Lewis Carroll puzzle: (1) Animals are always mortally offended if I fail of noti

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Lewis Carroll puzzle:

(1) Animals are always mortally offended if I fail of notice them;
(2) The only animals that belong to me are in that field;
(3) No animal can guess a conundrum, unless it has been properly trained in a Board-School;
(4) None of the animals in that field are badgers;
(5) When an animal is mortally offended, it always rushes about wildly and howls;
(6) I never notice any animal, unless it belongs to me;
(7) No animal, that has been properly trained in a Board-School, ever rushes about wildly and howls.

What can you conclude from these statements? Justify your answer.

Explanation / Answer

This is one of the famous puzzle in the field of symbolic logic

Correct Answer: No badger can guess a conundrum

Reason: In the second statement, it is written that all animals are in that field, none of the animals in the field are badgers.

So none of his animal can guess a conundrum, only badger rushes widly and hollow, hence no badgers can guess the conundrum

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