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Jak is looking at Eve, but Eve is looking at Roy. Jak is married but Roy is not. Is a married person looking at an unmarried Person?

<p>choose the correct answer:</p> <p>A) Yes</p> <p>B) No</p> <p>C) Cannot be determined </p>

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تم إضافة السؤال من قبل sameh ghazaly , commercial unit manager , Al mojil drug company
تاريخ النشر: 2015/01/13
sameh ghazaly
من قبل sameh ghazaly , commercial unit manager , Al mojil drug company

More than80 percent of people choose C. But the correct answer is A.

Here is how to think it through logically: Eve is the only person whose marital status is unknown. You need to consider both possibilities, either married or unmarried, to determine whether you have enough information to draw a conclusion.

If Eve is married, the answer is A: she would be the married person who is looking at an unmarried person (Roy).

If Eve is not married, the answer is still A: in this case, Jak is the married person, and he is looking at Eve , the unmarried person.

This thought process is called fully disjunctive reasoning—reasoning that considers all possibilities.

The fact that the problem does not reveal whether Eve is or is not married suggests to people that they do not have enough information, and they make the easiest inference (C) without thinking through all the possibilities

Reference: 

Rational and Irrational Thought: The Thinking That IQ Tests Miss Why smart people sometimes do dumb things

Jan1,2015 |By Keith E. Stanovich

sadiya jalal
من قبل sadiya jalal , Administrator cum secretary cum HR assistant , Golden Coast International LLC

C) Cannot be determined, as the marital status of Eve is not specified. 

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C. CANNOT BE DETERMINED.."is a married person looking at an unmarried person?" the scenario is not yet clear because it only says Jak, a married person, is looking at Eve, married/unmarried person, but Eve is looking at Roy, an unmarried person. therefore we're not sure if a married person is really looking to an unmarried person.

mayada sayed ahmed ali hassan
من قبل mayada sayed ahmed ali hassan , agent , موبينيل

 yes the married person  looking at unmarried person

DEBESH HALDER
من قبل DEBESH HALDER , Sr. Executive , 3 Global Services – Senior Executive

First of all it is an amazing question.well as per me yes a married person is looking at an unmarried person.

 

Khurrum Ahmed
من قبل Khurrum Ahmed , Accountant , Adelaide Collge of Technical Education

yes

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