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Question

Ravon, Oscar, Aditi, Tyrone, and Kim play a card game. Each person is given 2 cards out of a set of 10 cards numbered 1,2,3, ,10. The score of a player is the sum of the numbers of their cards. The scores of the players are as follows: Ravon--11, Oscar--4, Aditi--7, Tyrone--16, Kim--17. Which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

By logical deduction, we consider the scores from lowest to highest: align* Oscar's score is 4. & Oscar is given cards 1 and 3. & Aditi is given cards 2 and 5. & Ravon is given cards 4 and 7. && () & Tyrone is given cards 6 and 10. & Kim is given cards 8 and 9. align* Therefore, the answer is Ravon was given card 4. Certainly, if we read the answer choices sooner, then we can stop at () and pick (C).