Question

In the town of Pottsville, street with names that begin with a vowel consonant and end with a vowel run east-west. Others may run either way. If Carter street is perpendicular to Agnes street, is it parallel or perpendicular to Sheridan street, which runs north-south.

Answer 1

begin with a vowel consonant?

Answer 2

Agnes street would run east-west since it begins with a vowel consonant.

Answer 3

Carter would run North South since it is perpendicular to Agnes

Answer 4

Sheridan would be parallel to Carter and perpendicular to Agnes.

Answer 5

In the town of Pottsville, street with names that begin with a vowel and end with a consonant run north-south. Those which begin with a constant and end with a vowel run east-west. Others may run either way. If Carter street is perpendicular to Agnes street, is it parallel or perpendicular to Sheridan street, which runs north-south.

Answer 6

luckily, MathDrills' explanation still works out. :-)

Answer 7

How did he get this?

Answer 8

nevermind, his explanation doesn't work. agnes runs N-S because of the rule. carter runs E-W because it is perp. to agnes. therefore, carter is perp to sheridan.

Answer 9

I stand corrected. I missed the part about "ending in a vowel" so, yes Agnes would run North-South.

Answer 10

or East-West

Answer 11

"Others may run either way", so Agnes could be N-S or E-W

Answer 12

he re-wrote the question completely in his comment. it was unsolvable as originally written.

Answer 13

he or she, I mean.

Answer 14

I see that now, lol.