Guest Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 Four people are suspected of stealing a jewel from a house. If one of their statements are true, and one is false, who is the thief? Bo said: It was Bo. It wasn't Roman. Roman said: It was Kate. It wasn't Bo. John said: It was Roman. It wasn't Kate. Kate said: It was John. It was Bo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 It was John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 It was John You got it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 John Assume it was Bo: Bo's statement "it was Bo" is True, "It wasn't Roman" must be false-So it was Roman, So Bo cannot be it. Kate's statement "It was Bo" must be false, so "It was John" must be true-John is it Also Since Bo wasn't it, Roman's statement "It wasn't Bo" must be true, so "It was Kate" must be false, So Kate cannot be it. John's statement "It wasn't Kate" must be true, so "It was Roman" must be false, so Roman cannot be it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 John Assume it was Bo: Bo's statement "it was Bo" is True, "It wasn't Roman" must be false-So it was Roman, So Bo cannot be it. Kate's statement "It was Bo" must be false, so "It was John" must be true-John is it Also Since Bo wasn't it, Roman's statement "It wasn't Bo" must be true, so "It was Kate" must be false, So Kate cannot be it. John's statement "It wasn't Kate" must be true, so "It was Roman" must be false, so Roman cannot be it. yes..correct..explained nicely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 akaslickster Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 (edited) LINE 2 TRUE AND LINE 4 FALSE KATE STOLE.?Four people are suspected of stealing a jewel from a house. If one of their statements are true, and one is false, who is the thief? Bo said: It was Bo. It wasn't Roman. Roman said: It was Kate. It wasn't Bo. John said: It was Roman. It wasn't Kate. Kate said: It was John. It was Bo. good riddle but confusing for me. Edited May 5, 2008 by akaslickster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 LINE 2 TRUE AND LINE 4 FALSE KATE STOLE.? good riddle but confusing for me. umm....no...sorry out of the two statements said by each person, one of the statements is false. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Nikyma Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 it had to be John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 it had to be John. the great Nikyma got it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 It was John. Based off of Bo's statements, either both he and Roman did it, or neither did(as one statement is true, one false). Since only one person stole it, neither did. So it was John or Kate. Then Roman says "It wasn't Bo." which is true, so his statement that Kate did it is false. Therefore John did it by elimination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 akaslickster Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 1 truth and 1 lie from each statement. John was not blamed at all so the truths point to him with the lies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 john Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 Bo said: It was Bo. It wasn't Roman. Roman said: It was Kate. It wasn't Bo. John said: It was Roman. It wasn't Kate. Kate said: It was John. It was Bo. [spoiler=Free spoilers today ... ]Okay Lets go and see what Kate said... It was John. It was Bo. One statement true, and the other one is not. So it has to be either John or Bo to make one of this statement to be true. It can not be the other two (Roman and Kate). Roman said it was Kate (not true); then Roman's true statement was "It wasn't Bo.". Therefore it must be JOHN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 If their first statements were true, Bo's, Roman's and John's statements would all implicate two people. So they're all F-T, and that exonerates Bo, Roman and Kate. Given that one of them is guilty, it's John. Kate's statements confirm that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 (edited) based on line 1... it can't be Bo because he will end up with 2 True if Bo is the thief based on line 4... it must be John because Bo is proven innocent in line 1 and it fits the 1 true-1 false rule so John stole the jewel, go lock him Edited May 7, 2008 by rod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Four people are suspected of stealing a jewel from a house.
If one of their statements are true, and one is false, who is the thief?
Bo said: It was Bo. It wasn't Roman.
Roman said: It was Kate. It wasn't Bo.
John said: It was Roman. It wasn't Kate.
Kate said: It was John. It was Bo.
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