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FIRST QUESTION:
If the legislature decides to fund the agricultural subsidy program, national radio, and the small business loan program. the only other single program that can be funded is:
  1. Hurricane preparedness
  2. Harbor improvements
  3. School music program
  4. Senate office building remodeling
  5. International Airport
Let the games begin!
ANSWER (Congrats Acoustikarl): Senate office building remodeling.

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LOGIC PUZZLE 1:

The government of an island nation is in the process of deciding how to spend it's limited income. It has $7 million left in it's budget and eight programs to choose among. There is no provision in the contitution to have a surplus, and each program has requested the minimum amount they need; in other words, no program may be partially funded. The programs and their funding requests are:
  • Hurrican preparedness: $2.5 million
  • Harbor Improvements: $1 million
  • School music program: $0.5 million
  • Senate office building remodeling: $1.5 million
  • Agricultural subsidy program: $2 million
  • National radio: $0.5 million
  • Small business loan program: $3 million
  • International airport: $4 million
SECOND QUESTION:

If the legislature decides to fund the agricultural subsidy program, national radio, and the small business loan program, what two other programs could they fund?
  1. harbor improvements and international airport
  2. harbor improvements and school music program
  3. hurricane preparedness and school music program
  4. hurricane preparedness and international airport
  5. harbor improvements and hurricane preparedness