194k views
4 votes
Whose dog is that?Identity the husband and dog for each woman. ( show your work!)

Whose dog is that?Identity the husband and dog for each woman. ( show your work!)-example-1
User Ouroboros
by
5.4k points

1 Answer

4 votes

We can construct a table to find the possibilities. The information we know is:

Woman Dog Husband

Abigail George Frank

Bertha

Candy Jerry Horace

Dodi Frank

Eudora Ike

Also we know the Bertha's husband has the same name as George's dog.

First we note that the name Horace it's not in the Dog column, so the Bertha's dog is named Horace.

Woman Dog Husband

Abigail George Frank

Bertha Horace

Candy Jerry Horace

Dodi Frank

Eudora Ike

The Bertha' husband is named Ike becuase Frank and Horace are already used, and can not be George, so the posibilities are Jerry or Ike, but Jerry is the name of Horace's dog and the problem says the Bertha's husband has the same name as George's dog.

So, our table is:

Woman Dog Husband

Abigail George Frank

Bertha Horace Ike

Candy Jerry Horace

Dodi Frank Jerry

Eudora Ike George

The husband of Eudora is named George because his dog is named as Bertha's husband.

And this is the only valid result, because we construct the table with information provided and satisfying the constrains, in the process there was no other unambigous choices.

User Preya
by
5.7k points