tony soprano, leader of the soprano crime syndicate of NJ, was killed by one of
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Question
tony soprano, leader of the soprano crime syndicate of NJ, was killed by one of his own henchmen. detective vine interviews the men and determines that all were lying except for one, based on what he remembers from TINFO 240. He has deduced who killed tony on the basis of the following statements.
bobby: ralph killed tony.
Silvo: paulie didn't kill tony.
ralph: paulie was shooting craps with bobby when tony was knocked off.
paulie: ralph didn't kill tony.
who killed tony? expalin your logic.
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Explanation / Answer
It is given that one of them spoke the truth and rest all lied.
Assume Bobby spoke truth:
If bobby spoke truth, then silvo's statement also be true which is contradiction. Therefore, Bobby must be lying.
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Assume silvo spoke truth.
Therefore, silvo must be lying.
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Assume that ralph spoke the truth:
Therefore, ralph is also lying.
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Now assume that paulie is speaking the truth.
Thus, no contradiction was formed in this assumption. And culprit is paulie as shown in the above analysis.
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