Question

During each of the fall, winter, spring, and summer seasons of one year, Nikki and Otto each participate in exactly one of the following five sports: hockey, kayaking, mountaineering, running, and volleyball. Each child participates in exactly four different sports during the year.

Conditions:

If Nikki participates in volleyball in summer, then Otto participates in running in spring.
If Nikki participates in hockey in winter, then Otto participates in mountaineering in fall.
If Nikki participates in kayaking in spring, then Otto participates in volleyball in summer.
What sport does Nikki participate in during winter?
a) Mountaineering
b) Running
c) Hockey
d) Volleyball

Answer 1

The logic puzzle does not provide enough information to conclusively determine Nikki's winter sport. While volleyball can be ruled out based on the conditions given, the other three sports remain possibilities without further information.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question provided involves a logic problem where we need to determine the sport in which Nikki participates during the winter season. Given the conditions, there seems to be no direct information about what Nikki does in winter. However, we can infer that since Nikki participates in kayaking in spring, Otto must participate in volleyball in summer, which means Nikki cannot participate in volleyball in summer. This is relevant since if Nikki participated in volleyball in the summer, Otto would participate in running in spring, but this is impossible as Nikki's spring sport is kayaking as per the third condition.

Regarding the winter season, since the conditions provided do not mention Nikki's winter sport directly and there are no contradictions preventing any of the options, any of the given sports could be the correct answer for Nikki's winter activity without additional information. The options provided are: Mountaineering, Running, Hockey, and Volleyball. However, based on the conditions stated and the sports available, we can rule out volleyball, leaving us with the other three sports as possible options.