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Answer:
- Leroy Sands & Walt Smith - green
- Frank Cook & Phil Hawley - yellow
- Paul O'Brien & Alan Wilson - blue
- Henry Gladstone & Don Hughes - red
Step-by-step explanation:
First of all, it is convenient to choose the false statement.
We note that statements 7 (Alan is first) and 10 (Alan did not finish) are contradictory, so one of them must be false. Statement 5 has Henry & Hughes together, so is not consistent with statement 7 (Alan & Hughes). So, statement 7 is inconsistent with two other statements, thus must be the false one.
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The attached table shows how we parsed the statements. An "O" signifies a combination that must occur; and "X" signifies one that cannot occur. We have used "-" to fill the spaces that are inconsistent with the locations of "O". The red letters are deduced from the others.
The first complete set we found was Henry & Hughes (Don & Gladstone) who were in the (red) capsized raft and did not finish. The second complete set we found was Phil & Cook (Frank & Hawley) who were in the (yellow) raft that finished second. We know Paul & Wilson (Alan & Partner) finished last, so Phil & Cook could not have been Paul and Wilson. Finally, O'Brien and Leroy were not on the same boat, so Paul must be Paul O'Brien and Leroy must be Leroy Sands.
Answer:
Option b is correct.
Step-by-step explanation:
From the given condition : Seven less than the quotient of a number, x, and twelve is five times the number.
Here, the number is x
The quotient of a number x and twelve is expressed as ,
Seven less than the quotient of a number, x, and twelve is expressed as,
Five times the number mean,
Therefore, we have an equation in the form of <em>x</em> from the given condition as:
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