Logic puzzle

Discrete mathematics 1 Minute

From “Over 80% of people get this question wrong, can you solve it?“:

Jack is looking at Anne, Anne is looking at George. Jack is married, George is not. Is a married person looking at an unmarried person?

I’ll refer the interested reader to the above link for the answer; I’m happy to report that I got this one right.

Published by John Quintanilla

I'm a Professor of Mathematics and a University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of North Texas. For eight years, I was co-director of Teach North Texas, UNT's program for preparing secondary teachers of mathematics and science.

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