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Lesson<br />

2<br />

Logical Thinking<br />

Aim<br />

In this lesson you will learn:<br />

Step by step approach and reasoning to solve problems.<br />

How to use what you already know to solve problems.<br />

How to tackle a task when you do not know anything about it.<br />

Tejas: Fruits! I like fruits. They are good<br />

for health.<br />

Moz: Correct. You can have them.<br />

But first you have to solve this puzzle.<br />

There are four types <strong>of</strong> fruits:<br />

Apples, Oranges, Bananas and Grapes.<br />

Each one <strong>of</strong> you must pick two types <strong>of</strong> fruits.<br />

Note the following conditions:<br />

If you pick apple you cannot pick orange.<br />

If you pick orange you cannot pick banana.<br />

If you pick grapes you cannot pick apple.<br />

Tejas: I want an apple. With apple I cannot pick an orange or grapes. So I<br />

pick apple and banana.<br />

We know: There are four types <strong>of</strong> fruitsapples,<br />

oranges, bananas and grapes.<br />

Goal: Tejas has to pick two fruits. He likes apples.<br />

What other fruit can he take?<br />

Answer: Banana<br />

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