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Island Adventure 2 (Posted on 2015-04-21) Difficulty: 2 of 5
You go to an island trying to find gold. Every inhabitant is either a knight or a liar. You meet two inhabitants, A and B.

A:Either B is a knight or there is gold on this island.
B:Either A is a liar or there is gold on this island.

What are A and B, and is there gold on the island?

No Solution Yet Submitted by Math Man    
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re: Answer | Comment 2 of 4 |
(In reply to Answer by Ady TZIDON)

Ady,

There is never any gold.

A and B need say nothing about each other, because it's 'either...or'.

So Liar A says there is  gold, and liar B says there is gold; result - there is no gold.

As usual.



  Posted by broll on 2015-04-21 10:12:04
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