Is Roy Married or Unmarried?

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Angelina, Roy and Jenny are sitting in a row.
We know that Angelina is unmarried and Jenny is married.
Also, Angelina is staring at Roy and Roy is staring at Jenny.

From the above information, can we conclude that an unmarried person is staring at a married person?

No Data Inadequate Can't say anything Yes

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Kunal Joshi by Kunal Joshi , 24, India

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Hoo Zhi Yee
Oct 24, 2014

Case 1: If Roy is married, we are given that Angelina is staring at Roy. Thus, an unmarried person(Angelina) is staring at a married person(Roy).

Case 2: If Roy is unmarried, we are given that Roy is starring at Jenny. Again, an unmarried person(Roy) is staring at a married person(Jenny).

Therefore the answer is YES.

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I don't understand. I see it this way: case 1: if Roy is married and given that Angeline is staring at Roy, the conclusion is true - an unmarried person (Angelina) is staring at a married person (Roy). But since Roy is staring at Jenny too, it can't be the case that an unmarried person (Roy) is staring at a married person, because Roy is already married. They contradict each other. Case 2: Roy is unmarried, for the case of Angelina, it's not true that an unmarried person is staring at a married person (Roy) - because Roy is unmarried, though it's true given that Roy is staring at Jenny. These too, contradict each other.

Mario Patty - 6 years, 6 months ago

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I have the same doubt about the ansewr.now all the ansewr point to the "yes" is right,l'm not very clear.at the same time,l think Mario said extremely correctly

andy carola - 6 years, 6 months ago

The problem with your solution is that the statements do not contradict each other. In case 1, Roy is married, and Angelina is staring at Roy; therefore, an unmarried person is staring at a married person. You say this contradicts that Roy is staring at a married person, but just because Angelina is staring at Roy doesn't mean Roy isn't staring at Jenny. You can stare at someone without them staring back. The same logic applies to case 2; therefore the answer is Yes.

Caleb Townsend - 6 years, 4 months ago

I too believe that answer shouldn't be Yes. It is clearly mentioned Anjelina staring at Roy and Roy is staring at Jenny. So we consider Roy is married then unmarried Anjelina staring at Married Roy true but then Married Roy staring at married Jenny makes statement false.

Br, Ganesh

Ganesh Dhure - 4 years, 8 months ago

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But you just need to have it happen once among the three of them. If Roy is unmarried, then Angelina staring at Roy makes the statement true. The fact that married Roy is staring at married Jenny is no longer relevant---among the three of them, an unmarried person (A) is staring at an unmarried person (R). Likewise, if Roy is unmarried, then him staring at Jenny makes the statement true. The fact that Angelina is staring at him not matters---an unmarried person (R) is staring at a married person (J). Therefore the statement is true.

David Ortiz - 3 years, 9 months ago

Never does it say Roy has to be staring at anyone... He could just as easily be looking straight off into space as he could starting at one of the women.

Coltan Van Tassell - 4 years, 6 months ago

but roy can be divorced too. what about that?

Rishabh Shahi - 4 years, 5 months ago

Hoo Zhi Yee is incorrect. We do not know Roy's marital status. All we know is that Angelina is staring at him.

But I'm a guy and I know if Roy is married he would stare at Jenny (if he was single, he'd be talking to her, not staring, duh!, hmmm, maybe he's gay?). Therefore, the answer is either "no" or "not enough data".

Gary Wagner - 3 years, 3 months ago

Nowhere is Roy's marital status mentioned. Hence, it is unreasonable to assume if he is married or not. Answer should be(in my opinion) : Not enough data.

Argha Sengupta - 2 years, 3 months ago

Since Angelina is unmarried and Jenny is married and moreover Roy is both object and subject of "staring", the answer is "yes" regardless of his marriage status.

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Vilim Lendvaj
May 7, 2018

Three out of four of the answers are equivalent. Since there is only one correct answer, it's the odd one out.

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Angel Krastev
Aug 6, 2017

The answer is YES.

We know that Angelina is unmarried and Jenny is married.
We know that Angelina is staring at Roy and Roy is staring at Jenny.

There are 2 cases for Roy: 1 - to be unmarried; 2 - to be married.
First case:
If Roy is unmarried AND Roy is staring at Jenny,
then an unmarried person (Roy) is staring at a married person (Jenny).
The answer is YES.
Second case:
If Roy is married AND Angelina is staring at Roy,
then an unmarried person (Angelina) is staring at a married person (Roy).
The answer is YES.
Because both cases lead to answer YES,
we CAN conclude that an unmarried person is staring at a married person.



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Fabricio Kolberg
Jun 17, 2018

Ah, love, such a complicated thing, right? What can you do when your heart falls for someone who is already taken?

In this unfortunate situation, our single friend Angelina has got her eyes on Roy , the handsome and successful stallion of the party. Roy , on the other hand, has his eyes on the lovely Jenny , who is happily married with three children.

Is Roy married, however? Maybe his marriage isn't going well, or maybe he still hasn't found the right person.

  • If Roy is married , then our dear friend Angelina is a single person staring at a married person . Poor Angelina, I'm sure the right person for you is out there somewhere.
  • If Roy is single , then he is a single person staring at a married person . In this case, the lovely Jenny we talked about before. Maybe he's envious of Jenny's happy marriage and beautiful children?

In both cases, there is a single person staring at a married person . Now, if Roy would be a dear and come clean about his marriage status, things would be easier for all involved.

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Noah Smalls
Dec 4, 2016

This is Logic guys....

  1. All 3 people are in a row think about that we don't know what order they are in... Angelina Roy Jenny

Angelina is single, but Jenny is married that leave's Roy and Angelina single...

But, She staring and Roy (Angelina) And Roy is staring and Jenny. That's the solution So Roy(unmarried) is staring at Jenny(married)

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