Teaser 2506

[Cactus]

Sunday Times Teaser 2506 by Angela Newing
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Three brothers share a house, with each able to do 2 of the 4 domestic
tasks and only one able to vacuum and only one able to dust, Two of
their friends can each do 3 of the 4 tasks and in total any task can
now be done by three people. Leo does not wash up and only one person
can wash up and launder. There is one job both Leo and Neil can do;
Keith and Neil can do 2 jobs together; John can vacuum, Mike cannot.
Neil is one of the brothers. Who are the other brothers and who
dusts?

Cactus

[tech rascal]

 solution:    mike and john are other brothers of neil
neil,leo and keith do dusting.

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[Ben Alligin]

Agreed. Another typically easy offering from Angela Newing.

John

[Garry]

Hello all

For completeness, here's the competency matrix:

Dust Launder Vacuum Washup
---- ------- ------ ------
John * *
Mike * *
Neil * *

Keith * * *
Leo * * *


Garry

[tech rascal]

yup, absolutely rite...