Saturday, February 11, 2017

What to Do in the Forest of Werewolves Part V

In this problem we get the following two statements:
  1. At least one of the three of us is a knave.
  2. C is a werewolf.
Again, there is exactly one werewolf and he is a knight. Who is he?
(Source: What Is the Name of This Book? The Riddle of Dracula and Other Logical Puzzles by Raymond Smullyan)

Here again, A is necessarily a knight for the same reason as in the previous problem. The only difference here is that B is claiming C is a werewolf rather than a knight. But, as before, B can't be a knight because that would entail the whole lot being knights, which can't happen, because A is a knight and has said there is at least one knave. Again A is the only werewolf and a knight. (A little disappointing that this one is barely different from the last. Usually he did much better.)

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