A + B means 'A is the father of B'; A - B means 'A is the wife of B', A x B…
2020
A + B means 'A is the father of B'; A - B means 'A is the wife of B', A x B means 'A is brother of B', A ÷ B means 'A is the daughter of B' . If R - V x T ÷ W, then how is R related to W?
- A.
Daughter in law
- B.
Son in law
- C.
Mother in law
- D.
Mother
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Correct answer: A
In coded blood-relation puzzles, decode each symbol into its stated relation first, then chain the relations together — tracking gender and generation at each link — to work out how the two named people are connected.
R - V means R is the wife of V, so R is female and married to V.
V x T means V is the brother of T, so V and T are siblings and V is male.
T ÷ W means T is the daughter of W, so W is a parent of T.
Since V is T's sibling and T is W's child, V is also W's child — and because V is male, V is the son of W.
R is the wife of V, and V is the son of W, so R is the wife of W's son.
That makes R the daughter-in-law of W. Cross-check: W's children are T (daughter) and V (son); R, married to the son V, fits exactly the daughter-in-law relationship — confirming the answer.