Linear Games Questions - - Question 10

If the only message Pasquale left is the fifth message, then which one of the following could be true?

Margaret.e.hood@vanderbilt.edu January 8, 2020

Question 49 Confusion

Why is E incorrect?

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Skylar January 19, 2020

@margaret.e.hood@vanderbilt.edu, happy to help!

(E) states that "Fleure left the third and fourth messages."

This gives us:
__ __ F F P __
1 2 3 4 5 6

From Rule #6, we know that since we have P in, we also need to put H and L on the list with H preceding L. From Rule #3, we know that H cannot be in the first spot.

This gives us:
__ H F F P L
1 2 3 4 5 6

However, Rule #5 tells us that since F left a message, P and T both did, with that of P preceding that of T. We already have P on our diagram, so all we need to do is include T after it. However, the only open spot is Spot 1, which is before P. Therefore, (E) is incorrect.

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