You are currently a participant in a line-up between three possible criminals. You're trying to decide who stole Mr.H's love, who began the fight, and who provided the Getaway.
Here's what the participants in the crime had to say:
L0003: There's no doubt. I was the one who stole the love. M0001: L is just pulling your leg, she's the one who drove us away. R0002: I started the fight :).
Assuming 2 of the 3 Diva's are lying, which is the only possible answer for L0003, M0001, R0002 below?
A) Driver, Thief, Starter B) Starter, Thief, Driver C) Driver, Starter, Thief D) Thief, Thief, Thief (This answer is worth -50 phanecarats)
A) Driver, Thief, Starter B) Starter, Thief, Driver C) Driver, Starter, Thief
are correct.
If L0003 is telling the truth: L0003 was the thief. M0001 is lying about L0003 being the driver. R0002 is lying about being the one to start the fight.
R0002's statement means that either L0003 or M0001 was the starter, and either M0001 or R0002 was the driver. Since L0003 was the thief, M0001 must be the starter and R0002 the driver, giving us:
Thief, starter, driver.
If M0001 is telling the truth: L0003 is lying about being the thief. L0003 was the driver. R0002 is lying about starting the fight.
This means that either M0001 or R0002 was the thief. Since R0002 is lying about starting the fight, that role falls on M0001, meaning R0002 was the thief:
Driver, starter, thief.
R0003 is not telling the truth. If she were: L0002 would be lying about being the thief. M0001 would be lying about L0002 being the driver. R0003 would be the one who started the fight.
If R0003 started the fight, then L0002 was either the thief or the driver. However, she was lying about being the thief and M0001 was lying about L0002 being the driver, leaving L0002 without a role in this scenario.
However, my alternatives are written with the assumptions that the alternatives given have the suspects listed in the order thay are standing: L0002, M0001, R0003.
If they have the suspects listed in the numerical order (M0001, L0002, R0003), my results come out as "Starter, thief, driver" and "Starter, driver, thief", respectively, the first of which is an identical match to alternative B, which is the correct answer if the suspects are listed numerically.