Adele, Violet and Rose possess exactly one pencil, exactly one pen and exactly one eraser.
If precisely one of the following clues is true, then what are the objects possessed by each of Adele, Violet, and Rose?
1. Adele has a pencil.
2. Violet does not have a pencil.
3. Rose does not have an eraser.
If 1 is True:
then both statements 1 and 2 are True. Rejected
If 2 is True:
Violet does not have a pencil. From 1 being False, Adele does not have a pencil. Therefore Rose DOES have a pencil. But from 3 being False, Rose has an eraser. Rejected
If 3 is True:
Rose does not have an eraser, Adele does not have a pencil, Violet has a pencil
Adele has an eraser,
Violet has a pencil,
Rose has a pen.
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Posted by Larry
on 2024-08-21 08:14:06 |
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