Letters 1, 2, 3, and 4 were supposed to be delivered to Andy, Brandy, Candy, and Dandy, respectively. However, the delivery man made terrible mistakes and nobody got the right letter, hence the table above.
Andy and Brandy both know this, but Andy gives an additional information to Brandy by saying, "The letter I received is not ," with being one of 2, 3, 4. Brandy knows what is, whereas we the readers don't.
Using only this additional information given by Andy, Brandy immediately claims that she know which letter everyone received.
Given that all of them spoke the truth, can you determine which letter did Andy receive?
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(PLEASE DO THE FOLLOWING BY DRAWING THE IMAGE,THAT IS IN THE QUESTION) We know that Brandy can get letter number 1,3,4 . If brandy gets letter number 1 it would be impossible for brandy to know which letter andy received , so 1 is out from this case So there would be following cases = -If brandy gets 3 ,then andy can get letter number 2 and 4 -If brandy gets 4 ,then andy can get letter number 2 and 3. Now , the important thing ,it has been written in the question that brandy knows that which letter is with whom.(that is brandy know which person is holding which letter ). SO THIS THING IS ONLY POSSIBLE WHEN ANDY RECEIVES LETTER NUMBER 2 (as in the other cases it would be impossible for brandy to know which person is holding which letter).