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Re: Puzzle thread May 3, 2011

Thu, 05 May 2011 12:32

Azrael

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slimdrag00n wrote on Thu, 05 May 2011 18:01

Fred: "I did not win 1st or 4th place."
Steve:"I got 4th place."
Stan: "I did not get 4th place."
Dan: "I won 1st place."

But how do you know stan lied? He says he did not get 4th place. He could have got 3rd place no?

Dan says he got 1st place but noone else said they got first place so this could be true.

Steve said he got 4th place but he could have got 2nd or 3rd?

Fred could have won 1st or 4t?

I am just not understanding the exact logic of how to tell who is really being truthful. I mean the answer could be that they are all liars?

If Stan would lie than also Steve have to lie. So Stan cant lie.
If Fred would lie than also Steve or Dan have to lie. So Fred cant lie.
If Steve would lie than also someone of the others have to lie (for first place also Dan have to lie, for second and third Fred or Stan have to lie)
So Dan is the only on that can lie, if only one of them lies.

So now you know that Dan lies, and the only one that can have won is Stan

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		Puzzle thread May 3, 2011 By: Ron on Tue, 03 May 2011 17:11
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		Re: Puzzle thread May 3, 2011 By: Ron on Thu, 05 May 2011 10:16
		Re: Puzzle thread May 3, 2011 By: Azrael on Thu, 05 May 2011 10:44
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		Re: Puzzle thread May 3, 2011 By: Azrael on Thu, 05 May 2011 11:41
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		Re: Puzzle thread May 3, 2011 By: slimdrag00n on Thu, 05 May 2011 12:01
		Re: Puzzle thread May 3, 2011 By: Azrael on Thu, 05 May 2011 12:32
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