PUZZLE 3  Who is who?   Sept. 25-29

 

              Time for MATH MINUTE! (your theme music here).

              Get out your paper & pencil, because I have a new puzzle for you!

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           Math comes in all kinds of form.

           Here is a puzzle for everyone, keep trying and you will figure it out!

 

           Three guys are sitting on a fence.

           Their names are Manny, Moe and Mack, but we never met them,

so which one is which?

          However, everyone in these parts knows that:

                      Manny always tells the truth,

                      Moe sometimes tells the truth,

                      and Mack never tells the truth.

          Suppose the one on the left says:

                      - the guy in the middle is Manny,

           and the one in the middle says:

                      - hi, my name is Moe,

           and the one on the right says:

                      - the guy in the middle is Mack.

          Who is sitting where?

           Can you name the guy on the left, the one in the middle,

and the one on the right?

           Have fun! – and keep thinking math!

 

           BONUS PUZZLE: Is there only one solution?

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              Send your comments, ideas and solutions before Friday Sept. 29 to the

email below, and in the subject line be sure to put:  MM

                                                       parksjm@potsdam.edu

              Visit us here online at:

                                         http://www2.potsdam.edu/parksjm/MM.htm 

to see the results every Friday.

         See you next time on MATH MINUTE!  (theme music fades out here).