Unit 12 · Multi-Step Conditional Reasoning

Famous Author's Three Books — Rule Direction Error

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Tim has read *Noon*. Three rules tell us things about *Morning* and *Night* readers — but all three rules point TOWARD *Noon*, not FROM it. Can we use those rules to say anything about what Tim has read?

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0:00Introduction
0:21Question
1:16Strategy
2:04Step 1: All rules point to Noon — the dog-with-four-legs problem
2:57Step 2: Multiple valid scenarios → we cannot conclude anything
3:59Correct answer

Question

A famous author has written three children’s books. The titles are: Morning, Noon, and Night. Year 5 did a survey to discover which of the books was most popular in the class. It was found that:

  • All the children who had read Morning had also read Noon.
  • Most of the children who had read Morning had also read Night.
  • No child had read Night who had not read Noon.

We know that Tim has read Noon. Which one of the following statements is true?

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