In a particular group of people, some always tell the truth, the rest always lie. There are 2016 in group. One day, the group is sitting in a circle. Each person in the group says, "Both the person on my left and the person on my right are liars."
What is the difference between the largest and smallest number of people who could be telling the truth?
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0
72
126
288
336
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