Deep thinking comparison: five-person scheduling question
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Curated by our team · 2026-10-17
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A logic puzzle about scheduling five people, asked once in normal mode and once in deep thinking mode, comparing the answers and time taken, to get a feel for when deep thinking is worth turning on.
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PROMPT
Monday to Friday, arrange 1 person on duty per day, with 5 people each on duty exactly 1 day: Xiao Wang, Xiao Li, Xiao Zhang, Xiao Zhao, Xiao Chen.
Rules:
1. Xiao Wang cannot be scheduled on Monday or Friday;
2. Xiao Li must be scheduled before Xiao Zhang (an earlier day);
3. Xiao Zhang can only be scheduled on Wednesday or Thursday;
4. Xiao Wang and Xiao Zhang cannot be scheduled on adjacent days;
5. Xiao Chen has a business trip on Friday and cannot be scheduled;
6. Xiao Li has a morning meeting on Monday and cannot be scheduled.
Please give the duty schedule and check item by item whether all 6 rules are satisfied.48
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