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The 3 Witches Problem?

You meet 3 witches. One always lies, one always tells the truth, and one sometimes lies and sometimes tells the truth. You get to ask 3 yes-no questions and must correctly identify which witch is which. The witches each know the truth telling policy of the other witches and each question must be addressed to only one witch who is the only one to answer. What questions should you ask and how do you interpret the replies?

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    You would ask each of them if the other two would be lying or telling the truth and that would lead you to the truthful one by process of elimination.

  • 1 decade ago

    i'll ask the first witch to tell me if the second one is truthful, the same qustion for the second witch - so then i would know if the third one is gona tell the truth or not - so then i'll ask my personal question from the witch who says the truth -

    "when would i get married"?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I have no idea lol

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