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| *videogamsta* |
 Sep 27 2006, 06:31 PM
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A man was to be sentenced, and the judge told him, "You may make a statement. If it is true, I'll sentence you to four years in prison. If it is false, I'll sentence you to six years in prison." After the man made his statement, the judge decided to let him go free.
What did the man say? Researching not allowed! Answers will be given out later! |
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Sep 27 2006, 06:41 PM
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You will sentence me to 6 years in prison. If it's true, then he goes to prison for 4 years. If it's false, he'll be sent to 6 years in prison, which would make the prior statement true.
Had to learn all about this kind of stuff in Math last year. |
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Sep 27 2006, 06:54 PM
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QUOTE(gigiopolis @ Sep 27 2006, 6:41 PM)  You will sentence me to 6 years in prison. If it's true, then he goes to prison for 4 years. If it's false, he'll be sent to 6 years in prison, which would make the prior statement true. Had to learn all about this kind of stuff in Math last year. Yeah. She's right. Ditto about the whole Math thing. |
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Sep 27 2006, 07:06 PM
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yup. i agree. i didnt get it the first time :[
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Sep 27 2006, 09:40 PM
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wait wouldn't it be the other way around cause if he was going to sentence him to 6 years and it was true then he would be sentenced to 6 years not four i don't get it lol.
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Sep 27 2006, 09:42 PM
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God I'm horrible at these and I dont get the answer
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Sep 27 2006, 09:51 PM
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stupid judge should have just given him 5.
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Sep 28 2006, 09:35 AM
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This is what happens when you let those goddamn activist judges sit on the bench!
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Sep 28 2006, 07:44 PM
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but read my post am i right?
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Sep 28 2006, 08:01 PM
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QUOTE(gigiopolis @ Sep 27 2006, 4:41 PM) You will sentence me to 6 years in prison. If it's true, then he goes to prison for 4 years. If it's false, he'll be sent to 6 years in prison, which would make the prior statement true. Had to learn all about this kind of stuff in Math last year. ... o_o That is confuuusing. What the heck does it has to do with math? 
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Sep 28 2006, 10:00 PM
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^ That's what I want to know.
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Sep 28 2006, 10:23 PM
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QUOTE(electric shock @ Sep 28 2006, 8:01 PM) ... o_o That is confuuusing. What the heck does it has to do with math? Logic. Elementary / Early junior high math covers a lot of logic, puzzles, etc. You know, he coulda said something like "Let me free now or my dog will eat your children." |
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Sep 29 2006, 12:01 AM
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QUOTE(mipadi @ Sep 28 2006, 10:35 AM) This is what happens when you let those goddamn activist judges sit on the bench! What a faggot. |
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Sep 29 2006, 02:46 PM
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Hey watch it. No member bashing!
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Sep 29 2006, 08:14 PM
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You guys are stupid!
Answer: The answer to the riddle can not be "he said nothing" because in the riddle it says "After the man made his statement..." Therefore, that is the official answer. |
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Sep 30 2006, 10:46 AM
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^what? gigiopolis's answer made a lot more sense than that
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Sep 30 2006, 10:50 AM
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"I am a man"
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Sep 30 2006, 10:10 PM
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QUOTE(Caitlinnn @ Sep 27 2006, 6:42 PM) God I'm horrible at these and I dont get the answer  I don`t even get the riddle 
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Sep 30 2006, 11:23 PM
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QUOTE(videogamsta @ Sep 29 2006, 6:14 PM) You guys are stupid! Answer: The answer to the riddle can not be "he said nothing" because in the riddle it says "After the man made his statement..." Therefore, that is the official answer. ...okay. Yeah you have to learn about logic and logic puzzles in Math. I had a lot of questions about islands of liars and truth-tellers. |
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Sep 30 2006, 11:49 PM
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You people are too smart for me :-(
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Oct 1 2006, 12:34 AM
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Christine's answer sounds logical.
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Oct 1 2006, 01:29 AM
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in a matter of time Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,151 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 191,357 |
Maybe I'll just explain it again.
My stab at it was the statement "You will sentence me to 6 years in prison." If the statement is true, then he will go to prison for 4 years, which contradicts his "true" statement of six years. If it's false, he'll be sent to 6 years in prison, which makes what he said true, e.g., not false. Either way it contradicts whatever he said. |
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