If John receives the same grade in economics and Italian, and if he fails Russian, which one of the following must be...
jcj2433November 30, 2021
Strategy
This question really threw me through a loop. I had a difficult time understanding what the set-up was trying to say. I watched the video and it was super helpful. However, if I am to encounter a problem like this on my test, what's the strategy here? Should I just cut and run to the next problem? Is it worth it to dedicate the 8mins and change to try and understand it?
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The set up in this game is rather tricky. My first response to your question would be that if you see a game, and you know immediately that you have no idea how to set it up, then it's fine to try doing the other games first if you would feel better about them. However I also have two tips on what to do in this situation. The first is to try to figure out if we have any elements of grouping, or of ordering. In this game because of the emphasis in the rules that the grades can be consecutive, that's a hint that we're dealing with ordering. Same with the rule that economics has to receive a higher grade than history, that would make us think about ordering. To this effect, sometimes it can even be helpful to look at the rules, to see what the rules are emphasizing before we draw up our diagram. In this case, after we realize the rules deal with ordering, hopefully we would be able to see that we could set this up as a ordering game that can have multiple variables in each position. My second tip would simply be to try to practice questions of somewhat unusual game types, so try to practice hybrid, guru, and lost boy games so that you feel a little more comfortable breaking down games even when the set up seems initially unfamiliar.
