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    Four students competed in a math bowl with prizes for the top three places. Three staff members each predicted the prize winners. It was determined that each staff member correctly predicted only one prize winner. By analyzing the staff predictions in a graph and determining that each could only have one correct prediction, the solution is that Courtney won third place, Andy won second place, and Brianna won first place.

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    Problem of the Week 8

    Due Friday, December 11


    Four mathletes, Brianna, Andy, Courtney and Brandon, competed in the finals of the Animas High
    School Math Bowl. Prizes were awarded for the top three competitors as follows: first place
    received an anniversary Math Faculty Pink Tie, second place received a book of Brain Teasers, and
    third place received an I Love Math T-shirt.
    Three staff members of AHS predicted how the prizes would be awarded.
    Lauren predicted that Brandon would win the pink tie, Andy would win the book and
    Courtney would win the T-shirt.
    Hannah predicted that Brianna would win the pink tie, Brandon would win the book and
    Courtney would win the T-shirt.
    Aliza predicted that Andy would win the pink tie, Brianna would win the book and Brandon
    would win the T-shirt.
    It turns out that each staff member predicted exactly one prize winner correctly.
    Determine precisely how the prizes were awarded.
    Write-Up
    Understanding The Problem:
    In this problem I need to find out how to sort this into a graph and
    easily solve this problem. This means finding out who wins 1st Place, 2nd Place, and 3rd Place.
    Process:
    The first thing I did was made a graph like seen below.
    I started at the bottom and at

    third place, because each teacher can make 1 correct decision I decided that because two teacher
    Lauren and Hannah chose courtney twice then Brandon predicted by Aliza had to be correct. Then
    I went to the middle row. After we know that Brandon wins third place we can eliminate him from
    this row. Then I saw that because Aliza had already predicted Brandon, this leaves Andy to win
    2nd place. Moving on to the first row you can easily tell that because both Aliza and Lauren had
    made a correct guess that leaves Brianna to win 1st place and the pink tie.
    Solution:
    GUESS #

    Lauren

    Hannah

    Aliza

    Brandon

    Brianna

    Andy

    Andy

    Brandon

    Brianna

    Courtney

    Courtney

    Brandon

    Justification:
    I predicted that Courtney would win third place because two teachers predicted it.
    My prediction was right. I feel my answer is right because it is common sense. If you look at the
    graph you see that because every teacher can only have 1 right prediction this leaves Brandon for
    third. and because Aliza predicted Brandon she cant be right again so cross Brianna off for 2nd
    Place. And because Brandon has already won This leaves andy for 2nd Place. And after all this it
    leaves Brianna for First Place.

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