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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Yes, you have the right answer for the right reasons. There's one typo in your explanation, , but I'll overlook that. |
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Originally Posted by pdurrant
An excellent and correct answer.
Interestingly, it's expressed in a completely different way to omk3's answer. I think it's probably easier to understand this way.
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I just love how each one of us is approaching the puzzles from a different perspective yet we can all find a valid solution.
And LazyScot's answer is certainly more concise than mine...
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Originally Posted by GeoffC
But you are missing my point.
In order to progress from evening one to the next they have to know that the answer they have come up with is wrong.
How do they know it is wrong without telling the gaoler ?
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Have you looked at the spoilers? There's no guesswork involved, as long as we are sure that the other is thinking logically, which is a given in this puzzle. I found the colours on the forehead puzzle much more confusing than this... More evidence of how differently each of us thinks, I guess.