June 2007 - Sec 1 - Game 3 - Q16

Moving to question 16: If Freedom makes a voyage to Martinique in week 3 which of the

following could be a complete and accurate list of Freedom's destinations in week 4

and week 5? Alright so gain we're looking for a situation where we have Martinique in

week 3. And you should notice from question 1 we have Martinique in week 3

and 4 & 5 are Trinidad and Guadeloupe. Unfortunately we do not see Trinidad in

Guadalupe as an answer choice but don't give up yet. Turning our attention now to question 13 you

notice we also have Martinique in week 3 and in that scenario we have Guadalupe

and Trinidad in weeks 4 and 5 respectively.

So clearly Guadalupe and Trinidad could be an accurate list of Freedom's

destinations in weeks 4 and 5 respectively.

Again proving by our previous work in question number 13. So, you notice we didn't have to do

any additional work here for question number 16 but again just to make

sure let's quickly demonstrate why none of the other answer choices follow. And if

you notice very quickly answer choice (B) Jamaica Guadaloupe

clearly violates our fourth condition because we know if we have Jamaica we need to have Guadeloupe before it. And if Martinique

is already in 3rd how cane we have Jamaica in 4th? (C) Martinique

Trinidad again if Martinique is in 3rd putting Martinique and Trinidad in 4 & 5 would violate condition

number 5 back-to-back Martiniques not to mention condition number 3 that

says at least 1 Guadaloupe must be between our exactly two Martiniques. So (C) is out.

(D) Trinidad and Jamaica and again we know that if we have Trinidad and Jamaica

that is violating condition number 4 because any proceeding Jamaica must be

Guadalupe. So (D) is out and then lastly (E) Trinidad and Martinique. Again you notice

the problem there violates rule number 3. We need at least one G in between

our two Martiniques. So (E) also doesn't

follow and (E) would be eliminated.