PT 51 LG #2 Forum

[kpuc]

This game took me about 10 minutes to finish, which bothered me since there were only 5 questions in the game.

This is the one about the expensive hotels. I found it tough because it didn't have many set rules, and had a couple of big conditionals. I ended up having to use hypotheticals a lot, which can take up some time.

Does anyone have a better way to solve a game like this?

[Cromartie]

Yup, it's easy to get lost in all the conditional rules for this game. I think a very good, if not in fact the best, starting point is to set up the last rule first. There are 2 possible starting points here:

1) H > F > G
2) G > F > H

Once you've established these 2, you can then plug in the 2nd and 3rd rules. In the second rule, G is more expensive than H, which applies to no. 2 but cannot apply to no. 1. In the 3rd rule, H is more expensive than G, which applies to no. 1, but cannot apply to no. 2.

Finally, just plug in the 1st rule as is. Voila! You have your templates.

[kpuc]

Thanks! This will hopefully make me less afraid of 3-variable conditionals.

[Cromartie]

Thanks! This will hopefully make me less afraid of 3-variable conditionals.

Yep, this is somewhat similar to LG 4 in PT 53 (Debate Team), where once you've set up the 3 possible orders of finishes, you can just plug in the rest of the rules and easily set up your templates.