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Donuts (Posted on 2007-11-05) Difficulty: 1 of 5
Friends Tom, Dick and Harry are each either a knight, always telling the truth, or a liar, always lying. One day they went to the donut shop and bought six donuts.

Tom claimed to have gotten only one donut, while Dick claimed Tom had two. Harry said Tom had more than three.

All three agreed that Dick had two donuts.

If each of the three got at least one donut and no donuts were shared or divided, how many donuts did each friend get?

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Solution by Brute Force | Comment 3 of 6 |
All 3 suspects indicated under further questioning that the type of donut is important. Have experimented with chocolate donuts and sugar covered donuts. Will now start on jam-filled and cream donuts before beginning assessment of effect of various combinations. This must be done by physical repetition - Charlie don'e even think about a computer simulation!!!
  Posted by Vernon Lewis on 2007-11-06 03:55:55
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