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brown,jones & smith are suspected of income tax evasion.

 
Sat Apr 16, 2011 6:16 am  by tartle

brown,jones & smith are suspected of income tax evasion.They testify,under oath as follows
Brown: jone is guilty & smith is innocent
Jones: if Brown is guilty,then so is Smith
Smith: I am innocent but at least one of the other's is guilty.
a)assuming every body told the truth who is or are innocent or guilty?
b)assuming the innocent told the truth & guilty lied who is or are innocent or guilty?
 
   
Thu May 19, 2011 4:28 pm  by Verglas

a) Jones is guilty and the other 2 are innocent
b) Brown and Smith are guilty and Jones is innocent
 
   
Tue Jul 12, 2016 5:30 am  by Dzallen

If lying means everything they say is false, then neither Brown nor Smith can be guilty (since one being guilty must mean the other is also guilty).

Therefore the answer for both cases is Jones is guilty, and Brown and Smith are innocent.
 
   
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