Alien Encounter!
Maths Challenge: Alien Encounter!
The starship Indefensible was in orbit around the planet Noncomposmentis, and Captain Quirk and Mr Crock had beamed down to the surface.
According to the Good Galaxy Guide, there are two species of intelligent aliens on this planet.’ said Quirk. ‘
‘Correct, Captain – Veracitors and Gibberish. They all speak Galaxic, and they can be distinguished by how they answer questions.
The Veracitors always reply truthfully, and the Gibberish always lie.
‘But physically-‘
‘_they are indistinguishable, Captain.’
Can you work out which Alien is from which species?
Watch the video below and see if you can work it out!
Answers will be posted next week!
Karen Ramsay-Smith
30 Jan 2012 09:43
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Nirali Patel
Is the answer the following?:
Alfy is a Veracitor
Betty is a Gibberish
Gemma is a Gibberish
02 Feb 2012, 19:56
Karen Ramsay-Smith
That’s correct, you can watch the answer here:-
http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/iggyteam/entry/answer_to_maths/
Well Done to you!
06 Feb 2012, 09:08
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