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Object 4
Object 5
Also notice that the second column of table 1 and the last three rows of table are the same
(1, 2, 3), (1, 2, 4), and (1, 2, 5). For a similar reason, the third column of table 1 can be
crossed out, since it is a repeat of what we have in column 1 of table 3.
OBJECT 1 Object 1 Object 2 Object 3 Object 4
Object 1
Object 2
Object 3
Object 4
Object 5
OBJECT 2 Object 1 Object 2 Object 3 Object 4
Object 1
Object 2
Object 3
Object 4
Object 5
OBJECT 3 Object 1 Object 2 Object 3 Object 4
Object 1
Object 2
Object 3
Object 4
Object 5
Nothing else in table 1 can be eliminated, since (1, 4, 5) cannot be found in either of the two
remaining tables (this is a unique characteristic of the bottom, right-most entry).
In table 2, we will try to eliminate any entries that can be found in table 3. These
eliminations will involve any entries that contain Object 3. We can do so with the (2, 1, 3)
entry and the third column:
OBJECT 1 Object 1 Object 2 Object 3 Object 4
Object 1
Object 2
Object 3
Object 4
Object 5
OBJECT 2 Object 1 Object 2 Object 3 Object 4
Object 1
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