Unit 12 · Multi-Step Conditional Reasoning

Three Switches, Four Lights — Which Is Always True?

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Three switches, four lights. Each switch flip toggles its lights. All start off. Which of the four statements must always be true? The key insight: Red and Green share the same two switches — so they're permanently in sync.

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0:00Introduction
0:22Question
1:14Strategy
2:05Step 1: Map which switches control each light
2:50Step 2: Build the complete 8-state table
3:55Step 3: Test each option against the table
4:46Correct answer

Question

Three switches are connected to a set of four lights. When a switch is changed, each of the lights that it controls turns on (if it was off) or off (if it was on).

Switch one controls the red and green lights. Switch two controls the red, green and blue lights. Switch three controls the blue and yellow lights.

If all three switches are off then all four lights are off.

Which one of the following is true?

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