mahalaxmi

• Jul 3rd, 2005

 

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RAJESH G

• Jul 28th, 2006

 

ans: TIE

yogesh_

 Profile Answers by yogesh_ 

• Dec 14th, 2009

 

ANS is TIE because      .......TIE shows some thing  about 2 things (like TIE match tells abt 2 teams) And since it contains 2 vowels
hence the ans...

Zoetrinity

• Jun 17th, 2024

 

The word MOD has only one vowel whereas all other words in the list:
AIM, DUE, OAT & TIE
has two vowels, so the available options for number of vowels is either 1 or 2.
If you were told any one of the letters in MOD, looking through the list, you cannot be certain for sure whether the number of vowels is 1 or 2 because:
Letter M appears in two words (MOD & AIM)
Letter O appears in two words (MOD & OAT)
Letter D appear in two words (MOD & DUE)
Therefore every word in the list having more than one vowel, but contains any of the letters M, O, or D will cause ambiguity with respect to the number of vowels to provide, since they intersect with the word MOD which has only one vowel.
Thus the only word in the list which does not include any of the letters M, O, or D is TIE
If you were told any one of the letters in TIE, looking through the list,
Letter T appears in two words (TIE & OAT) and they both contain 2 vowels.
Letter I appears in two words (TIE & AIM) and they both contain 2 vowels.
Letter E appears in two words (TIE & DUE) and they both contain 2 vowels.
So there is no ambiguity to the number of vowels to provide if you were told any one letter of the word TIE because the number of vowels is also two.
Hence the secret word must be TIE.