Riddle: Card Hypothesis

FACT: Each card has a number on one side and a letter on the other.

HYPOTHESIS: Every card that has a vowel on one side has an even number on its opposite side.

THE QUESTION: Which card or cards must you turn over in order to test the Hypothesis?

EXTRA CREDIT: Is it easier to prove a Hypothesis True or False?

Card Hypo Color

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The 15 possible answers to the first question are:

All four cards: Red Green Yellow Blue
Three cards: Red Green Yellow / Red Green Blue / Red Yellow Blue / Green Yellow Blue
Just two cards: Red and Green / Red and Yellow / Red and Blue / Green and Yellow / Green and Blue / Yellow and Blue
Just one card: Red Card only / Green Card only / Yellow Card only / Blue Card only

20 Responses to Riddle: Card Hypothesis

  1. it’s easier to prove it false.
    You have to turn them all over.

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  2. Gymrat's avatar Gymrat27 says:

    two cards red and yellow

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  3. Brandon Sigall's avatar eaglesfan228 says:

    Just two cards: Red and Yellow

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  4. temporal111's avatar temporal111 says:

    just 2 cards, red and yellow. its easier to prove it false

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  5. username1132005's avatar username1132005 says:

    red and yellow cards

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  6. ilovemydog's avatar ilovemydog25 says:

    Just two cards. Red and yellow.

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  7. doglover7025's avatar doglover7025 says:

    All four cards

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  8. Just two cards: The red and yellow card

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  9. hockeyfan's avatar hockeyfan1234 says:

    Two cards: Red and yellow

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  10. ravensfan8's avatar ravensfan8 says:

    all four cards

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  11. excellentstudent27's avatar excellentstudent27 says:

    All four cards. It is easier to prove this hypothesis false because you only need one instance of it being false. If you were to prove it true you need every instance of your hypothesis to be true.

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  12. Unknown's avatar Anonymous says:

    Just the yellow card!

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  13. Snowman10's avatar Snowman10 says:

    To test the hypothesis effectively, you should turn over the Green Card (G, 3) because it has a vowel on one side but an odd number on its opposite side, potentially refuting the hypothesis.

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  14. webbwrestler135's avatar webbwrestler135 says:

    the red and yellow cards, 2 cards

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  15. ilovebeesss's avatar ilovebeesss says:

    two cards, red and yellow

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  16. toetio's avatar toetio says:

    Red Green Yellow Blue.
    It is easier to prove the hypothesis false.

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  17. SleepyCat's avatar SleepyCat says:

    The red and yellow ones

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