You, a newbie cop, just gathered intel about four theives, Andrew, Orville, Nottica and Xorax have run off from the bank with a bunch of coins. You chase them to a dead end. Seeing no way out, the four decide to play a mind game with you.
From your intel, you know that all of them have a syndrome that prevents them from saying lies. With your skill, you could not apprehend all of them, so you have to make sure you get some of the coins back.
Who is guaranteed to have coins?
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Good work .....it takes a lot of time to write a big answer
Thanks for your detailed explanation.
First we note that all four statements are true. Let us consider all the cases as follows.
Statement 1 : Statement 2 : Statement 3 : Statement 4 : Andrew Yes Orville Yes Yes Nottica Yes Yes Xorac Yes Yes
Statement 1 : Statement 3 : Statement 2 : Statement 4 : Andrew No Orville No Nottica No Xorac Yes
Therefore, Xorax is guaranteed to have coins in all cases.
Good work .....it takes a lot of time to write a big answer
Yes... Good reasoning
Case 1 -Everyone has coins.
Case 2 -Not everyone has coins (Some or none of them have coins)
Then Andrew doesn't have coins.
Nottica doesn't have any because Andrew doesn't have any.
Orville doesn't have any because two people don't have any.
Xorax has some coins because Nottica and Orville both have none.
Thus whatever the case, Xorax is guaranteed to have coins
Agreed, that's the reasoning I used.
Some grammar and spelling edits:
--... about four thieves, Andrew, Orville, Nottica and Xorax, who have run off...
-- Andrew: I only have coins if every one of them has coins too.
-- Despite your skill, you cannot apprehend all of them...
I thought it was clever how the first letters in their names formed AND, OR, NOT, and XOR.
Start from only one have coins to everyone have coins and using the exception(s) method you will find that only Xorax is guaranteed to have coins
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Here are all the possibilities of the four thieves having coins (C) or not having coins (X):
Andrew: "I only have coins if every one of them have coins too." That means the following possibilities can be crossed out:
Orville: "If at least two of them don't have coins, I won't have any." Three more possibilities can be crossed out:
Nottica: "I only have coins if Andrew has some too." Two more possibilities can be crossed out:
Xorax: "I only have coins if Orville and Nottica both either have coins or none at all." No new possibilities can be crossed out.
In summary, there are only two possibilities left:
In both cases, Xorax is guaranteed to have coins.