there are 2 doors 1 good and 1 bad the doors have no labels on them you also have 2 identical computers 1 lies and 1 tells the truth. what is the correct phrase to type into 1 computer to determine the right door?
2006-09-26 03:31:59 · 10 answers · asked by Capital P 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
I don't get it!! Thanks for the two points though!!
2006-09-26 05:46:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
None are right. It's like another logic problem I heard years ago.
You are walking towards 2 towns: Truth town and Liarville. You want to get to Truth town. You come across a fork in the road. There is a villager standing there, but you don't know where he's from. What do you ask him to get to Truth town?
The answer is "Take me to your town." A truthful person will lead you to Truth town, and a liar will not take you to his own village, but to the other town.
In the computer scenario, we have two computers, two villagers, one from each town. But the second villager adds an unpredictable variable. Nether of them could be telling the truth. Both roads could lead straight off of a cliff. The only real answer is that there is no answer. The computers can change which door is correct, so that you never pick the right one. That's the way I see it.
2006-09-27 02:35:43 · answer #2 · answered by Yippy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would ask both computers a question about myself to determine which computer was the truthful computer. Like, what color is my hair, so I would know what answer I was looking for. Then once I knew which computer was the truthful computer I would ask it which door to go through.
2006-09-26 11:02:29 · answer #3 · answered by Angelica G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Which door will the other computer say is the good door?
The "lying" computer will tell you the opposite of what the "truthful" computer says, so the answer the "lying" computer gives will be the bad door.
The "truthful" computer will answer honestly what the "lying" computer will lie about, so the answer you get from the "truthful" computer will be the bad door.
No matter which computer you pick, choose the opposite door of what they say.
2006-09-26 10:44:18 · answer #4 · answered by Milana P 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask any computer 'If I ask the other computer which door to use which will it indicate?'
If you ask the truthful computer it will know that the other will lie and and tell you the bad door. If you ask the one that lies it knows the other will indicate the good door so tell you the opposite. So whichever door is indicated use the opposite.
2006-09-26 11:26:28 · answer #5 · answered by quatt47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What will the other computer say is the correct door
2006-09-26 10:34:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ask the computer which door the other would have you go through, then do the opposite...
The good computer would tell you the wrong door because that is what the lie computer would tell you...
The lie computer would tell you a lie and rather than tell you the door the good comp would tell you it would tell you the opposite...to lie to you...
2006-09-26 10:37:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
ask the computer ,which door handle shows the most wear on it, this could be the door used more often be cause more use is usually the best!!! I think??
2006-09-26 10:55:20 · answer #8 · answered by Tired Old Man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm such a liar
2006-09-28 15:29:41 · answer #9 · answered by a_raveneau 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ridtasbkg
2006-09-26 10:47:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋