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What can she do to avoid marrying the greedy landlord?

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The rich landlord wants to marry the beautiful farmer's daughter. He tells the daughter that if she doesn't marry him, he will evict her father from the farm and they will be homeless. She begs for mercy. Slyly, the landlord agrees to allow her one chance to stay. He pulls a bag from his pocket, and reaches down and picks up 2 stones from the rocky path then places them in the bag. Reach into the bag and pull out one stone. If you pull out the black stone you will agree to marry me. If you pull out the white stone you and your father can live here rent free. The problem is that she knows that he picked up two black stones and no matter which one she selects she will be forced to marry him.
What can she do to avoid marrying the greedy landlord?

posted Jan 30, 2017 by Sidharth Malhotra

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She can take the black stone from any one of his hand
and "accidentally" and immediately drop it on the floor.

In this way she can ask everyone to confirm which stone she had selected,
based on which stone is remaining with landlord.

Ofcourse, landlord has black stone,
which automatically proves she selected white stone.

answer Feb 9, 2017 by Hardik Tanna



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The rich landlord wants to marry the beautiful farmer's daughter. He tells the daughter that if she doesn't marry him, he will evict her father from the farm and they will be homeless. She begs for mercy. Slyly, the landlord agrees to allow her one chance to stay. He pulls a bag from his pocket, and reaches down and picks up 2 stones from the rocky path then places them in the bag. Reach into the bag and pull out one stone. If you pull out the black stone you will agree to marry me. If you pull out the white stone you and your father can live here rent free. The problem is that she knows that he picked up two black stones and no matter which one she selects she will be forced to marry him.
What can she do to avoid marrying the greedy landlord?

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