Another Tough Riddle
EDIT: I decide to repost this for two reasons. 1) So I could disable comments, please email me at scrmforsilence@hotmail.com if you have a possible solution, and 2) Because I wanted to give you all a chance to think about this again, mostly because, not only are all of your answers extremely wrong, but because your answers are being reached by trying to poke holes in the question. The question is what we in the math world would call well-posed: It has an obvious logical solution. So stop trying to change the question, and just answer it. Or don't. I'm just trying to help. Good luck.
This one is what I would call less difficult, but it's certainly not easy. And, a bit sexist as it may be, this is how it goes, so get over that part. Good luck.
A missionary is visiting an island. Here is the layout:
The island consists only of husbands and wives, no children, same number of men as women (aside from the missionary). One husband per one wife, and everybody knows who everybody is married to.
The men love to boast.
The wives are not supposed to be unfaithful.
If an affair occurs, the following happens:
The man tells EVERY other man on the island, except for the husband of the woman he slept with. The women admit the affair to the missionary, but to nobody else.
If, at any time, a husband discovers his wife has been unfaithful, he shoots her at midnight on the day he finds out.
Now, the missionary stays for a while, and then, on the morning of his departure speaks to all of the islanders. He says, "I really enjoyed my visit, but I must admit, I am a little shocked that some of you wives were unfaithful to your husbands." And then he leaves.
What happens?
This one is what I would call less difficult, but it's certainly not easy. And, a bit sexist as it may be, this is how it goes, so get over that part. Good luck.
A missionary is visiting an island. Here is the layout:
The island consists only of husbands and wives, no children, same number of men as women (aside from the missionary). One husband per one wife, and everybody knows who everybody is married to.
The men love to boast.
The wives are not supposed to be unfaithful.
If an affair occurs, the following happens:
The man tells EVERY other man on the island, except for the husband of the woman he slept with. The women admit the affair to the missionary, but to nobody else.
If, at any time, a husband discovers his wife has been unfaithful, he shoots her at midnight on the day he finds out.
Now, the missionary stays for a while, and then, on the morning of his departure speaks to all of the islanders. He says, "I really enjoyed my visit, but I must admit, I am a little shocked that some of you wives were unfaithful to your husbands." And then he leaves.
What happens?