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Tackle These Three Tests (Posted on 2005-08-07)

Arthur, Bert and Charles took three exams. In all exams, the first got X points, the second Y points, and the third Z points, X, Y and Z being positive integers such that X>Y>Z.

Summing the three results, Albert got 20 points; Bert, 10; and Charles, 9. Albert was 2nd in Algebra. Who was 2nd in Geometry?

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Puzzle Answer

Comment 9 of 9 |

(8,4,1) and then

Albert managed two 1sts and a 2nd (in Algebra),

Bert had a 1st and two 3rds, and,

Charles got two 2nds (thus, Geometry) and a 3rd.

Posted by K Sengupta on 2023-08-20 23:54:41

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