H D5 TS Q34 – Selective High School

In this year’s table tennis tournament, prizes were given to the top three players, as well as to the player with the tournament’s fastest serve and to the player with the most aces in the tournament.

Jan: “As there were only four players receiving prizes this year, the player with the most aces in the tournament must have been the player with the fastest serve also.”

Which one of the following sentences shows the mistake Jan has made?

The player with the fastest serve and the player with the most aces could both have finished in the top three. The fact that fewer players received prizes than the number of prizes awarded does not determine which prizes were won by the same person. Any of the top three players could have received a second prize. A player outside the top three could still have won one of the special prizes.

Are you sure you want to leave?

Which one of the following sentences shows the mistake Jan has made?