Yes I have written specs and I will copy and post them word for word, and yes i did have to clarify what the instructor wanted as opposed to what was written.
Now we see the problem. You are reinterpreting what the instructor wants. I think it is you that does not understand the problem. It is likly that you have misintreprted the problem and there really is something missing.
If the gven information is accurate, then the question has two parts and we have to assume that it is the same circuit in both parts, except for the Reversing switch. What does the "Reverse switch" do? Does it reverse the Output? No, it merely reverses the function of the Inputs.
______Turning On____Turning Off
Part 1.....In1&In 2........In 3
Part 2.....In3...............In 1 or In 2
Assuming some symmetry in the GIVEN INFORMATION (most real-world problems do have symmetry), it would be illogical for either set of inputs to take on BOTH Start and Stop roles in the two different parts of the problem.
Terry and Ron, you are trying to read things into the problem that are not present. Part 2 does not say that Inputs 1 and 2 have to turn on Output 1. You are reading something in here that is not there. In Part 2, the problem only says that if Inputs 1 and 2 are on, the output is off. Period.
Bryan, I suspect that you are speaking for your instructor here, in an attempt to save time. You are assuming that you know what the man would have said, so you are going ahead and stating it as fact, without ever actually checking. It will be hard to help you until you come clean and tell us the whole truth.