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Problem-Solving Strategies: Process of Elimination

 

 

Solve the following problem by a process of elimination.

 

Students A, B and C each participate in an extra-curricular activity and have an after-school job. They are in the Spanish Club, the Drama Club, and the marching band. One of them is a pizza delivery person, one is a math tutor, and one is a lifeguard. B is tutoring the Drama Club member’s brother in Calculus. The Spanish Club member cannot swim or drive a car. The lifeguard is teaching A to read music.

 

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