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In a certain code language, 'A + B' means 'A is the mother of B', 'A - B' means 'A is the brother of B', 'A x B' means 'A is the wife of B' and 'A ├╖ B' means 'A is the father of B'. How is M related to T if 'M - N ├╖ P + S x T'?
Brother of the father of the wife's mother
Brother of the wife's father
Father of the mother of the wife's mother
Brother of the father of the wife's father
Brother of the wife's father
Translate each symbol step by step from left to right: '-' means brother, '/' means father, '+' means mother, 'x' means wife. Trace the lineage forward from M to T.
Translate each symbol step by step from left to right: '-' means brother, '/' means father, '+' means mother, 'x' means wife. Trace the lineage forward from M to T.
Analyze M - N
According to 'A - B means A is the brother of B', M - N means M is the brother of N.
Analyze N / P
According to 'A / B means A is the father of B', N / P means N is the father of P.
Analyze P + S
According to 'A + B means A is the mother of B', P + S means P is the mother of S.
Analyze S x T and Final Conclusion
According to 'A x B means A is the wife of B', S x T means S is the wife of T. Since P is S's mother and N is P's father, N is the father of S's mother (i.e., S's maternal grandfather). M is N's brother, making M the brother of S's maternal grandfather, or equivalently, T's wife's mother's father's brother.
B: Wife's father's brother matches a different path without the maternal grandmother link. C: Wife's mother's mother's father involves an incorrect gender/generation jump. D: Wife's father's father's brother assumes paternal lineage instead of maternal.
A is correct because decoding M - N / P + S x T gives M as the brother of N, who is the father of P (mother of S), who is the wife of T, resulting in T's wife's mother's father's brother.