There are two kinds of inhabitants in an island, one is knights, who always tell the truth, and the other, their opposites, knaves, who always lie. If you encounter three people P, Q, and R. What are P, Q, and R, if P says “Q and R are the same types”, Q says “R is knave”, and R says “P and R is the opposite types”? Show your work in detail and validate your answer in a mathematical way using truth table or proposition.

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There are two kinds of inhabitants in an island, one is knights, who always tell the truth, and the other, their opposites, knaves, who always lie. If you encounter three people P, Q, and R. What are P, Q, and R, if P says “Q and R are the same types”, Q says “R is knave”, and R says “P and R is the opposite types”? Show your work in detail and validate your answer in a mathematical way using truth table or proposition.

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