Thursday, November 5, 2009

Car raceing math word problem?

After a meeting, five racing enthusiasts- An American, Englishman, German, Italian, and Japanese- decided to have a race to a local bar. Their cars, not necessarily in order, were a Nissan, Volkswagen, Fiat, Triumph, and a '56 Chevy with a bald tire. That cars were marked with Numbers 1,2,3,4, and 5.



From the following clues, determine who finished first, what car he was driving, and what was the number on his car. Similarly determine the same for the second, third, forth, and last place.



A)No driver had the same nationality as the manufacturer of his car.



B) The Nissan finished somwhere after the Fiat.



C) The driver of the Chevy had to stop and change a flat tire.



D) The Italian won the race.



E) Car number 3 did not finish in the first two places.



F) The Triumph had a broken windshield wiper.



G) No car finished in a place corresponding to it's number.



H) The driver of car number 3 was a driver two years younger than the driver of the Fiat.



I) The American is 6 feet tall and weighs 270 pounds.



J) The driver who finished in fourth place has a mother-in-law who is bigger than the American.



K) The VW was painted green.



L) The Chevy finished last.



M) The driver of number 2 was older than the American, but younger than the driver of the VW.



N) The American was not driving car number 4.



O) The Englishman finished ahread of these three different cars: the Fiat, the Chevy, and the car labeled number 1.

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