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Question 941727: Tom is shorter than Mary and older than Joe. Mary is shorter than Joe but older than Tom. Mary has 3 brothers and 2 sisters. Joe has 1 less brother than Mary has sisters, and the same number of sisters as Mary has brothers. Tom only has brothers and they are equal in number to the total of Joe's brothers and sisters. Who is oldest?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
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Tom is shorter than Mary and older than Joe.
Age: t > j
Height: m > t
:
Mary is shorter than Joe but older than Tom.
height: j > m
age: m > t
:
Who is oldest?
I'm going to say Mary, she's older than Tom and Tom is older than Joe even though Joe is taller than her.
We don't care anything about the brother and sisters