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"Who is telling the truth?"

King Octopus has servants with six, seven, or eight legs. The servants with seven legs always lie, but the servants with either six or eight legs always say the truth.

One day, 4 servants met :

The blue one says: “Altogether we have 28 legs”;


the green one says: “Altogether we have 27 legs”;


the yellow one says: “Altogether we have 26 legs”;


the red one says: “Altogether we have 25 legs”.


"Who is telling the truth?"
 
What is the color of the servant that says the truth?

"I'm telling the truth and my color is..." 

"Listen to me; I'm telling the truth!"


What others making statements?

Since, each of 4 servants telling different numbers then only 1 of them must be telling the truth & other must be lying.

In that case, all 3 must be having 7 legs i.e. 21 legs while the one who is making true statement must have either 6 or 8 legs. Therefore, there must be 21 + 6 = 27 or 21 + 8 = 29 legs altogether.

"Listen to me; I'm telling the truth!"

Nobody is saying that they altogether have 29 legs but the green octopus is saying that they altogether have 27 legs. Hence, the green octopus must be telling the truth. 
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