True or False? - Logic

Logic Level 2

A man is caught on the king’s property. He is brought before the king to be punished. The king says, “You must give me a statement. If it is true, you will be killed by lions. If it is false, you will be killed by the trampling of wild buffalo. If I can’t figure it out, I’ll have to let you go.” Sure enough, the man was released. What was the man’s statement?

“I will be killed by trampling of wild buffalo.” “I will be killed by lions.” There's no statement that could safe the man.

Hermione Granger by Hermione Granger , 12, Sweden

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2 solutions

Veselin Dimov
Mar 9, 2021

It is a paradox, so the man will live!

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Not clear enough

Ash Ketchup - 3 months ago

Nice problem, Hermione!

Ash Ketchup - 3 months ago

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Thank you, Mr Ketchup... By the way, do you know that the earliest kinds of tomato ketchup were sold as medicine? It must taste weird!

Hermione Granger - 3 months ago

I think that the doctors thought that the tomato has medicinal properties

Ash Ketchup - 3 months ago
Hermione Granger
Mar 10, 2021

Explanation: “I will be killed by trampling of wild buffalo.” This stumped the king because if it’s true, he’ll be killed by lions, which would render the statement not true. If it’s a lie, he’d be killed by wild buffalo, which would make it a truth. Since the king had no solution, he had to let the man go. All is clear?

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