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You are the police chief for the city of Trunsville. Your records, all on computer, were deleted by a virus. Fortunately, you have remembered the following:
You have to get the data back before the criminals are released due to the lack of records!
Criminals: Larry, Judith, Dwayne, Nicholas, Marty.
Crime: Murder, assault, thief, robber, rape.
Sentences: 5 years, 10 years, 25 years, life, death.
Here is what you remember:
(1) Larry was the murderer.
(2) Marty got 5 or 10 years.
(3) Neither Nicholas nor Dwayne would ever leave prison alive (all others will)
(4) The lady got 25 years.
(5) Nicholas was not the thief.
(6) The thief got life.
(7) The assaulter got more than 10 years but did not get death.
(8) The rapist gets 5 years.
You have to get the data back before the criminals are released due to the lack of records!
Criminals: Larry, Judith, Dwayne, Nicholas, Marty.
Crime: Murder, assault, thief, robber, rape.
Sentences: 5 years, 10 years, 25 years, life, death.
Here is what you remember:
(1) Larry was the murderer.
(2) Marty got 5 or 10 years.
(3) Neither Nicholas nor Dwayne would ever leave prison alive (all others will)
(4) The lady got 25 years.
(5) Nicholas was not the thief.
(6) The thief got life.
(7) The assaulter got more than 10 years but did not get death.
(8) The rapist gets 5 years.
Answer
Larry the murderer got 10 years.Judith the assaulter got 25 years.
Dwayne the thief got life.
Nicholas the robber got death.
Marty the rapist got 5 years.
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