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Thursday, September 13, 2007

Crack the Puzzle: Life door and Death door


There is a prisoner who is about to be executed. The king decides to give him one last chance to live.

There are 2 doors, the life door and the death door. There is one guard standing by each door. Those two guards know which door is the life door and which is the death door. However, one of them always tells the truth and the other always tells a lie. There is no way you can identify which door is the life door or the death door. There is no way you can distinguish who is the one telling the truth.

The prisoner can only ask one guard one question. Then he needs to choose a door to walk in. If he walks in the death door, then he will be executed. If he walks in the life door, he can have a new life.

He did choose the life door and lived. What was the question he asked? How did he choose the door after he got the answer from one of the guards?


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5 comments:

Unknown said...

I will ask guard-1 that If you were guard-2 what way will you show me to live?...
Then, i wil leave the door way which is shown by the guard. And i will take the other door to live.

Hint:-Both the guard will show the death door for the above question...Think it!
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Anonymous said...

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Rave said...

Stare at one at one guard and ask am I staring at you. The lying guard will say no, the truth guard will say yes