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the only son of a systems analyst who is wearing a black T shirt is walking across the street. when suddenly a man on top of a tall building jumps and landed in front of the man walking.
Bystanders asked the man wearing black. "Who is that man?" referring to the one who jumped from the top of the building. The man in black answered.
"The father of that man is the son of my father"
What is the relationship of the man in black to the man who jumped?
Right, I was going to go for 'he is the uncle of the man that jumped'. But then I see the first line is 'the only son' which means that the person that jumps can't be the man's brother's kid because he hasn't got a brother.
Ah! He's his dad. His son has jumped. 'the father of that man is the son of my father'. As he is the only son of his father he must be his father.
Thank you, thank you.
*edit* I voted for the wrong thing by mistake but you can see I'm right. Zing
love these... i'll go for...
Man in black is the uncle of the man who jumped
thus he is the guy they asked not the man walking ;)Quote:
a systems analyst who is wearing a black T shirt
Oh Yeah! Nice one Saddo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saddo
SaddoQuote:
Originally Posted by Saddo
this is what i typed. The man wearing black and the man walking is one and the same person.
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the only son of a systems analyst who is wearing a black T shirt is
I voted for the uncle of the man but after getting out my paper and pen and going thru this my answer is now the man in black is the jumpers father.
confusing at first and after seeing the few posts I see the others were confused also.
The Man In Black Is The Father.
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Originally Posted by ryanmanOh Yeah! Nice one Saddo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saddo
Ryanman, your first post is right ( Very Good) and everyone who voted so far is wrong. Confused me for a while and voted wrong too.
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Originally Posted by miron_lang
miron_lang
Thank you for this riddle/logic question, I shut down the grid lab at the Chrysler stamping plant in Warren, Mi when I emailed this to them today and they took out the white board and tried to figure it out LOL, they called me with answer # 1, I'm sure they will be debating this for days now after I said the man in black is an only son so your answer must be wrong. I knew when when I sent this I would have a dozen UAW guys scratching their heads and wasting the day away, I know I was confused by it at first.
:lolololol::coolclick:
Actually, the man who jumped is the nephew of the man in black, the man in back being his uncle or godfather as he and the father of that man are brother (the father of the man who jumped is the son of my father). As there is no option for "godfather", we must assume it's is uncle.
am i making this too simple?
the father of that man (the father of the man that jumped) is the son of my father (the son of my father is me).. So he is saying that the son of my father, which is himself, is the father of the person who jumped.. hence, the person who jumped is his son.
oh right then i change my pick to...Quote:
Originally Posted by miron_langSaddoQuote:
Originally Posted by Saddo
this is what i typed. The man wearing black and the man walking is one and the same person.
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the only son of a systems analyst who is wearing a black T shirt is
Man in black is the Father of the man who jumped... because he was an only son his fathers son can only be himselfs, making him the dad of the guy who jumped ;)
That's nice :DQuote:
Originally Posted by stebsQuote:
Originally Posted by miron_lang
miron_lang
Thank you for this riddle/logic question, I shut down the grid lab at the Chrysler stamping plant in Warren, Mi when I emailed this to them today and they took out the white board and tried to figure it out LOL, they called me with answer # 1, I'm sure they will be debating this for days now after I said the man in black is an only son so your answer must be wrong. I knew when when I sent this I would have a dozen UAW guys scratching their heads and wasting the day away, I know I was confused by it at first.
:lolololol::coolclick:
I got this from my teacher in Cobol Programming.
To those who didnt vote yet. Please Vote...... :o ;D
No, the man in black is......................Quote:
Originally Posted by stebs
Johnny Cash!;D
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Originally Posted by generalbulldog
Please vote ;)
the only son of a systems analyst who is wearing a black T shirt is walking across the street. when suddenly a man on top of a tall building jumps and landed in front of the man walking.
Bystanders asked the man wearing black. "Who is that man?" referring to the one who jumped from the top of the building. The man in black answered.
"The father of that man is the son of my father"
Wait... who is wearing the black shirt? the only son of the analyst or it's the analyst who'S wearing a black shirt? makes the thing totally different.
I voted the wrong answer... It's Uncle. I'm sure it is :rolleyes:
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Originally Posted by Nameless
That depends how one interprets the first sentence, hmmmm, who being the key word, (I think, fingers on my temples) if the systems analyst is wearing the black shirt and walking that would make them brothers.
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Miron Lang stated: this is what i typed. The man wearing black and the man walking is one and the same person
Miron also stated:
I got this from my teacher in Cobol Programming.
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CHANGE OF TWO WORDS, taking out who, adding and after shirt, that makes it easy.
(The only son of a systems analyst is wearing a black shirt and is walking across the street)
Damn teachers, Miron put all logic aside, put your boxing skills to use and go knock this guy out.
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Originally Posted by stebsQuote:
Originally Posted by Nameless
That depends how one interprets the first sentence, hmmmm, who being the key word, (I think, fingers on my temples) if the systems analyst is wearing the black shirt and walking that would make them brothers.
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Miron Lang stated: this is what i typed. The man wearing black and the man walking is one and the same person
Miron also stated:
I got this from my teacher in Cobol Programming.
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CHANGE OF TWO WORDS, taking out who, adding and after shirt, that makes it easy.
(The only son of a systems analyst is wearing a black shirt and is walking across the street)
Damn teachers, Miron put all logic aside, put your boxing skills to use and go knock this guy out.
Here is the issue.. PUNCTUATION..
If it says:
the only son of a systems analyst, who is wearing a black T shirt, is walking across the street.
Then, the son of a systems analyst is wearing a black T-shirt and walking across the street.. THEREFORE, the answer to the question would be that the person who jumped is the SON if the son of the systems analyst. OR in other words, the systems analyst who is wearing a black T-shirt is the father of the person who jumped.
If it says:
the only son, of a systems analyst who is wearing a black T shirt, is walking across the street.
Then this would mean that you have two people originally. The only son AND also a Systems Analyst who is wearing a black T-shirt. Therefore making the person who jumped the SON of the systems analyst wearing a black T-shirt. BUT, this is impossible, because we know that the systems analyst wearing a black T-shirt only has one son, and he was walking across a street and was not the same person who jumped off of the building. The answer would be that the systems analyst who is wearing a black T-shirt has two sons, which is impossible. Therefore making the only logical answer, that the correct punctuation is the first paragraph i wrote in this reply.
HOW the hell did anyone get UNCLE? :confused::confused::confused:
he is also the son of the Systems Analyst, We only have two characters, this man and the man who jump from the building. So there's no really complication there.Quote:
The man wearing black and the man walking is one and the same person
Pls. Vote :)
the one who jumped is the son of will smith... or tommy lee jones.
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Originally Posted by KKisser
Pls Vote :D
If the guy in black is an only child (as stated) then the man in black's father's son can only be Himself (i,e the man in black)
Therefore
The father of that man is the son (which is himself) of my father
Therefore
The father of that man is his himself
So he himself is the father of that man
So the guy is his son
Simples :cool:
So I got it right first time?? Give us the answer.
i did vote already. the son of the man in black. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by miron_langPreQuote:
Originally Posted by KKisser
Pls Vote :D
Right, im now pretty sure that I got the answer right in the first reply to this thread.
Or if he has a brother and the brother was the father then it would be his nephew. Another option not there.Quote:
Originally Posted by RP33
I think the man in black is the father of the guy who jumped?
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Originally Posted by Nameless
True.
Guess what.
So does a step father :cooldevil:
I can see this is simple to some but a real puzzle to many :D
I already stated that we only have two characters. The man walking which is also the man wearing black and is also the only child of a systems analyst, and the man who jumped.
;D
:mad: Yeah we know,Quote:
Originally Posted by miron_lang
Yeah BUT no BUT "
one has a split personality and the other has a step father brother!" whatever."