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Doctor and Lawyer
There are 4 people: Mr. Cooper, his wife, their son and Mr. Cooper's mother. One is a doctor and another is a lawyer.
1) If the doctor is younger than the lawyer, then the doctor and the lawyer are not blood relatives.
2)If the doctor is a woman then the doctor and the lawyer are blood relatives.
3) If the lawyer is a man, then the doctor is a man.
Whose occupation do you know?
1) If the doctor is younger than the lawyer, then the doctor and the lawyer are not blood relatives.
2)If the doctor is a woman then the doctor and the lawyer are blood relatives.
3) If the lawyer is a man, then the doctor is a man.
Whose occupation do you know?
Answer
Mr. Cooper is the doctor.Hide Answer Show Answer
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Your teaser does not assume what will be if the doctor is a man, so it will not prove that Mr. cooper is the doctor. But also it does not say who is the laywer.
Since Mr. Cooper is the doctor and is a man, then by statement #3, his son must be the lawyer.
Strike that. My mistake. Sorry.
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