>>>>I solved it similarly, e.g. "If I ask you, does this road lead to the honest village, what would you tell?"
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>>>How does that solve it? If you asked that, and the person said "Yes", he could be lying or telling the truth. You have no clue.
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>>If the road leads to the honest village and this is the honest person, he would answer "Yes"
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>>If the road leads to the honest village and this is a liar, he knows, that this road leads to the honest village. If I ask him: "Does this road leads to the honest village?" - he would answer "No". However, I ask: "What do you answer on this question?". He would answer "No", but since he allways lies, he now should answer "Yes" - it's a double negative.
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>>Similarly we would have "No" from both of them, if the road doesn't lead to the honest village.
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>>However, the simpler solution would be just ask: "Do you live in this village?" and show it either direction. I let you follow the logic in this case by yourself.
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>Nadya, I just know understand your solution. Perhaps it would be clearer if you asked it this way:
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>"If someone asks you which road leads to the honest town, how do you answer them?" He will lie, and point you to the correct road.
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>Here is another version of the problem (with a different solution):
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>On a journey to town, you reach a fork in the road.
>One way leads to town and the other does not!
>There are two helpers at the fork to guide you.
>One always tells the truth and the other always lies.
>You can ask one question of one of them.
>What do you ask to ensure that you take the correct route?
The same question as the above.
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