How can we solve this one without having to draw out all the scenarios?
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KiaBrodersen
· started 2023-11-22 16:26
· last activity 2023-12-06 15:10
· 2 replies
My past diagrams didn't really help in answering this question because none of them had O being on the 4th floor. Is there a quicker way to get to the solution of this one rather than drawing out every single scenario?
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Emil-Kunkin
· 2023-11-28 03:06
When a question introduces a new condition like this one does, we should always play that scenario out. We are pretty much guaranteed to be able to make some inferences from it. Let's take a look if p is in 2 and o is in 4.
5 _ _
4 O _
3 _ _
2 P /
1 _ _
We know that K must be in 3, so that leaves only two fully open rows. Since both L and MN require full rows, we know that they are in either one or five. So we have
5 L/MN
4 O _
3 K _
2 P /
1 L/MN
This leaves only two spots for J and Q, and since q cannot go with o, we must put q in three and j in four.
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KiaBrodersen
· 2023-12-06 15:10
Thank you Emil!
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