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Counting the Types (Posted on 2007-05-31)

A group of 25 consists of knights, knaves and liars. Each was asked two questions. 17 answered truthfully to the first question and 6 answered truthfully to the second.

What can be determined about the number of knights and liars in the group?

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Maximum No. of Liars = 8
Maximum No. of Knights = 6

Edited on August 24, 2007, 4:01 am

Posted by Praneeth on 2007-08-24 04:00:00

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