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Marriage Muse (Posted on 2013-05-03) Difficulty: 2 of 5
Four men -- Aaron, Barry, Colin & David and four women -- Marie, Norma, Olive & Pearl -- attended a wedding.
  1. One of the four men married one of the four women.
  2. If neither Aaron nor Marie got married, then Olive got married.
  3. If neither Aaron nor Norma got married, then Barry got married.
  4. If neither Barry nor Olive got married, then Colin got married.
  5. If neither Colin nor Norma got married, then Marie got married.
Who got married?

No Solution Yet Submitted by K Sengupta    
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Solution Solution Comment 4 of 4 |

Statement 2 to 5 can be written as

  • 1) N A&M THEN Y O
  • 2) N A&N THEN Y B
  • 3) N B&O THEN Y C
  • 4) N C&N THEN Y M

IF 1) IS TRUE THEN Y O, N (M,N&P), N A, FRM 2) Y B, FRM 3) N C OR Y M ( FRM 4) WHICH IS CONTRADICTORY

IF 3) IS TRUE THEN Y C, N (A,B & D), N O, FRM 1) Y M, FRM 2) Y N AND FRM 4 Y N WHICH IS NOT POSSIBLE C CANNOT MARRY N & M

IF 2) OR 4) IS TRUE THEN Y B, N( A,C&D), N N, FRM 4) Y M, FRM 3 N C FRM 1) N O

SO B IS MARRIED TO M OR BARRY IS MARRIED TO MARIE  


  Posted by Salil on 2013-05-07 02:05:06
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