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They were each in a different colored pen and each had a different trainer. From
the given clues below can you place each animal in their proper pen with their
trainer?
Brian is the trainer for the koalas.
The eagles are kept in the yellow pen.
Daniel is in charge of the green pen.
Questions
1. What animal does Michael take care of?
2. Which animal is in the blue pen?
3. Who trains the bears?
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TRUE STATEMENTS:
A. The number of false statements here is one.
B. The number of false statements here is two.
C. The number of false statements here is three.
D. The number of false statements here is four.
The third statement (Neal did not have the chicken sandwich) is the only true st
atement.
* Kyle had the turkey. FALSE
* Kyle did not have the chicken. FALSE
* Neal did not have the chicken. TRUE
* Neal did not have the ham. FALSE
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When asked her 3 children's ages, Mrs. Muddled said that Alice is the youngest u
nless Bill is, and that if Carl isn't the youngest then Alice is the oldest. Who
is the oldest and who is the youngest?
We are told that the youngest may be either Alice or Bill. How can we use that i
nformation? Well, we can deduce that Carl cannot the youngest, so we can cross o
ff that cell:
Alice Bill Carl
Oldest
Middle
Youngest X
Next we are told that if Carl isn't the youngest (which he's not) the Alice is t
he oldest. So Alice must be the oldest and we can fill in that box:
Alice Bill Carl
Oldest O
Middle
Youngest X
Now we can fill in the rest of the first column and first row because no one els
e can be oldest and Alice cannot be anything but oldest:
Alice Bill Carl
Oldest O X X
Middle X
Youngest X X
Fill row three and column three which both have only one remaining cell availabl
e:
Alice Bill Carl
Oldest O X X
Middle X X O
Youngest X O X
Thus, Alice is oldest, Carl is Middle and Bill is the youngest.
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Mr. and Mrs. Smith and their two children form a typical American family. If exa
ctly two of the following statements are true, what is the first name of the fat
her, mother, son and daughter:
* George and Dorothy are blood relatives.
* Howard is older than George.
* Virginia is younger than Howard.
* Virginia is older than Dorothy.
Let us try believing the first two statements to be true and see if that works.
Statement #1 means that George and Dorothy are not both parents, #2 means that H
oward is that father. Now we need the last two statements to be false. #3 could
be false only if Virginia is the mother, so that would mean Howard and Virginia
are the parents. But then #4 would also be true, so this is not the solution bec
ause that would be 3 true statements.
Suppose #1 is false. Then George and Dorothy are the parents. This would mean th
at #2 is also false because George would be older than his son Howard. Can the l
ast two statements be true? Statement #3 could be true because Virginia could be
Howard's younger sister. But, alas, #4 would be false, which is too many false
statements.
Thus we have deduced that #1 must be true and #2 must be false if this puzzle is
to have any solution at all. Statement #2 false means that George is that fathe
r, and #1 true then means that Virginia is the mother. That is the only possible
solution left, so it had better work. Statement #3 must then be false because V
irginia must be older than her son Howard. That means #4 needs to be true, and Y
ES, it is: Virginia would be older than her daughter Dorothy.
Therefore, George and Virginia are the parents of Howard and Dorothy.
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Three children in one family each need to use the same computer to do their hom
ework. They have worked out a schedule so each of them gets to use the computer
for an hour before going to bed. The times are 6:00, 7:00, and 8:00. Find out wh
at time each child uses the computer.
6:00 7:00 8:00
CARL
CATHY
CHRIS
1. Carl likes to spend time playing with his pet dog at 7:00 each night.
2. Chris does not use the computer at 8:00.
3. Cathy practices the piano at 6:00 each night.
4. Carl works on the computer one hour before Chris.
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Honestants and Swindlecants VII
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