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| Unknown |
Posted
on 09-Nov-01 09:04 PM
One of four children ate the last piece of pizza. When questioned they responded as follows:
Joan said "I didn't eat it."
Ken said "Leo ate it."
Leo said "Martha ate it."
Martha said "Leo is lying."
If only one of the four children lied, who ate the last piece of pizza?
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| Rama |
Posted
on 09-Nov-01 09:14 PM
What?
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| Rama |
Posted
on 09-Nov-01 09:16 PM
I thought i put up some wrong thing. But its ok. You guys try to find the answer.
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| Kancha |
Posted
on 09-Nov-01 10:29 PM
I don't get it.
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| anepalikt |
Posted
on 09-Nov-01 10:59 PM
Leo is lying because if all the other tree are right, he is wrong.
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| visitor |
Posted
on 10-Nov-01 01:54 AM
I agree with NepaliKT
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| not me |
Posted
on 10-Nov-01 02:39 AM
the question is not who is lying..it is who ate the last piece of pizza..
and btw it wasn't me
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| ken |
Posted
on 10-Nov-01 03:22 AM
last piece pizza maile khako ho...........confession
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| Gokul |
Posted
on 10-Nov-01 10:32 AM
Obviously the liar is either Martha or Leo.
Suppose Martha is a liar. Since she said Leo is lying, Leo is not lying. That means Martha ate it . But Ken is not a liar and he says Leo ate it. So Martha can not be a liar.
Suppose Leo is the Liar so Martha did not eat it. Since all the rest are not liars, Ken must be telling the truth as well. He says Leo ate. So Leo MUST HAVE EATEN.
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| Miss |
Posted
on 10-Nov-01 04:23 PM
LEO is lying.
so he must have eaten the last slice of pizza
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| numb |
Posted
on 10-Nov-01 04:34 PM
ken has eaten the last piece of pizza
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| unknown |
Posted
on 10-Nov-01 05:34 PM
How?
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| ken |
Posted
on 10-Nov-01 06:40 PM
Ken ate the last piece of pizza. While everyone is in argument over who ate it and making accusations, he is the only person without a controversy.
Joan in neutral.
Ken accuses Leo.
Leo accuses Martha.
Martha corrects Leo.
But who accuses Ken? No one. Definitely the guilty one. I can see the trail of guilt in his face :o)
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| Excuse me |
Posted
on 10-Nov-01 10:27 PM
Joan = true
Ken = true
Leo = false
Martha = true
True : False = 3 : 1
Thus, Leo ate the pizza.
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| Ken |
Posted
on 11-Nov-01 11:37 AM
>Joan = true
Correct
>Ken = true
Not necessarily. He is accusing Leo, but who is backing him up? No one.
>Leo = false
How so? He is accusing Martha as Ken was accusing him.
>Martha = true
Again, not necessarily. Martha is just defending herself. But, she is definitely not accusing Ken.
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>True : False = 3 : 1
The only person we can remove from the guilty list is Joan. Three others are inconclusive. So, the ratio is incorrect.
>Thus, Leo ate the pizza.
That's just based on what Ken said. So, while everyone comes to light about defending their innocence, no one mentions Ken. Ken has to be the guilty party here.
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| Pizza Guru |
Posted
on 12-Nov-01 07:09 PM
If it was Pizza Hut, then Leo ate the last piece
If it was Domino's, then Joan was the one who ate the last pizza
If it was Petrillo's, then it must have been Leo
Martha does not like Pizza so she is not the one.
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