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# Island puzzle

There are two beautiful yet remote islands in the south pacific. The Islanders born on one island always tell the truth, and the Islanders from the other island always lie.

You are on one of the islands, and meet three Islanders. You ask the first which island they are from in the most appropriate Polynesian tongue, and he indicates that the other two Islanders are from the same Island. You ask the second Islander the same question, and he also indicates that the other two Islanders are from the same island.

Can you guess what the third Islander will answer to the same question

Note by Vishwathiga Jayasankar
2 years, 2 months ago

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If the third islander is from the same island as either of the other two, simply switch their roles to find that the third would indicate that the first two are from the same island.

If the first two are truth-tellers, then from their answers the third cannot be a liar. If the first two are liars and the third is a truth-teller, then of course they will indicate the other two are from the same island.

Thus, the third person will say the first two are from the same island.

- 2 years, 2 months ago