Dectective Stories!!-Chosen by Philip Pullman
In here there are a lot of interesting, fascinating mystery stories solved by some of the detectives that we all would probably know such as Sherlock Holmes, Inspector Craig and some others. There are stories written by Issac Asimov, Italo calvino, Agatha Christie, Ellery Queen, and others. Here is a "puzzle written by a professor of mathematical logic." ALl the clues you will need to solve for the following case is below and thats all the clues you will need to solve the question at the bottom.
An enormous amount of loot had been stolen from a store. The criminal (or criminals) took the heist away in a car. These well-known criminals A,B,C were brought in Scotland Yard for questioning. The following facts were ascertained:
(1) No one other than A,B,C was involved in the robbery.
(2) C never pulls a job without using A ( and possibly others) as an accomplice.
(3) B does not know how to drive.
Is A INNOCENT or GUILTY?
You guys can try to answer the question and can post ur answer on the comment section of this post. Trying to answer this question can really be confusing and also writing and explanation for your answer is also confusing.
I will post the answer that is in the book soon!
Good Luck!!
posted by Anonymous @ 7:08 a.m.
2 comments
2 Comments:
okay...i'm just guessing: A is innocent, i think B is the criminal because the description of the crime only stated that the robber took the loot away IN a car, but it never said anything about the robber driving away or anything, so yeah...(i know my explanation is very wierd, lolz)
Stephie,
you are good. i thought A was innocent but had not thought it through all the way.
catherine
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