Detective Conan
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G'day, forum, it's been a while since I've posted anything here. I was wondering if anyone here had tips or tricks on how to quickly and correctly solve logic problems. I've got some methods that work (drawing out a table or diagram usually works) already, but they aren't all that quick and thus ineffective, if not crippling, for the short time frame of a standard test.
If anyone has any ideas/advice/methods, I'd vastly appreciate it if you would kindly share them (as may others on the forum).
Here's a quick example of a logic problem where the diagraming method would eat up too much time (at least in my experience).
If anyone has any ideas/advice/methods, I'd vastly appreciate it if you would kindly share them (as may others on the forum).
Here's a quick example of a logic problem where the diagraming method would eat up too much time (at least in my experience).
Of three prisoners in a certain jail, one had normal vision, the second had only one eye, and the third was completely blind. All were of at least average intelligence. The jailer told the prisoners that from three white hats and two red hats he would select three hats and put them on the prisoner's heads. When they were brought together, each was prevented from seeing what color hat was placed on his own head. Except for the blind man, each could see the hats of his fellow prisoners. The jailer offered
freedom to the prisoner with normal vision if he could tell what color hat was on his head. In order to prevent the prisoners from guessing, the jailer told them that the wrong answer would be penalized with death. The prisoner with normal vision said that he could not tell what color hat he was wearing. After hearing the first man's response, the one-eyed prisoner was offered the same deal but he too said that he could not tell what color hat was on his head. The jailer, half-jokingly, offered the same deal to the blind man. The blind prisoner then smiled broadly and said:
"I do not need my sight; from what my friends with eyes have said, I clearly see my hat is ___________.