Question

An airline has four flights from New York to Sarasota - flights 1, 2, 3, and 4. On each flight, there is exactly one pilot and one co-pilot. The pilots are Fazio, Germond, Kyle, and Lopez; the co-pilots are Reich, Simon, Taylor, and Umlas. Each pilot and co-pilot is assigned to exactly one flight. The flights take off in numerical order.

Conditions:

Fazio is either the pilot or the co-pilot on flight 3.
Germond is the pilot on a flight that takes off immediately before Umlas's flight.
Taylor is the co-pilot on a flight that takes off immediately before Kyle's flight.
Which flight takes off third?
a) Flight 1
b) Flight 2
c) Flight 3
d) Flight 4

Answer 1

After examining the constraints provided, we deduce that flight 3 is the flight that takes off third, as it is the only position that satisfies the conditions for the pilots and co-pilots.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student's question involves a logical puzzle concerning the scheduling of airline flights and their respective pilots and co-pilots. To determine which flight takes off third, we need to evaluate the given conditions and arrange the pilots and co-pilots according to the flights in a way that satisfies all the constraints.

Since Fazio is either the pilot or co-pilot on flight 3, we know that flight 3 cannot be first or fourth (since it's the flight that takes off third). By process of elimination, we can deduce that the flight which takes off third is flight 3, because:

• Fazio must be on flight 3.
• Germond cannot be on flight 4 because he must take off immediately before Umlas, but flight 4 cannot have a flight after it.
• Similarly, Taylor cannot be on flight 4 as there is no flight after it for Kyle to pilot.

Therefore, the correct answer is c) Flight 3.