Math, asked by kkdev9123, 1 year ago

There are 3 triplet brothers. They look identical. The oldest is John, he always tells the truth. The second is Jack, he always tells a lie. The third is Joe, he either tells the truth or a lie. Jimmie Dean went to visit them one day. He was wondering who was who. So he asked each person a question. He asked the one who was sitting on the left: “Who is the guy sitting in the middle?”. The answer was “He is John.” He asked the one who was sitting in the middle: “What is your name?”. The answer was “I am Joe.” He asked the one who was sitting on the right: “What is the guy sitting in the middle?”. The answer was “He is Jack.” Jimmie Dean got really confused. Basically, he asked 3 same questions, but he got 3 different answers. which
is not true?
1. left most is joe
2. middle is jack
3. right is john
4. middle is john

Answers

Answered by inhumandrowsey

The 4th option is wrong because when left one said about the middle one that the boy in the middle is john then if the middle was really john then he cannot lie but the middle one said he is joe. So 4th option that is "middle is john" is not true.

Answered by vivekanand52

The correct option is option 2) middle is jack.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since John always tells the truth, we can find him first by false logic. If the one sitting on the left were John, he would not say (when asked who the guy in the middle was), "He is John".

So he can not be John. If the one in the middle is John, he should say "I am John" (not, I am Joe). So he can not be John. John is therefore the one on the right. His statement was true. Therefore the middle one is Jack. That leaves Joe on the left.