The negotiation

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A man is holding a family of women -- a grandmother, a mother and two daughters -- hostage, while the hostage negotiator tries to work a deal to free ALL of them.

The man proposes that he will release three women if the police withdraw from the area for 15 minutes.

Should the hostage negotiator accept the proposal?

Insufficient information provided to determine No Yes

Denton Young by Denton Young , 47, USA

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Denton Young
Nov 7, 2017

Yes. The man is holding exactly three women hostage.

The mother is both a mother (of the youngest hostage) and a daughter (of the grandmother.)

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I'm just wondering how much the hostage negotiator actually knows. If all they know is that there is a grandmother, a mother and two daughters being held, then this could involve any of 4, 3 or even 2 women, in which case there would be insufficient information for the negotiator to go along with the proposal.

Brian Charlesworth - 3 years, 7 months ago

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I agree. All women are daughters of someone. The question is a little ambiguous.

Steven Perkins - 3 years, 7 months ago

I will modify the question slightly.

Denton Young - 3 years, 7 months ago

What if the man just make the police go away then he broke the deal?

Bách Hữu Trần - 1 year, 2 months ago

Plus, I think the police just make a big circle around the area when the hostage were released and the man went out of the area the police just catch him outside the area, that means the police does NOT broke the deal.

Bách Hữu Trần - 1 year, 2 months ago

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