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These problems are from a very large set of questions about Liars who always lie about everything, and Knights who always tell the truth. Some questions also involve Knaves - people who strictly alternate between lying and telling the truth. (They are of course all indistinguishable from one another by outward appearance, and you must use logic to determine who's who.)
Difficulty: 3 of 5 Latest: Nine Native Narrative Rating: 2.00
A very special island is inhabited only by knights and liars. Knights always tell the truth, and liars always lie.

Nine inhabitants of the island: Mel, Bart, Sue, Betty, Rex, Zeke, Sally, Zoey and Homer are busy at a conversation. A visitor from a neighboring island stops by and asks each of the nine inhabitants their respective identities. They say:

  • Mel: "Only a liar would say that Sally is a liar."
  • Bart: "Rex is a liar."
  • Sue: "Mel and Homer are liars."
  • Betty: "I know that I am a knight and Sally is a liar."
  • Rex : "Betty and I are both knights."
  • Zeke: "At least one of the following is true: that Sally is a knight or that Sue is a knight."
  • Sally:"It's false that Betty is a liar."
  • Zoey: "It's not the case that Sue is a liar."
  • Homer: "Betty is a liar or Zeke is a liar."
Determine the type of each of the inhabitants from the abovementioned statements.

(No Solution Yet, 3 Comments) Submitted on 2010-02-06 by K Sengupta   
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