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1.A logician is traveling in a country where the inhabitants are of two
types. Members of one group always tell the truth, the others lie. The
traveler comes to the fork in a road and has to ask a native bystander
which branch he should take to reach the village. He has no way of telling
whether the native sitting beside the road is a truth-teller or a liar.
What one question can the traveller ask which will tell him which road to
take to the village.
2.It's as far from Witt to Pitt as from Kitt to Mitt
It's as far from Sitt to Bitt as from Ditt to Mitt
Mitt is on a straight line north from Sitt to Pitt
Mitt is on a straight road east from Witt to Bitt.
Kitt is 8 miles north of Witt and 8 miles west of Pitt
Ditt is 6 miles south of Bitt and 6 miles east of Sitt
How far is it from Witt to Sitt
How far is it from Pitt to Bitt
types. Members of one group always tell the truth, the others lie. The
traveler comes to the fork in a road and has to ask a native bystander
which branch he should take to reach the village. He has no way of telling
whether the native sitting beside the road is a truth-teller or a liar.
What one question can the traveller ask which will tell him which road to
take to the village.
2.It's as far from Witt to Pitt as from Kitt to Mitt
It's as far from Sitt to Bitt as from Ditt to Mitt
Mitt is on a straight line north from Sitt to Pitt
Mitt is on a straight road east from Witt to Bitt.
Kitt is 8 miles north of Witt and 8 miles west of Pitt
Ditt is 6 miles south of Bitt and 6 miles east of Sitt
How far is it from Witt to Sitt
How far is it from Pitt to Bitt