Mom wants find who stole the cheese between her four children and her husband. T

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Mom wants find who stole the cheese between her four children and her husband. The older child always the truth and rest of the family lies exactly one half of the time.

1. Maria said. " You ate it last night. Mother."
2, The next-to-oldest child said. "A bear took It."
3. Someone said, "There was no bear--somebody here ate it."
4. The father said, " Nobody here ate it."
5. Susie said, "Daddy took it."
6. The youngest child said, "Daddy didn't eat it. Susie,"
7. Claude said, " I didn't take it "
8, Mark said. "Sammy took it."
9. The next-the-youngest child said. "Sammy didn't !take it."
10. Sammy said. " just because Maria is older than I am she thinks she knows everything."

Can you name the family members , their relative age , the remarks they made and find the culprit who stole the cheese (Assume only one stole the cheese?

Explanation / Answer

claude(father)>maria>sammy>susie>mark

mother stole

1)maria said mother ate it last night and sammy told " just because Maria is older than I am she thinks she knows everything." hence maria is only older than sammy and as you have told that older child always speaks truth hence mother is the culprit

Susie said, "Daddy took it." The youngest child said, "Daddy didn't eat it. Susie," which means that susie is not the youngest hence she is next to youngest

6. The youngest child said, "Daddy didn't eat it. Susie,"
just after Claude said, " I didn't take it " and hence claude is daddy to defend himself

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