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The exercise relates to inhabitants of an
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Problem 26E
The exercise relates to inhabitants of an island on which there are three kinds of people: Knights who always tell the truth, knaves who always lie, and spies (called normals by Smullyan [Sm78]) who can either lie or tell the truth. You encounter three people A, B, and C. You know one of these people is a knight, one is a knave and one is a spy. Each of these three people knows the type of person each of other two is. For each of those situations, if possible, determine whether there is a unique solution and determine who the knave, knight and spy are. When there is no unique solution, list all possible solutions or state that there are no solutions.
A says “I am the knave.” B says “I am the knave,” and C says “1 am the knave.”
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QUESTION:
Problem 26E
The exercise relates to inhabitants of an island on which there are three kinds of people: Knights who always tell the truth, knaves who always lie, and spies (called normals by Smullyan [Sm78]) who can either lie or tell the truth. You encounter three people A, B, and C. You know one of these people is a knight, one is a knave and one is a spy. Each of these three people knows the type of person each of other two is. For each of those situations, if possible, determine whether there is a unique solution and determine who the knave, knight and spy are. When there is no unique solution, list all possible solutions or state that there are no solutions.
A says “I am the knave.” B says “I am the knave,” and C says “1 am the knave.”
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Solution:
Step 1:
In this problem we need to determine who the knave , knight and spy are .
Given : A says that “ I am the knave ” , B says “ I am the knave ” and C says “ I am the knave ”. Also given that Knight who always tell the truth , knaves who always lie , and spies who can either lie or tell the truth.
Knave was always telling lies. So , A , B and C are not a knave .
A , B and C must be either Knight or spy. Which is impossible.
Therefore , solution is not possible.