Question

Judy, Celia, and Betty are a math teacher, a truck driver, and a housewife, but not necessarily in that

order. Judy can't drive and is married to the brother of the math teacher. Celia is the best friend of the
truck driver. Betty had a bad experience with math in grade school and has avoided all contact with math
since then. What is each woman's occupation?
ments

Answer 1

Judy is the housewife.

Celia is the math teacher.

Betty is the truck driver.

Explanation:

Let's analyze each sentence.

Judy can't drive and is married to the brother of the math teacher.

• So if she can't drive, she's not the truck driver, and she's not the math teacher if she's married to the math teacher's brother. (Unless-- let's not go there.) Judy is the housewife.

Celia is the best friend of the truck driver.

• This mean's Celia's not the truck driver - and she's not the housewife, because we decided Judy was the housewife, so Celia is the math teacher.

By process of elimination, Betty is the truck driver.