said "Either Brazil won gold, or Chile won silver, but not both." The radio reporter similarly started to say "Either Argentine won silver, or Chile won …", but a sudden noise cut him off.

The press reporter, who was lucky enough to hear the complete sentence, could reason out the final order of the three countries. What was it?

I agree with Trevor. SilverKnight doesn't entertain the possibility of the sentence finishing "...or Chile won silver".
If the sentence finishes this way then BAC ACB both hold and the press reporter can't deduce the order.
Therefore the sentence must have finished "...or Chile won Gold" and the order is
Brazil
Argentine
Chile

Posted by Lee on 2003-10-07 12:05:13