500 men are arranged in an array of 10 rows and 50 columns
according to their heights.

Tallest among each row of all are asked to come out. And
the shortest among them is A.

Similarly after resuming them to their original positions,
the shortest among each column are asked to come out. And
the tallest among them is B.

Now who is taller A or B ?

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500 men are arranged in an array of 10 rows and 50 columns according to their heights. Tallest..

Answer / siva kumar

Answer is A &B are the same and puzzle referring to same guy considering as tallest one,

just imagine for 20 members in 4 rows and 5 columns and for our simplicity every one height varies of 1 inch...so when arranged

1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20


now when we called Tallest among each rows 5, 10, 15, 20 comes out in that shortest one is 5 = A
now when called Shortest among each column 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 comes out in that Talleset one is 5 = B

Here both A & B are same at same height

Is This Answer Correct ?    0 Yes 1 No

500 men are arranged in an array of 10 rows and 50 columns according to their heights. Tallest..

Answer / saheb paul

Both A & B are the same person.There are chances to get
confuse,if u dont read properly the row & column.

Is This Answer Correct ?    14 Yes 21 No

500 men are arranged in an array of 10 rows and 50 columns according to their heights. Tallest..

Answer / aydamn

Hello everyone you must be blind not dumb not to see that
it is B that is taller, A is shortest B is tallest simple

Is This Answer Correct ?    2 Yes 11 No

500 men are arranged in an array of 10 rows and 50 columns according to their heights. Tallest..

Answer / guest

No one is taller, both are same as A and B are the same
person.

Is This Answer Correct ?    18 Yes 28 No

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