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Strategies & Market Trends : Dave Gore's Trades That Make Sense
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To: mishedlo who wrote (11105)8/10/2002 12:07:04 AM
From: SirRealist  Read Replies (1) of 16631
 
I presume you're saying you already know the pre-conditions of 1 liar, 1 honest, 1 switchhitter with this answer (if I misread that, I'll try it again without the pre-condition):

1) Ask: which of the other two farmers lies at least some of the time?

Adams: Brooks & Smith
Brooks: Adams (he can't say Smith, because that'd be true)
Smith: If he says 'both', it becomes immediately clear that Brooks is the compulsive liar.

At that point, asking Brooks "which fork to take" would definitely yield the wrong answer, so you'd do the opposite.

If Smith says: "Brooks" or "Adams" alone, this would reveal that Adams has to be the truthteller. So the second question would be to ask Adams which is the correct fork, and take it.

(How'd I do? Or was my precondition wrong?)
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