Val takes her four sons, Hal, Cal, Sal and Mal, to get their hair cut. It's crowded, so there's only time for two of them to get a haircut. Val has to decide which two sons get a haircut today. Below are her choices. Which ones are missing?

H and C H and S ?
? C and M M and S

Val takes her four sons, Hal, Cal, Sal and Mal, to get their hair cut. It's crowded, so there's only time for two of them to get a haircut. Val has to decide which two sons get a haircut today. Below are her choices. Which ones are missing?

H and C H and S ?
? C and M M and S

C and S

S and S

H and V

H and M

1 answer

To find the missing pairs of Val's sons who can get a haircut, let’s first write out the pairs that have already been chosen:

  1. H and C (Hal and Cal)
  2. H and S (Hal and Sal)
  3. ? (missing)
  4. ? (missing)
  5. C and M (Cal and Mal)
  6. M and S (Mal and Sal)

The possible pairs of sons from the four boys Hal (H), Cal (C), Sal (S), and Mal (M) are:

  • H and C
  • H and S
  • H and M
  • C and S
  • C and M
  • S and M

Now, we will eliminate the pairs that have already been used:

  • H and C
  • H and S (already listed)
  • C and M (already listed)
  • M and S (already listed)

This leaves us with the pairs we still need to find:

  • H and M
  • C and S

Thus, the completed possible choices with one of them being the missing option:

  • H and C
  • H and S
  • C and S (this correctly fits in " ? " )
  • H and M (this fits in " ? " as the second missing option)
  • C and M
  • M and S

Therefore, the two missing combinations are:

  1. C and S
  2. H and M

None of the options you provided fully correspond to the requirement:

  • C and S is the valid pair.
  • H and M is another valid pair.

So the correct missing pairs are:

  1. C and S
  2. H and M.