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Monday, March 02, 2009
Weakest Player
Tom beats Joe at pool, but loses to Sue. Hillary usually wins against Joe, sometimes against Tom, but never against Sue.
Tom beats Joe and Hillary beats Joe; the two of them are close to even; and Sue beats both Tom and Hillary (and, transitively, probably also beats Joe. So the ranking from top to bottom looks like it should be Sue, Tom/Hillary, then Joe.
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Joe looks like the weakest to me:
ReplyDeleteTom beats Joe and Hillary beats Joe; the two of them are close to even; and Sue beats both Tom and Hillary (and, transitively, probably also beats Joe. So the ranking from top to bottom looks like it should be Sue, Tom/Hillary, then Joe.
Yeah, according to the information, Joe doesn't win any game.
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