A doctor and a carpenter are standing in line. The doctor is the carpenter's father, but the carpenter is not the doctor's son. What is the carpenter's relationship to the doctor?
Daughter
Since the carpenter is the doctor's child but not his son, the carpenter must be his daughter.
About this riddle
Logic riddles give you a few facts and ask what must be true. List what you know, cross out what cannot be, and see what is left.
Difficulty: Easy. More like this: Logic riddles with answers or try Einstein's Logic Grid for a different kind of puzzle.
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