A few days ago
Dill

Problem Solving and Logic Question?

Brown, Clark, Jones and Smith are four substantial citizens who serve the community as architect, banker, doctor and lawyer, though not necessarily respectively.

Brown who is more conservative than Jones but more liberal than Smith, is abetter golfer than the men who are younger than he is and has a larger income than the men who are older than Clark

The banker who earns more than the architect, is neither the youngest or the oldest.

The doctor, who is a poorer golfer than the lawyer, is less conservative than the architect

As might be expected, the oldest man is the most conservative and has the largest income, and the youngest man is the best golfer

what is each man’s profession?

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A few days ago
GRR

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Dang, this took me a while!

Brown is a better golfer than those younger than him. But the youngest is the best golfer. Therefore none can be younger than Brown. (Not a contradiction.) Brown is the youngest and the best golfer.

Brown has a larger income than those older than Clark. The oldest person has the highest income. Brown (the youngest) cannot have a higher income than the oldest, therefore none of them can be older than Clark. Clark is the oldest, most conservative, and has the highest income.

The Banker is not the oldest. The architect does not earn the most. The doctor is not the most conservative. Therefore Clark is the lawyer.

The banker is not the youngest. The doctor is not the best at golf. Therefore Brown is the architect.

Brown is the architect. The Doctor is less conservative than the architect. Jones is less conservative than Brown (the architect), while Smith is more conservative than Brown. Therefore Jones is the doctor.

That leaves Smith as the banker.

Clark (oldest) is the lawyer

Brown (youngest) is the architect

Jones is the doctor

Smith is the banker

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4 years ago
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A few days ago
Anonymous
Sorry, your problem is inconsistent.

You say that the youngest man is the best golfer, yet Brown is a better golfer than the men who are younger than he is.

You say that the oldest man has the largest income, yet Brown has a larger income than the men who are older than Clark.

These statements are contradictory.

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A few days ago
Higuan W
lawyer = smith. the oldest

banker = brown

architect = Jones

Doctor = Clark, best golfer

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