#7 - Global, List

[Administrator]

Complete Question Explanation

The correct answer choice is (C).

Answer choice (A):

Answer choice (B):

Answer choice (C): This it the correct answer choice.

Answer choice (D):

Answer choice (E):

This explanation is still in progress. Please post any questions below!

[mab9178]

Hi,

(This is a Mixed Game: in&out, and, ordering)

Would please someone help with rules 1 and 2?

Also do the interpretations of these rules have different implications depending on the type of game -- ordering, grouping?

Rule 1: Lim is interviewed second or third.
Interpretation One: Does R-1 mean that if L is interviewed, it must occupy spots 2 or 3; in other words, L may not be interviewed and that only when it is, it must be in either 2 or 3?
Or, Interpretation Two: does it mean that L MUST be interviewed, and it must do so in either spot 2 or 3?
I ask because I am not sure why the answer to question 7 is C (Lim) as the "complete and accurate list..."

Rule 2: Nasser or Taneguchi is interviewed last.
Does R-2 mean that the last spot, spot 5, cannot be occupied with any applicant other than N or T; meaning, that N and T cannot both be out, that at least one of them (they could both be in) must be in to occupy spot 5 or else spot 5 would be left empty because no other applicant is, according to Rule Two occupy it and therefore in violation of the text of the Game?
Or, does R-2 mean if N or T or both are in, then one of them must occupy spot 5; in other words, spot 5 could be occupied by applicants other than N and T if both, N and T, are out?

Finally, no matter what the correct interpretations/impacts of these rules are, would they have the sam interpretations and impacts if phrased identically but in different type of game, such as grouping?

Thank you
Mazen

[Adam Tyson]

This game is a Grouping/Linear Combination game, Mazen. Every solution involves selecting a group of 5 out of 7 total variables (grouping) and then putting those 5 in order (linearity).

The first rule absolutely requires that L be interviewed, because there is no conditional aspect to it, no "if" element to the rule. L is definitely interviewed second or third, no exceptions.

Your first interpretation of the second rule is correct - spot 5 must be N or T, so at least one of those two must be included in the group. They cannot both be out. But there can be a solution that does not include N, and there can be a solution that does not include T, and so neither of them belongs in a complete and accurate list of variables that MUST be included.

As to your last question, this IS a grouping game! But the meaning would be the same even if there was no grouping element and it was just linear. L would have to be second or third, and the last thing would have to be N or T.

[mab9178]

Adam,
Thank you very much.

[jailenea]

Is it safe to determine that doesn't NEED to be in the game by virtue of rule 3 being conditional? That is what I did. Or is establishing that pattern of logic an error? Otherwise, how would we determine whether G must, or simply could, be interviewed--eliminating answer choices D and E in the end.

[Rachael Wilkenfeld]

Exactly, Jailenea.

Since rule 3 is conditional, it only applies when G is interviewed. If G is not interviewed the rule doesn't apply. We don't have any rule forcing G to be in. So the only variable that is FORCED to be in is L, which must be interviewed in slot 2 or 3.

I'm assuming you are talking about G here---but you actually didn't put the relevant variable! If I'm reading your question wrong, please feel free to clarify what you mean.