A tourist visiting New York ciy had his wallet stolen in an elevatior. th thief

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A tourist visiting New York ciy had his wallet stolen in an elevatior. th thief haad to be Lillian, judy, David, Theo or Margaret, When questioned by te police each suspect made three statements:

Lillian:I

I didn't take the wallet.

have never in my life stolen anything.

Theo did it.

Judy:

I didn't take the wallet.

My daddy is rich enough, and i hae a wallet of my own,

Margret knows who did it.

David:

I didn't takethe wallet.

I didn't know Margaret before I came into the elevator.

Theo did it.

Theo:

I am not gulty.

Margaret did it.

Lillian is lying when she says i stole the wallet.

Margaret:

I didn't take the wallet.

Judy is guilty.

David can vouch for me because he has known me since i was born.

later, each person admitted that two of his/her statements were true and one was false.

assuming theis is true, who stole the wallet?

Lillian

judy

David

Theo

Margaret

Explanation / Answer

Assume L1, L2,L3 are three statements given by Lillian in order what is given above. Similarly, J1,J2, J3 will be of Judy and so on.

1. For Lillian

L1- TRUE L2- TRUE L3-FALSE

2. L3 Relates to Theo-

3. T2 relates to Margaret

4.JUDY

5.DAVID

Judy stole the wallet as no contradiction occurs. If we reverse our assumption then Theo comes to guilty which can't be true.

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