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Problem of the Week
Problem A
Track and Field

Andre, Bilal, Glenna, and Juanita are all friends. They have given each other nicknames as well. The four nicknames are Boss, Buzz, Cosmo, and Tiger. The friends are competing in the track and field day at their school. Using the following clues, determine the nickname of each of the friends.

Clues:

  1. Juanita beat Tiger in the \(400\) m race, but Juanita lost to Buzz in the high jump.

  2. Glenna and Tiger tied in the long jump, but Boss beat Glenna in the \(1500\) m race.

  3. Cosmo, Tiger and Andre found the water station together after the first event.

  4. Cosmo and Juanita ran separate legs on the relay race.

The table below, with a column for each name and a row for each nickname, may be helpful in solving this problem.

Andre Bilal Glenna Juanita
Boss
Buzz
Cosmo
Tiger



Theme: Computational Thinking