The Lost Boys Questions - - Question 5

If F is supervised by the president, which one of the following must be true?

rmkrutz@crimson.ua.edu March 30, 2018

Please explain!

Not sure about this one, please explain!

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Julie-V August 16, 2019

This explanation by Ravi was posted in the last question's discussion board. I'll copy and paste it below for anyone else who needs it until the video explanations come up:


Question 5 asks us if F is supervised by the president, which one of
the following must be true?

We know from this that we are not concerned with the game board that
has 2 Ms because in that board, F is supervised by a manager and not
the president. Therefore, we are concerned with the game board that
has 1 P, 1 M, and 3 Ts.

(A) says G is P. This doesn't have to be true because G could also be M.

(B) says H is P. This doesn't have to be true because H could also be M or T.

(C) says L is T. This doesn't have to be true because L could also be a P or M.

(D) says there's exactly 1 M. This must be true because we know that
this is the game board we're dealing with.

(E) says exactly 2 T; we know this must be false because this scenario
requires 3 Ts.

Jasmine1 November 19, 2021

Who would be supervising the manager in this scenario?

jakennedy January 19, 2022

Hi @Jasmine1,

Since each supervised employee holds a different position than their supervisor, and since technicians cannot supervise anyone, that leaves only the president to supervise the managers. That is true of all questions in this game.