Now this question Part B is saying Two guys approach you. It refers to them as C

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Now this question Part B is saying Two guys approach you. It refers to them as C and D because we don't know who and what types they are. Problem is asking to figure out which one is a knave and which one is a knight. They could also both be knaves or both be Knights. Please write a thorough explanation in paragraph for for the solution saying your reasoning. Thank you! 38. You are visiting the island described in Example 2.3.14 and have the following encounters with natives. a. Two natives A and B address you as follows: A says: Both of us are knights. B says: A is a knave. What are A and B? b. Another two natives C and D approach you but only C speaks. C says: Both of us are knaves. What are C and D? c. You then encounter natives E and F E says: F is a knave. F says: E is a knave. How many knaves are there? H d. Finally, you meet a group of six natives, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z, who speak to you as follows: U says: None of us is a knight. V savs: At least three of us are knights. W savs: At most three of us are knights. X says: Exactly five of us are knights. Y says: Exactly two of us are knights. Z says: Exactly one of us is a knight. Which are knights and which are knaves?

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If C is knave then he is lying since knaves always lie.

Hence

D and You are knights

C a knave.

C cannot be knight

Knights always speak truth.

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