Answer by Andrew Savinykh for When was Alice Born?
Many questions that allow brute forcing have an obligatory answer "I wrote a program!". Those are usually less fun to read, than logical reasoning, but for some people (including me) they are a great...
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Alice was born inAlice first tells Bob thatThis narrows down Bob's list toAlice then tells Bob thatAs a result, Bob thinks that Alice was born inAlice first tells Charlie thatThis narrows down...
View ArticleAnswer by Zaenille for When was Alice Born?
Alice was born in: In Bob's questions, we find out that: In Charlie's questions, we find out that: We are looking for answer combinations that give Bob and Charlie exactly one choice, but those choices...
View ArticleAnswer by Mohirl for When was Alice Born?
PartialBobHer first answer must have been one ofbecauseThe fact he knew the answer after the second question means she either saidCharlieHer first answer must have been one ofThen her second...
View ArticleAnswer by Nahmid for When was Alice Born?
This answer assumes that both Bob and Charlie got told the same month. I don't think the problem works if this assumption isn't met.Alice was born in In Alice's first conversation with Bob, the two...
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Work in progress :Months sorted by number of lettersSince Bob cannot guess from this point but can if he knows if it is one of the 6 first or last months,Months sorted by second letter:Since Charlie...
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This is inspired by the following recent question: Living next door to AliceHaving failed to figure out where Alice lives, Bob and Charlie endeavour to determine the month in which Alice was born. Bob...
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