1978 AHSME Problems/Problem 22
The following four statements, and only these are found on a card:
(Assume each statement is either true or false.) Among them the number of false statements is exactly
Solution
There can be at most one true statement on the card, eliminating and . If there are true on the card, statement ("On this card exactly four statements are false") will be correct, causing a contradiction. Therefore, the answer is , since are false and only the third statement ("On this card exactly three statements are false") is correct.
Solution 2
If all of them are false, that would mean that the th one is false too. Therefore, is not the correct answer. If exactly of them are false, that would mean that only statement is true. This is correct since if only statement is true, the card that is true is the one that has of these statements are false. Therefore, our answer is .
~Arcticturn
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