{"id":3911,"date":"2016-12-15T01:00:27","date_gmt":"2016-12-15T06:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eimacs.com\/blog\/?p=3911"},"modified":"2016-12-13T17:01:34","modified_gmt":"2016-12-13T22:01:34","slug":"2016-imacs-holiday-logic-puzzle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eimacs.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/2016-imacs-holiday-logic-puzzle\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Holiday Logic Puzzle from IMACS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As most people know, Santa Clause generates an annual list of children who have been sufficiently nice to warrant a Christmas present (and, of course, a complementary list of children who have been too naughty to deserve a present). Last December, while checking his list twice, Santa discovered that the status of four children — Amy, Bobby, Charlie, and Donna — remained in doubt. He decided to talk to the four of them in order to rank them from nicest to naughtiest. In his conversations, the children made the following claims:<\/p>\n

Amy said, "I am nicer than Charlie."<\/p>\n

Bobby said, "I am naughtier than Donna."<\/p>\n

Charlie said, "I am neither the nicest nor the naughtiest of the four of us."<\/p>\n

Donna said something as well, but Santa couldn't hear her over the noise of eight hungry and overworked reindeer.<\/p>\n

As was, perhaps, to have been expected, the two nicer children both told the truth and the two naughtier children both lied. Can you order the children from nicest to naughtiest?<\/p>\n

Try your best before looking at the solution<\/a> to this year’s IMACS Holiday Logic Puzzle.<\/p>\n

IMACS<\/a> wishes you and your family a happy holiday season and healthy new year! Like IMACS<\/a> on Facebook<\/a> for the latest information about our local classes<\/a> and online courses<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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