Yesterday’s Problem:
A teacher held up a piece of paper and asked his students to tell him how many squares they saw. His students replied:
Six, they replied.
Which was the correct answer.
The teacher then held up the paper again and asked his students how many squares they saw.
“Eight,” they replied, again correct.
How can this be? How many squares were really on the sheet? Six? Eight? Or?
Answer:
There were fourteen squares on the sheet – six on one side and eight on the other side.
Today’s Problem:
Which of the following statements is true:
1) One statement here is false.
2) Two statements here are false.
3) Three statements here are false.