Who is what?

Question

each of 3 friends is engaged in a different occupation. by a strange coinidence their names, mr. carpenter, mr. mason, and mr. painter, are the same as their trades, but but not not necessarily respetively.
the following statements were made about the 3 men but it turned out that only one statement was true:

Mr. carpenter is not a painter.
Mr. mason is not a capenter.
Mr. carpenter is a carpenter.
Mr. mason is not a painter.

who is what? why?

Answer 1

A) Mr. carpenter is not a painter.
B) Mr. mason is not a carpenter.
C) Mr. carpenter is a carpenter.
D) Mr. mason is not a painter


If A were true and Mr. carpenter is not a painter then Mr. Mason would have to be both a painter and a carpenter.

A is false.

If B were true then both A and D would need to be false meaning both Mr. Carpenter and Mr. Mason are painters.

B is false.

If C were true then Mr. carpenter is, in fact, the carpenter but also have the co-profession of painter as A would have to be true in order for C to be true.

"...but it turned out that only one statement was true."

C is false.

So D must be true.

Mr. Mason is not a painter.

therefore, according to the falseness of A Mr. carpenter is a painter.

In order to keep B false Mr. Mason must be a carpenter which, of course, would support make C false in that Mr. Carpenter is not a carpenter.

Mr. Carpenter is the painter, Mr. Mason is the carpenter, and Mr. Painter is the mason.

Answer 2

Mr. Mason is a carpenter
Mr. Carpenter is a painter
Mr. Paiter is a mason.

B/c, onyl one statemenst is true, the other 3 false, the only possible order corrasponding to the above is:
Mr. C is not P FALSE
Mr. M is not C FALSE
Mr. C is C FALSE
Mr. M is not P TRUE

Answer 3

Mr. Carpenter is a carpenter.

Answer 4

It is the work of the person to whom you relate. It is his duty to make his name famous rather than profession through any method.

Answer 5

Depends on What is Who?????????

Because how do we know What is if we don't know Who is.