Which one of the following is a possible assignment of the birds?
allisonfarleyOctober 27, 2020
QRS deduction
There seems to be a consensus on this particular message board, I'm glad I'm not the only one. I thought I'd post another message because it's been a consistent question since January.
I'm a little lost. Why does the fact that there are 3 male p's and 2 female p's mean that at least one is exhibited ??
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Yes, can we please get another explanation? I am lost.
khiana.rogers@gmail.comSeptember 23, 2023
Not an expert but wanted to share my understanding for the Q, R, S deduction --
You can't have any pair of these three caged together and they have to be placed somewhere (cage 1, cage 2, or exhibit).
In other words, you can only have one of these three birds (Q, R, or S) in each cage (which would make two birds accounted for since there's two cages) and then the third must be exhibited.
As an example, let's say you put Q in cage 1. You cannot put R or S in cage 1 due to rule 2. So, you could put R in cage 2, forcing S to be exhibited. Or, you could put S in cage 2, forcing R to be exhibited. This is because any pair of the three birds (Q, R, S) cannot exist in the same location (cage 1, cage 2, or exhibit).
Another example, let's say you put S in cage 1. R or Q cannot go in cage 1 due to rule 2 which states that S and R can never be in the same location, and also that S and Q can never be in the same location. As a result, let's say you put R in cage 2 (because again, we know it can't go in cage 1), then we have S = cage 1, R = cage 2, then Q must be exhibited. We know this because S and Q can never be in the same location, and R and Q can never be in the same location.
I think what's confusing about the video explanation is that it looks like the group/location options are exhibit and cage. However, options for groups/locations are actually exhibit, cage 1, and cage 2 (as shown in the first question of the game).
I hope this helps!
khiana.rogers@gmail.comSeptember 23, 2023
My understanding of the T/W deduction --
T/W has to be exhibited as well because
1) We know Q, R, or S has to be exhibited (as deduced in the game explanation video around the 4 minute mark)
2) According to the first sentence of the passage, any exhibited pair must be one male and one female.
Since we know Q, R, or S must be exhibited and are male, then T or W must also be exhibited because they're female.
