Arlene(A), Brenda(B), Cheryl(C), Daniel(D), Emmett(E) and Farley(F) stayed in a hotel.

1) Each stayed in a different one of six rooms as shown here, identified by his initials :

         +----+----+----+----+
         |    | C  |    | E  |
         | B  +----+ D  +----+
         |    |    |    |    |
         +----+    +----+    +
         |      A  |      F  |
         +---------+---------+

2) One of the six murdered one of the other five.

3) If the murderer and the victim stayed in rooms that did not border on each other, then Arlene or Farley was the victim.

4) If the murderer and the victim stayed in rooms that bordered on different numbers of rooms, then Brenda or Cheryl was the murderer.

5) If the murderer and the victim stayed in rooms that were different in size, then Daniel or Emmett was the murderer.

Who was the murderer? Who was the victim?

(In reply to re(3): this is weird !!! by MSS)

MSS, itīs me that you have to excuse if my comment seemed rude to you. Thatīs not my intention. All I meant to say it this is not a riddle, like the others that appear in the site, but a strictily logical problem. And, since you posted two answers, I said that you didnīt yet achieved the solution. Only and nothing more than this.

Once again, excuse me. Thatīs the problem created by only writing something, not talking.

 

 

Posted by pcbouhid on 2005-08-16 17:08:56