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?
(In reply to
re(3):solution by Lee)
Lee,
As you say, no consistent order can be found if the reporters says anything but "Gold". But for one to assert this statement, one must show WHY no other statement will work.
And, therefore, the solution must entertain the notion of "Bronze", or it remains incomplete.
Again, I think Trevor meant Bronze when he wrote Silver. But if he meant Silver, then he ignored Bronze. If meant Bronze, then he erred in the logic, but came up with the correct result anyway.
As for what your method is... I have no idea... you have yet to post it. You merely (1) said you accounted for Bronze, Silver, and Gold, (2) agreed with someone who did NOT account for Bronze (or did and erred in logic) and (3) disagreed with someone who DID account for Bronze.
Cheers!
re(4):solution
