Katie, Jessica, Matthew, Chloe, Mark, and Steven have just been found dead in a
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Katie, Jessica, Matthew, Chloe, Mark, and Steven have just been found dead in a river bank. Each of them died a different way and at different times. Let’s investigate how each person was killed and at what time to build a case.
According to our data, the times of the murders were 4:00pm, 1:00am, 10:00pm, 4:00am, 7:00pm, and 3:00am. From a recent autopsy, it was concluded that the victims’ various deaths were caused by being strangled, hit and run, shot, stabbed, poisoned, and drowned.
Turn these true statements into conditional statements in if-then form!
a) The person who was poisoned was not killed at 10:00pm.
b) Steven was strangled.
c) Matthew’s fate had to do with liquid.
d) At 6:30pm Katie likes to go out with her friends. They were the first to notice her suddenly dead at their favorite restaurant after receiving their appetizer.
Explanation / Answer
Persons - Katie, Jessica, Matthew, Chloe, Mark, and Steven
Time - 1:00am, 3:00am, 4:00am, 4:00pm, 7:00pm, and 10:00pm
Cause - strangled, hit and run, shot, stabbed, poisoned, and drowned
Steven - Strangled
Matthew - drowned
Katie - Poisoned - 7:00pm
(a) If the person was poisoned, then he was not killed at 10:00 pm
(b) if the person was Steven, he was strangled. or
If the person was stangled, he was Steven
(c) if the person was Matthew, his fate had to do with liquid (dronwed or poisoned)
If the person' fate had to do with water, he was Matthew
(d) If katie was the person, she was poisoned and she was not killed before 6:30 pm.
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