I posed this question to my 6th, 7th, 8th grade gifted students. To make things interesting there is no solution posted anywhere. I have my solution in hand after hours of confusion and need to check it. First fully explained correct solution gets my vote! Can you solve it?
Teaser posted at: http://amby.com/go_ghoti/princess.html
Good Luck!
2006-12-19
02:24:23
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Shortened Version Of The Teaser
The next day he had Kecho placed in a room with nine doors. Each door led to a single room. One of the rooms contained the princess while the rest of the rooms were either empty or contained a tiger. Above each door was a sign.
Here's a list of the signs:
oRoom I: The lady is an odd-numbered room.
Room II: This room is empty.
Room III: Either sign on Room V is right or sign on Room VII is wrong.
Room IV: Sign on Room I is wrong.
Room V: Either sign on Room II or sign on Room IV is right.
Room VI: Sign on Room III is wrong.
Room VII: The lady is not in Room I.
Room VIII: This room has a tiger and Room IX is empty.
Room IX: This room has a tiger and sign on Room VI is wrong.
The king told Kecho, "The sign on the door of the room containing the princess is true; the signs on the doors of all the rooms containing the tigers are false; while those on the empty rooms can be either true or false."
2006-12-19
02:57:34 ·
update #1