rookie1ja Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Pandora's Box II. - Back to the Logic Problems And here is the second test. At least one inscription is true and at least one is false. Which means the ring is in the... Golden box The ring is not in the silver box. Silver box The ring is not in this box. Lead box The ring is in this box. This old topic is locked since it was answered many times. You can check solution in the Spoiler below. Pls visit New Puzzles section to see always fresh brain teasers. Pandora's Box II. - solution The ring must be in the golden box, otherwise all the inscriptions would be either true or false. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 8, 2007 Report Share Posted May 8, 2007 It is possible that it's in none of the boxes (I just mention this since I brought it up in Pandora's Box I). ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Lead | Silver | Gold | Total | | | Ring here | Ring not here | Ring not silver | True/False | |---------+------------+----------------+-----------------+-------------| | Gold | F | T | T | 2/1 | |---------+------------+----------------+-----------------+-------------| | Silver | F | F | F | 0/3 | |---------+------------+----------------+-----------------+-------------| | Lead | T | T | T | 3/0 | |---------+------------+----------------+-----------------+-------------| | None | F | T | T | 1/2 | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookie1ja Posted May 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2007 It is possible that it's in none of the boxes (I just mention this since I brought it up in Pandora's Box I) Whereas, I have some doubts about your solution in Pandora's Box I (check my comment), here it seems that none is indeed an option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 It is possible that it's in none of the boxes (I just mention this since I brought it up in Pandora's Box I). Sure, if we want to think "outside the box," I could say it is in the lead box(T), which is inside the silver box(F), which is inside the gold box(F), but that would be silly. The original instructions said: Based upon the inscriptions on the boxes (none or just one of them is true), choose one box where the wedding ring is hidden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 It is Possible that the ring is in none of these boxes but if it is any of the boxes then it is Golden Box. Let us logically analyze each one of these inscriptions Case one : Ring in the Lead Box then ==> the Golden Box's inscription would be true , the silver Box's inscription would be true and so would that of the Lead Box. However it is mentioned that 'at least one inscription is true and one is false ', so it cannot be the lead box as all the inscriptions turn out to be true. Case two : Ring in the Silver Box then == > the Golden Box's inscription would be false , the siver box's inscription false and the one for the Lead Box also be false. Following the same logic as applied for the previous case as all the incsriptions can't be false , the ring is not in the Silver Box. So the ring is in the Golden Box as in this case , the inscriptions on the Golden and Silver Box will be true and that of the Lead Box box will be false . This would be in cord with the condition that 'at least one inscription is true and one is false ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonanova Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 The inscriptions on Gold and Silver agree, so they must have the same truth value. By conditions of the problem, Lead has the opposite truth value. Gold and Silver False means [1] Ring is in Silver [2] Lead is true -> Ring is in Lead. Contradiction Gold and Silver True means [1] Ring is in Gold or Lead [2] Lead is false -> Ring is not in Lead. Ring is in gold box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 I think it is the lead box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 I think it is the lead box. o o ! i dont kno! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoaDay Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 i think its gold but i may be wrong and it may be none Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoaDay Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 wow, i was right, i just went throught the possible combinations and t-t-f worked making the golden box the answer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 (edited) well if at least one of the incripts is lie and one is true.. so it can be one lie and two true.. or two lie and one true.. but it can only be one lie and two true.. Lead Box is telling a lie.. while the other two are telling the truth.. and u can judge that the ring is in the Golden Box.. Edited March 6, 2008 by Chakriya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 lead = false silver=true gold=true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 It's probably in the felt box...which actually meets all the preconditions and doesn't violate any of the wording of the problem or the choices for the solution since we were asked to choose one box, but never specifically one of the gold, silver, or lead boxes. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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