Five people are sitting around a circle. Some always tell the truth, whilst the others always lie. Each person claims to be sitting between two liars. How many of them are telling the truth?
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For that statement to be true, the speaker has to really sit between two liars, in a set of 3.
Answer
= Ceiling[ 5 / 3 ]
= 2