Another riddle

[Supracentral]

All the people who live on the east side of Supraville always tell the truth.

All the people who live on the west side of Supraville always lie.

You are sitting at an intersection in town with your Targa top off. It is 12 o'clock noon and the sun is directly overhead. All the people are moving about and the population is pretty evenly mixed at this point in the day.

What one question can you ask one person to determine which side of Supraville you are on?

 

[GotTurbos?]

what time is it?

 

[suprahero]

Do I look too old to be driving around in a supra with the top off?

 

[drunk_medic]

Ask them if you are in Supraville? You KNOW you arein Supraville, so if they say yes, you are in the east, if they say no, you are in the west?

 

[RazoE]

"how much would you offer me for my car?"

if they say "1k" they're telling the truth..

if they say "12k", they're lying..

 

[BJ91T]

it dosent matter because you say the population is mixed evenly so you have a chance to get the truth or a lie.

 

[suprahero]

Ask them if you are in Supraville? You KNOW you arein Supraville, so if they say yes, you are in the east, if they say no, you are in the west?

not necessarily. You don't know who you're asking or which side of Supraville they're from.

 

[trydrew]

it dosent matter because you say the population is mixed evenly so you have a chance to get the truth or a lie.

Yeah, so asking "Am I on the east side?" could yield a no from both populations, and you still wouldn't know. Is that what you mean Mike?

 

[buckshotglass]

what day is it?

 

[trydrew]

Do I look too old to be driving around in a supra with the top off?

lol and you don't know what they think is the right answer.

 

[BJ91T]

Yeah, so asking "Am I on the east side?" could yield a no from both populations, and you still wouldn't know. Is that what you mean Mike?

thats exactly what i mean but i am BJ not mike :icon_razz

 

[suprahero]

lol and you don't know what they think is the right answer.

If they don't tell me what I want to hear, then I'll just lie to myself and say that they were liars............keeps me feeling young.

 

[trydrew]

thats exactly what i mean but i am BJ not mike :icon_razz

I was asking Mike, just in a way that I better understood, sorry lol.

 

[BJ91T]

oh ok LOL

 

[buckshotglass]

Are you dead?
Am I alive?

 

[BorHor]

Does your Supra run 100% well.

Yes = west

No= east

 

[RazoE]

he got it....

 

[ChadMKIII]

No, no one's even gotten the premise of this yet....

The population is mixed in the area you are.
If you ask someone randomly, you have a 50% chance of getting someone from East, and a 50% chance of getting someone from West. Thus, you could ask "Is my car running?" and just because someone answers yes, and your car is running, DOES NOT mean you are in East, because the person from the East could be over in West, and so could you.

I'm still thinking on an actual answer, Mike.

 

[willfish]

oohh,, ohh, I know, if they have either if they have POP, or soda /sodapop......


Will

 

[Supracentral]

GotTurbos?, suprahero, drunk_medic, RazoE = no

it dosent matter because you say the population is mixed evenly so you have a chance to get the truth or a lie.

not necessarily. You don't know who you're asking or which side of Supraville they're from.

That is true, both valid points and imporant to the riddle.

Yeah, so asking "Am I on the east side?" could yield a no from both populations, and you still wouldn't know. Is that what you mean Mike?

Correct.

buckshotglass & borhor = nope

No, no one's even gotten the premise of this yet....

You've got that right Chad. You are likely the closest to coming up with something.

oohh,, ohh, I know, if they have either if they have POP, or soda /sodapop...l

willfish, go back to the who's drunk thread..

C'mon guys. LOGIC. This is simple LOGIC.

Think!

And yes, there is an answer. I've been asking this riddle for about 25 years, and I've only ever heard one answer that works.