Sandy Wood
Brain Game: More New Jerseys
by Sandy Wood - October 19, 2009 - 7:30 AM

THE SOLUTION:

Unser wears #21,
Smith wears #23,
Davis wears #25, and
White wears #34.

Clue 1 = Unser did not wear #25 or #34.
Clue 2 = Either Unser wore #21 or White wore #23, but not both.
Clue 3 = Davis did not wear #23 or #34.
Unser cannot wear #23 (this conflicts with Clue 2) so he wears #21.
By elimination, this gives Smith #23, Davis #25, and White #34.

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Comments (13)

  1. i am confused… shouldnt white wear 23 since W is the 23rd letter of the alphabet (clue 2)? and if thats true then you cant tell what smith and davis wore (either 34 or 25)

    posted by brandon on 10-19-2009 at 8:28 am

  2. maybe its just too early for me but i got white 23 smith 34 davis 25 unser 21…

    posted by brandon on 10-19-2009 at 8:33 am

  3. Brandon, while White=23 could solve clue #2, there may be other match(es) that do so as well. Give that a thought and try it again.

    posted by Sandy Wood on 10-19-2009 at 8:46 am

  4. That doesn’t make any sense to me. W=23rd letter. How are you getting that U=21?

    posted by Billy Bob on 10-19-2009 at 9:26 am

  5. Try making a logic grid, it’s easier to visualize the correct answers

    posted by Spanky on 10-19-2009 at 9:30 am

  6. I was confused by the wording of the second clue until I read the comments to realize that it means:

    21 – U
    23 – W
    25 – Y
    34 – none

    posted by Greg Tatum on 10-19-2009 at 10:02 am

  7. Billy Bob, think of it this way:

    If A=1, B=2, C=3 and so on through the alphabet to Z=26, what would the letter U equal? (And S, for that matter?)

    posted by Sandy Wood on 10-19-2009 at 10:27 am

  8. I saw that W=23 first and didn’t bother to look and see that U=21, making Sandy’s answer only possible one.

    posted by Bill on 10-19-2009 at 10:32 am

  9. Got it! I really like these, and thought your clues were just fine, Sandy.

    Nice to know that I’m relatively awake even on a Monday morning.

    posted by B on 10-19-2009 at 11:29 am

  10. @brandon: If White = 23 and Unser = 21, then that fails Clue #2 because then there are two matches instead of just one.

    posted by Wilson on 10-19-2009 at 12:06 pm

  11. Got it! Nice on Sandy!

    posted by Kelly on 10-19-2009 at 1:37 pm

  12. Ah! I’m usually pretty decent at these, but that second clue threw me.

    posted by Lindsey on 10-19-2009 at 2:36 pm

  13. I did it without a grid! I’m so proud of myself, despite the fact that most of you probably did it without a grid also.

    posted by Tdl on 10-19-2009 at 7:03 pm

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