Team Win Loss A 4 0 B 0 4 C 3 1 D 2 2 E 0 4 F 3 1
Which of the two teams have certainly NOT played with each other?
Tournament Match Analysis
In a round-robin tournament setting, the win/loss records provide crucial information about the matches played.
Consider the implications of a team having a record of 0 Wins and 4 Losses:
- This signifies that the team lost every single match it participated in.
- In this specific case, both Team B and Team E have records of 0 Wins and 4 Losses.
If two teams, say Team B and Team E, had played against each other:
- One team would have had to win the match.
- The other team would have had to lose the match.
- This would result in the winning team having at least 1 win and the losing team having at least 1 loss.
Since both Team B and Team E have 0 wins recorded, it is impossible for them to have played each other. If they had met, the winner would have recorded a win, contradicting their zero-win status.
Therefore, Teams B and E must have played their four matches against other opponents (Teams A, C, D, and F).
Conclusion
Based on the win/loss records, the pair of teams that certainly have NOT played with each other is B and E.
This corresponds to Option D.
Important Questions from Puzzle (Notes)
- Four individuals - P, Q, R and S - are suspects in a theft case. They make the following statements :
P says: "Q is guilty."
Q says: "R is guilty."
R says: "P is innocent."
S says: "I am innocent"
If it is known that exactly one of them is guilty, and only the guilty person lies (all innocent people tell the truth), then who is the guilty one? - There are five men - A, B, C, D and E, six women P, Q, R, S, T and Z. A, B, and R are advocates. S, Q, P, D and C are doctors and the rest are teachers. A team has to be selected from these eleven persons subject to the following conditions:
(I) A, P and Z have to be together.
(II) B cannot go with D or R.
(III) E and Q have to be together.
(IV) C and T have to be together.
(V) D and P cannot go together.
(VI) C cannot go with Q.
If the team formed consists of two male advocates, two lady doctors and one teacher, the members of the team can be: - Read the following informations and answer the question given below :
A total of nine cards consisting of four kings, four queens and one joker are distributed among three persons P, Q and R such as :
I. Q has two cards, P has three cards and R has four cards.
II. Person, who has maximum number of cards, does not have the joker.
III. Each one has atleast one king while Q has two kings.
Who has three queens ? Consider the following information regarding a 3-digit PIN.
The correct PIN is- A boatman on a bank of a river has to carry a dog, a cat and a container full of milk to the other bank in a boat, one at a time. The cat cannot be left alone with the milk or with the dog on either bank. What is the minimum number of times the boatman has to cross the river to carry all to the other bank?
