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Drew and Mohammad (Posted on 2003-04-08)

A man named Drew said:

"Mohammad and I are both liars."

What are each?

See The Solution Submitted by Tim Axoy

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explanation for puzzle answer

Comment 46 of 46 |

(In reply to answer by K Sengupta)

Assume that Drew is a knight. Then, he has just lied about his own identity. This is a contradiction.

Accordingly, Drew is a liar. Hence, his statement that both Mohammed and himself are liars must be false. Thus, precisely one of them is a liar and the other is a knight.

Since, it has been established that Drew is a liar, it follows that Mohammed must be the Knight.

Posted by K Sengupta on 2022-02-25 02:28:11

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