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Five Men Stood in a Line
Five men stood in line (single file) at the grocery store. Their occupations are: programmer, salesman, accountant, IRS agent and a radio announcer.
- Mark, who is nearest to the cashier, called the radio announcer this morning.
- The salesman is not Mark.
- Darryl is in the middle of the line between the programmer and the IRS agent.
- Don is shopping for a dinner party.
- Matthew is the IRS agent's cousin.
- There is nobody behind Alex.
- Matthew is standing in front of Alex.
- The radio announcer is at one end of the line.
Identify each of the men with their chosen career.
- Mark, who is nearest to the cashier, called the radio announcer this morning.
- The salesman is not Mark.
- Darryl is in the middle of the line between the programmer and the IRS agent.
- Don is shopping for a dinner party.
- Matthew is the IRS agent's cousin.
- There is nobody behind Alex.
- Matthew is standing in front of Alex.
- The radio announcer is at one end of the line.
Identify each of the men with their chosen career.
Answer
Don - IRS agentMark - accountant
Alex - radio announcer
Matthew - programmer
Darryl - salesman
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Nov 07, 2001
everybody is infront of alex, but mathew is directly in front
This was fun. Not quite as challenging as "Einstein's Riddle", but still very enjoyable.
would have been harder if you had to identify where each man was standing as well
jeesh i can only do these with a logic grid o well
I tried this once and had a hard time with it...today I was able to figure out carreers and position in line fairly easily! Weird!
Sep 26, 2007
the radio announcer is at one end of the line... then how can the person in the middle be the radio announcer?
yeah i agree wit tozz u should of put it in order and make us put in order cuz it waz confusiing but i got their jobz right
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