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Solve this riddle! Please? I'm STUCK!?

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You are in a boat approaching an island. Two different tribes live on the island: the Orange tribe members always tell the truth; the Green tribe members always lie.

Three men are on the shore.

The first man yells out to you what tribe he belongs to but his words are blown away when a sudden wind comes up.

The second man shouts to you, "He (the first man) says he is Orange, and he is Orange, and so am I."

The third man shouts, "He (the first man) is green and I am Orange."

To which tribe do each of the three men belong to?

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  1. First two are Orange, truth telling.

    Third is Green, Lie.

    First says "I'm Orange" -true

    Second - "he said he is orange" - true and therefore "so am I" is also true.

    Third - "first is green" - lie, "I am orange"- lie.

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    Prove it:

    The First will always say that he is Orange, no matter what tribe he is.

    Green tribe will lie and say "i'm orange", orange will tell truth "I'm orange"

    That makes the Second "He says, he is Orange" true.  Since he's telling the truth, he is Orange.

    3rd saying that the first is green.  If 1st was really green, then the 2nd "he is orange" is also lying, which is not possible because 2nd already say the truth "1st says he is orange"


  2. It could be anything, this riddle does not seem correct. But I would say the first two men are green and the last is orange as the last man said the first man was green even tho the second man said he was orange.  Yeah I think the riddle is not correct.

    Hope this has helped.

    Jane.

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