HumorShack - Riddle #38 [Previous Riddle] [Next Riddle] Solution to Troubled traveler  The question that the traveler should ask is: "Does the left road lead to Miami according to your brother?" If the answer is "Yes", the traveler should turn right, and if the answer is "No", the traveler should turn left.  Explanation: There are four possible cases:  1.The traveler asks the question to the truth-telling brother, and the left road leads to Miami. The truth-telling brother knows that his lying brother would say that the left road does not lead to Miami, and so he answers "No".  2.The traveler asks the question to the truth-telling brother, and the right road leads to Miami. The truth-telling brother knows that his lying brother would say that the left road leads to Miami, and so he answers "Yes".  3.The traveler asks the question to the lying brother, and the left road leads to Miami. The lying brother knows that his truth-telling brother would say that the left road leads to Miami, and so he lies "No".  4.The traveler asks the question to the lying brother, and the right road leads to Miami. The lying brother knows that his truth-telling brother would say that the left road does not lead to Miami, and so he lies "Yes". [Previous Riddle] [Next Riddle]

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