Three children P, Q, R and two grown-ups X, Y play a badminton doubles tournament. X and Y are parents to two of the children playing. The child of X is not the same as the child of Y. Exactly one of the children does not have a parent playing in the tournament. The following rules are followed:
(i) A parent and his/her child cannot be on the same team.
(ii) A match can feature at most one parent and his/her child, that is, a maximum of one parent-child pair can play in a match.
The following matches were played:
Which one of the following options is correct?
| TEAM 1 | TEAM 2 | |
|---|---|---|
Correct Answer :
R does not have any parent playing
Solution :
The correct option is: R does not have any parent playing
Let's analyze the given rules and the matches played to determine the parent-child relationships step-by-step.
1. Understand the Setup and Constraints:
- There are three children: , , .
- There are two adults: , .
- and are parents to two distinct children. Let's denote as the child of and as the child of .
- We are given: .
- Exactly one of the three children does not have a parent playing in the tournament. This means two children have a parent (one has as a parent, and another has as a parent).
Rules:
- Rule (i): A parent and child cannot be on the same team.
- Rule (ii): A match can feature at most one parent-child pair playing (either on opposing teams, since they cannot be on the same team).
2. Analyze the Matches:
Match 1: Team 1 ( and ) vs Team 2 ( and )
- By Rule (i), since and are on the same team, cannot be the child of . Therefore:
Match 2: Team 1 ( and ) vs Team 2 ( and )
- The players participating in this match are .
- The potential parent-child relationships among the playing participants are , , , and .
- From Match 1, we already know . Therefore, the pair is not a parent-child relationship.
- Rule (ii) states that a match can feature at most one parent-child pair. This means among the active players in Match 2, at most one parent-child pair is present.
Match 3: Team 1 ( and ) vs Team 2 ( and )
- By Rule (i), since and are partners on Team 1, cannot be the child of . Therefore:
- By Rule (i), since and are partners on Team 2, cannot be the child of . Therefore:
3. Determine the Parent-Child Relationships:
- Since the child of must be one of , and we found:
and
the only remaining choice for 's child is :
Now let's find the child of :
- The child of must be different from the child of , so (which is also consistent with Match 3).
- Thus, the child of must be either or .
Let's check the constraints in Match 2 where the active players are :
- Since and is not playing in Match 2, 's child is not playing in Match 2.
- If , then the parent-child pair is playing in Match 2. This is valid as it features exactly one parent-child pair, satisfying Rule (ii).
- If , then the parent-child pair plays in Match 2, which also satisfies Rule (ii).
Let's check the constraints in Match 3 where the active players are :
- We already know , which means the parent-child pair is playing in this match. This counts as 1 parent-child pair.
- By Rule (ii), a match can feature at most one parent-child pair. Since is already playing, no other parent-child relationship can be active in Match 3.
- The other child playing in Match 3 is , and the other parent is . Since there can be no other parent-child pair, cannot be the child of :
4. Conclusion:
- Since and we already know , the child is not the child of either or .
- Since and are the only parents playing in the tournament, R does not have any parent playing (making the child of ).
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