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No shared choice: parallel rows
Compare two rows that cannot describe the same person.
Deduction: Parallel cross elimination
GUIDED WALKTHROUGHStep 1 of 2
No shared choice: parallel rows
Each person has a different drink and snack. These small examples show one idea at a time; some squares will stay empty.
| Drinks | Snacks | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tea | Coffee | Juice | Cocoa | Apple | Crackers | Brownie | Pear | ||
| People | Ada | ||||||||
| Ben | |||||||||
| Cy | |||||||||
| Dee | |||||||||
| Snacks | Apple | ||||||||
| Crackers | |||||||||
| Brownie | |||||||||
| Pear | |||||||||
Look here This step✓ Match× Not a match
The clues
- Ada brought tea or coffee.
- The person with the apple brought juice or cocoa.
STEP 1
Read the two sets of choices
Ada's remaining drinks are tea and coffee. The apple person's remaining drinks are juice and cocoa. The highlighted rows compare both descriptions with the same drinks.