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You are in a land inhabited by people who either always tell thetruth or always tell falsehoods. You come to a fork in the road andyou need to know which fork leads to the capital. There is a localresident there, but he has time only to reply to one yes-or-noquestion. What one question should you ask so as to learn whichfork to take? Suggestion: Make a table.

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SOLUTION To negate the falsehood in the liars reply we may try to either double his lie Or we will compose a question such that the liar will again forced to say the truth A composition of two statements can be    See Answer
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