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Benny
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Four men, one crime
« on: Jun 26th, 2009, 11:40am » |
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Four men, one of whom has committed a crime, made these statements:
Arch: "Dave did it."
Dave: "Tony did it."
Gus: "I didn't do it."
Tony: "Dave lied when he said I did it."
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Re: Four men, one crime
« Reply #1 on: Jun 26th, 2009, 12:20pm » |
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OK. But what are we supposed to do?? 
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Re: Four men, one crime
« Reply #2 on: Jun 26th, 2009, 12:24pm » |
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If only one of them lied, then Dave is the criminal.
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Re: Four men, one crime
« Reply #3 on: Jun 26th, 2009, 1:58pm » |
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on Jun 26th, 2009, 12:24pm, gotit wrote:| If only one of them lied, then Dave is the criminal. |
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Assuming, furthermore, that each of them either lied or told the truth (i.e. excluding statements that are unconnected to reality), and that lying equals telling untruths (rather than, say, trying to convince someone of something you believe to be untrue)
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Re: Four men, one crime
« Reply #4 on: Jun 28th, 2009, 9:02pm » |
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Tony had only just met the others. He thinks that Dave is Arch, but says what he says becaus Gus told him to.
the patsy.
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