Several friends take a fishing trip every year. Each year they have a contest to see who catches the heaviest fish. The loser has to pay for all of the junk food they eat on the trip. (Second and third places are also expected to chip in token amounts.) Determine each friend's standings in this year's contest by using the following clues. By the way, in the tradition of fishing trips, every statement quoted here is a falsehood. MARTA: Mickey was first. SALLY: Marta beat Woody. WOODY: I beat Sally. MICKEY: Woody was second.

Refer below.

Explanation:

Marta - fourth

Woody - third

Sally - first

Mickey - second

Set up a matrix like this and wipe out situations as you find realities

Marta - first - second - third - fourth

Woody - first - second - third - fourth

Sally - first - second - third - fourth

Mickey - first - second - third - fourth

Marta " Mickey was first - in this manner Mickey was not first - kill first from Mickey's alternatives

Woody "I beat Sally" - along these lines Sally beat Woody - consequently Woody not first and sally not fourth . take out choices as needs be

Sally - "Marta beat Woody" - in this way Woody beat Marta. Consequently Marta not first and Woody not fourth

Mickey, "Woody was second", in this manner Woody was not second

The network presently resembles this

Marta - second - third - fourth

Woody - third

Sally - first - second - third

Mickey - second - third - fourth

Note that the main individual that can be First is SALLY

Woody is THIRD

Erase these choices from the other two

Marta - second - fourth

Woody - third

Sally - first

Mickey - second - fourth

Presently return to Sallys proclamation "Marta beat Woody", along these lines Marta didn't beat Woody, and as Woody is third it implies that Marta is fourth. This thusly implies Mickey is SECOND.

Last Solution

Marta - fourth

Woody - third

Sally - first

Mickey - second

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people like to have money.

i am tired.

it is getting late.

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