SOLUTION: Your maths teacher makes the following statements about the students Elias , Jonas and Leon from where exactly one is wrong and the others are true : 1 Jonas is older than Leon

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Question 1183714: Your maths teacher makes the following statements about the students Elias , Jonas and Leon from where exactly one is wrong and the others are true :
1 Jonas is older than Leon
2 Leon is older than Elias
3 Elias is older than Jonas
4 Leon and jonas are together twice as old as jonas
Question : a Which of the statement is wrong ?
b Which boy is oldest ?
Answer by greenestamps(13200) About Me  (Show Source):
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I doubt that you have stated the problem correctly; the given information is self-contradictory.

(4): "Leon and Jonas are together twice as old as Jonas" means Leon and Jonas are the same age;

but

(1): Jonas is older than Leon.

Re-post, stating the given information correctly.