A riddle question number 14
Three friends Jim, Sam and Tom were playing in the garden and one of them broke a pot. While enquiring about it the three friends answered as follows:
Jim: I haven’t broken the pot.
Sam: I haven’t broken the pot.
Tom: Sam has broken the pot.
If only one of them is speaking the truth, then who broke the pot?
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1 solution
Jim broke the pot.
Explanation:
Case 1: Let us assume Sam is the guilty one. In this case both Jim and Tom are speaking the truth, which is not possible.
Case2: Let us assume Tom is the guilty one. In this case both Jim and Sam are speaking the truth, which is also not possible.
Case3: Let us assume Jim is the guilty one. In this case only Sam is speaking the truth.