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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
MATCH 1 P and X Q and R
MATCH 2 P and R X and Y
MATCH 3 R and X Q and Y

Options

A

P does not have any parent playing

B

Q does not have any parent playing

C

R does not have any parent playing

D

X does not have a child playing

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Correct Answer :

Option C

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: P, Q, R.
- There are two adults: X, Y.
- X and Y are parents to two distinct children. Let's denote C(X) as the child of X and C(Y) as the child of Y.
- We are given: C(X)C(Y).
- Exactly one of the three children does not have a parent playing in the tournament. This means two children have a parent (one has X as a parent, and another has Y 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 (P and X) vs Team 2 (Q and R)
- By Rule (i), since P and X are on the same team, P cannot be the child of X. Therefore:
C(X)P

Match 2: Team 1 (P and R) vs Team 2 (X and Y)
- The players participating in this match are P,R,X,Y.
- The potential parent-child relationships among the playing participants are (X,P), (X,R), (Y,P), and (Y,R).
- From Match 1, we already know C(X)P. Therefore, the pair (X,P) 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 (R and X) vs Team 2 (Q and Y)
- By Rule (i), since R and X are partners on Team 1, R cannot be the child of X. Therefore:
C(X)R
- By Rule (i), since Q and Y are partners on Team 2, Q cannot be the child of Y. Therefore:
C(Y)Q

3. Determine the Parent-Child Relationships:
- Since the child of X must be one of P,Q,R, and we found:
C(X)P and C(X)R
the only remaining choice for X's child is Q:
C(X)=Q

Now let's find the child of Y:
- The child of Y must be different from the child of X, so C(Y)Q (which is also consistent with Match 3).
- Thus, the child of Y must be either P or R.

Let's check the constraints in Match 2 where the active players are P,R,X,Y:
- Since C(X)=Q and Q is not playing in Match 2, X's child is not playing in Match 2.
- If C(Y)=P, then the parent-child pair (Y,P) is playing in Match 2. This is valid as it features exactly one parent-child pair, satisfying Rule (ii).
- If C(Y)=R, then the parent-child pair (Y,R) plays in Match 2, which also satisfies Rule (ii).

Let's check the constraints in Match 3 where the active players are R,X,Q,Y:
- We already know C(X)=Q, which means the parent-child pair (X,Q) 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 (X,Q) is already playing, no other parent-child relationship can be active in Match 3.
- The other child playing in Match 3 is R, and the other parent is Y. Since there can be no other parent-child pair, R cannot be the child of Y:
C(Y)R

4. Conclusion:
- Since C(Y)R and we already know C(X)=QR, the child R is not the child of either X or Y.
- Since X and Y are the only parents playing in the tournament, R does not have any parent playing (making P the child of Y).

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