A terrible crime has been committed and the police round up the usual suspects. During the interrogation of the four men the following accusations and statements are made:
Anderson said "Brimmers did it."
Brimmers said "Dodge did it."
Carter said "I didn't do it."
Dodge said "Brimmers lied when he said I did it."
If only one of the four men was untruthful, which man committed the crime?
(In reply to
Solution by Dustin)
It is evident that A,B and D are contradicting themselves, so C has to be the guilty person.
PS: I have a concern with problems of this sort because claiming that one didn't do anything is not a sufficient basis for assuming their guilt. I would rather believe the point of problems of this sort is eliminating logical conclusions.
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Posted by Osi
on 2004-11-04 18:08:32 |