| LIFE A puzzle...do the math. (Hint #1)
- Thread starter TerryP
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What if Major Ogilvie hadn't existed?
AFF
Member
If ya figure it out, hide your answers in spoiler.
042
Don't know howto do spoiler
062
062
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TerryP
Staff
ok got it thanks Terry
Justneedme81
Member
TerryP
Staff
Lines 2 and 3 eliminate that choice.
TerryP
Staff
...so if we go back to lines #1 and #2, you see the digits can only be #6 and #2.
AFF
Member
uh, not the way I read it. Six is eliminated after the first 2 hints, no?
TerryP
Staff
One digit is right and in its place: 2
One digit is right but in the wrong place: 6.
Since the #6 is in slot 1 for lines #1 and #2, that leaves the #2 in the correct place.
The "two digits are right but both in the wrong place" is a "false qualifier?" All the digits are right, all in the wrong place.
So, we've got _, 6, 2.
The last line leaves 0.
It's clever. A mind twister. The #4 messes with my head a bit.
AFF
Member
...but the digits 6, 2, and 0 in any order wouldn't fit clue #3.
Clue #3:
206 Two digits are right but both are in wrong place
Same digits as your answer but in different order. It says only 2 of those 3 digits are right.
When you look at all the clues with 042 as the presumed answer, then every clue makes perfect sense:
042
682 One digit is right and in its place
614 One digit is right but in the wrong place
206 Two digits are right but both are in wrong place
738 All digits are Wrong
380 One digit is right but in the Wrong Place
PurlJam
Member
Doesn't line 1 eliminate 6? Zero is in the 1st slot. Clue 1: One digit is right and in the right spot (2), eliminating the 6, because it's in the first slot so it can't be the right one in the right slot, or am I looking at it wrong?
