Saturday, April 01, 2006

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A Steel fixer, a painter, and an Electrician applied for jobs with a famous construction firm. From the information given below can you identify each worker's full name, job, and age?

Names: Ashraf, Nader, Maher.
Surnames: Fathy, Khedr, Badr.
Ages: 25, 30, 35

1. Fathy, the Electrician, is older than Ashraf.
2. Nader is the Painter.
3. The Steel fixer is 30 years old.
4. The youngest worker of the three is not called Badr.

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  2. From the second clue we conclude the following:

    * Ashraf is not called Fathy, and he is not the electrician
    * Ashraf is not 35 years old and Fathy is not 25 years old

    From the third clue we conclude the following:

    * Since Ashraf is not the electrician, and Nader is the painter, then the electrician must be Maher, and Ashraf must be the Steel Fixer
    * Since Fathy is the electrician then Maher must be called Fathy

    From clue number 4, we conclude the following:

    * Fathy who is older than Ashraf must be 35

    From Clue Number 5, we conclude the following:

    * Since Badr is not 25 years old, and it is Fathy who is 35 then Badr must be 30, and he is the Steel Fixer
    * Nader must then be Khedr and he is 25 years old

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  3. Late, but i solved it on my own i think:

    Ashraf Badr, Steel, 30
    Nader Kefre, Painter, 25
    Maher Fathy, Elec, 35

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  5. I got Maher Fathy-Electrician-35
    Nader Khedr-Painter-25
    Ashraf Badr- 30


    If you try it, it will work.

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