Neat Deductive Reasoning Problem

[jonboy]

To many here I am sure this problem will be a summer breeze. I was originally confounded by this problem, but once I learned the method, I was very happy I could solve what seemed so confusing. Here's the problem:

Azuela, Browning, Conway, and Degas met at the 40th reunion of their kindergarten class. Browning and Conway knew each other because they both attended Oxford University but neither of them remembered the artist who went to Cambridge. Azuela was pleased to find out that the geometer and the artist had heard of his work. Browning told the writer that he and the geometer had once written a song in honor of congruent triangles. With the given information, find the names of the writer, the poet, the geometer and the artist.

So give it a whirl.

Highlight after the colon for the answer: Azuela is the writer; Browning is the poet; Conway is the geometer; and Degas is the artist.

 

[Denis]

Them things are known as "logic puzzles", usually solved using "Yes/No" charts.

Go try this one, jonboy:
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/zebra.htm

 

[jonboy]

Go try this one, jonboy:
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/zebra.htm

Boy that's a toughie. Is that even possible using a yes/no chart?

 

[Denis]

Sure is possible, jonboy: and it's not as hard "as they make it sound";
the Einstein stuff I'm sure is made up...
Solution appears at a few sites, like:
http://www.mathematics.co.nz/Who%20owns ... 0Zebra.htm

 

[jonboy]

Sure is possible, jonboy: and it's not as hard "as they make it sound";
the Einstein stuff I'm sure is made up...
Solution appears at a few sites, like:
http://www.mathematics.co.nz/Who%20owns ... 0Zebra.htm

Thanks. I just had trouble setting up the chart.