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?
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re:solution by Lee)
uh... Lee... No.
Point (1):
Then it would be similarly started to say "Either Argentine won silver, or Chile won silver, but not both"... which is ridiculous, and Trevor *DID* complete it with "but not both".
Point (2):
Further, if what you're suggesting is the case, then Trevor didn't entertain the possibility that the sentence was "Either Argentine won silver, or Chile won Bronze" at all.
Either way, the analysis fails.
--- SK
Edited on October 7, 2003, 12:11 pm
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