The Lost Boys Questions - - Question 23

In which one of the following cities must there be fewer than three hospitals?

tlrz63 May 10, 2018

Help!

Could you add a video explanation for this game? Thanks!

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meisen May 15, 2018

Please add a video explanation!

aforster July 25, 2018

Would someone mind please explaining why City 2 must have fewer than 3 hospitals? I do not understand how to reach this conclusion. Thank you!

Christopher July 28, 2018

@tlrz63 and @meisen, I have forwarded your request to the people who make videos, so it is on the list.

@aforster, you have to make sure you set up the game correctly, and once you've got that, then you can figure this out quite quickly.

There are three key things (beyond there aren't two universities or two jails in a town) you need to know to get to this conclusion. 1.) The two University towns cannot be adjacent to each other. 2.) A Jail and University cannot be in the same town. 3.) Each Jail town has a hospital.

Since the last rule puts a University in City 3 and a Jail in City 6, you can conclude that you cannot have a University in Cities 1, 4, 5, or 6, so it must be in City 2. Given that City 2 must have a University, it cannot have a Jail. Since each Jail town must also have a hospital, Jail towns tie up two Hospitals making the maximum number of Hospitals that a non-Jail town can have 2.

It is possible for towns 1, 4, 5, and 6 to be Jail towns and therefore potentially have 3 Hospitals, but 2 cannot be a Jail town, so it's maximum number of Hospitals is 2.

Does that help?

Michaelchueroa March 3, 2019

Can you forward the video to me to, please.

Ravi March 9, 2019

@Michaelchueroa, I've sent your request for a video to the video-making team. In the meantime, let us know if you'd a written explanation on anything for this game, and we'll be happy to help!