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Johnny is taller than Kitty and Carol. Kitty is taller than Sam. Kitty and Sam are taller than Nancy. Sam is shorter than Carol. Who is the shortest?
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NANCY IS THE SHORTEST. THERE ARE 5 PEOPLE: JOHNNY, KITTY, CAROL, SAM AND NANCY. JOHNNY IS TALLER THAN KITTY AND CAROL. KITTY IS TALLER THAN SAM. CAROL IS TALLER THAN SAM. SAM IS TALLER THAN NANCY. THAT LEAVES NANCY BEING THE SHORTEST
NO ONE IS TALLER, BOTH ARE SAME AS A AND B ARE THE SAME PERSON. AS IT IS MENTIONED THAT 500 MEN ARE ARRANGED IN AN ARRAY OF 10 ROWS AND 50 COLUMNS ACCORDING TO THEIR HEIGHTS. LET'S ASSUME THAT POSITION NUMBERS REPRESENT THEIR HEIGHTS. HENCE, THE SHORTEST AMONG THE 50, 100, 150, ... 450, 500 IS PERSON WITH HEIGHT 50 I.E. A. SIMILARLY THE TALLEST AMONG 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ..... 48, 48, 50 IS PERSON WITH HEIGHT 50 I.E. B. NOW, BOTH A AND B ARE THE PERSON WITH HEIGHT 50. HENCE BOTH ARE THE SAME
BILL IS THE QUARTERBACK, KEN IS THE RECEIVER, AND MARK IS THE KICKER. SINCE BILL IS KEN'S FATHER-IN-LAW, BOTH BILL AND KEN MUST BE MARRIED. THIS LEAVES THE ONLY REMAINING PERSON, MARK, TO BE THE BACHELOR (AND HENCE THE KICKER). SINCE BILL IS TALLER THAN THE RECEIVER, BILL MUST NOT BE THE RECEIVER. BY PROCESS OF ELIMINATION, WE CONCLUDE THAT BILL IS THE QUARTERBACK. THE REMAINING POSITION (THE RECEIVER) GOES TO KEN
THE TRAIN IS ABOUT TO LEAVE AND YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CATCH THE TRAIN. THE AMOUNT OF TIME TAKEN TO TRAVEL TO THE HALFWAY POINT AT 15 MILES AN HOUR IS THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME TAKEN TO REACH THE TRAIN STATION WHEN TRAVELLING TO THE RAILROAD STATION AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S ASSUME THAT THE DISTANCE TO TRAVEL IS 30 MILES. WHEN TRAVELLING AT 30 MILES AN HOUR, IT TAKES 1 HOUR. WHEN TRAVELLING AT 15 MILES AN HOUR, IT WILL ALREADY TAKE 1 HOUR TO REACH THE HALFWAY POINT
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