Fork in the Road: Puzzle
Two identical twin brothers are standing at a fork in the road. They are identical in every way EXCEPT that one of them will always tell you a lie, and one of them will always tell you the truth. Unfortunately, you don’t know which guy is which.
A thief, running away from the police, is racing his car out of town and comes to the fork in the road. The thief takes either the left side of the fork or the right side of the fork out of town to escape the police. Both brothers see which way the thief went.
A police car who was chasing the thief stops at the fork. An officer gets out of his car and asks both brothers which way the thief went.
What one question can you ask one of the brothers to find out which path on the fork to take; the left path or the right path?
The answer is below!
The answer is...
The officer asks one of the brothers (it doesn't matter which one),
"IF YOU WERE YOUR BROTHER, WHICH WAY WOULD YOU SAY THE CROOK WENT"?
Which ever answer you receive, the thief will have gone the OTHER WAY!
The truthful brother will tell the truth saying what the lying brother would say - incorrect way.
The Lying brother knows his brother always tells the truth, so he will LIE and will state - the incorrect way.
Two identical twin brothers are standing at a fork in the road. They are identical in every way EXCEPT that one of them will always tell you a lie, and one of them will always tell you the truth. Unfortunately, you don’t know which guy is which.
A thief, running away from the police, is racing his car out of town and comes to the fork in the road. The thief takes either the left side of the fork or the right side of the fork out of town to escape the police. Both brothers see which way the thief went.
A police car who was chasing the thief stops at the fork. An officer gets out of his car and asks both brothers which way the thief went.
What one question can you ask one of the brothers to find out which path on the fork to take; the left path or the right path?
The answer is below!
The answer is...
The officer asks one of the brothers (it doesn't matter which one),
"IF YOU WERE YOUR BROTHER, WHICH WAY WOULD YOU SAY THE CROOK WENT"?
Which ever answer you receive, the thief will have gone the OTHER WAY!
The truthful brother will tell the truth saying what the lying brother would say - incorrect way.
The Lying brother knows his brother always tells the truth, so he will LIE and will state - the incorrect way.