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10 suspects are rounded by the police and questioned about a bank robbery. Only one of them is guilty. The suspects are made to stand in a line and each person declares that the person next to him on his right is guilty. The rightmost person is not questioned. Which of the following possibilities are true?
A. All suspects are lying or the leftmost suspect is innocent.
B. All suspects are lying and the leftmost suspect is innocent .
i> A only
ii> B only
iii> Both A and B
iv> Neither A nor B
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- statement (A) means left most is guilty or he is innocent
---------(B) means left most is guilty and he is innocent
hence only (A) is possible - 14 years agoHelpfull: Yes(15) No(6)
- will you please give me the explanation clearly..
- 10 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(0)
- correct optn is 4th
- 14 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(8)
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