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One day Alice meets pal and byte in fairyland. She knows that pal lies on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays and tells the truth on the other days of the week, byte on the other hand lies on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, but tells the truth on the other days of the week. Now they make the following statements to Alice.
Pal: Yesterday was one of those days when I lie
Byte: Yesterday was one of those days when I lie too.
What day is it?
option
a) Thursday
b) Tuesday
c) Monday
d) Sunday
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- a) Thursday
Explanation :
On Thursday, Pal say truth. i.e Yesterday(Wednesday) was one of those days when I lie. Its true.
On the other hand, On Thursday, Byte lie. i.e Yesterday(Wednesday) was one of those days when I lie too. Its a lie. So both satisfied. Hence its Thursday. - 14 years agoHelpfull: Yes(72) No(0)
- M T W T F S S
pal L L L T T T T
byte T T T L L L T
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X X X √ X X X - 14 years agoHelpfull: Yes(22) No(6)
- according to the given data,
the ans is thursday - 14 years agoHelpfull: Yes(8) No(5)
- a) Thursday
- 14 years agoHelpfull: Yes(4) No(2)
- Thrusday
- 14 years agoHelpfull: Yes(4) No(6)
- Ans: Thursday.
- 14 years agoHelpfull: Yes(4) No(1)
- ans will be thursday.
since Byte says "Yesterday was one of those days when I lie too"
But there is no day when both lie together...so byte is definitly lying.
So the day is thursday, friday or saturday...option matches with thursday so thursday is the answer. - 9 years agoHelpfull: Yes(2) No(0)
- how you exactly say as Thursday...? it may be friday or saturday na?
can anyone explain it clearly? - 10 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(0)
- ans will be thursday.
since Byte says "Yesterday was one of those days when I lie too"
But there is no day when both lie together...so byte is definitly lying.
So the day is thursday, friday or saturday...option matches with thursday so thursday is the answer. - 9 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(0)
- ans will be thursday.
since Byte says "Yesterday was one of those days when I lie too"
But there is no day when both lie together...so byte is definitly lying.
So the day is thursday, friday or saturday...option matches with thursday so thursday is the answer. - 9 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
- but what is Pal is lying and Byte is telling the truth?
- 8 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
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