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Ten Box Trial (Posted on 2022-04-29)

There are ten boxes containing 4, 8, 27, 31, 34, 35, 44, 45, 51, and 59 balls of either red, or blue, or green in color.
Some boxes contain only red balls, some boxes contain only blue balls, and remaining boxes contain only green balls.
None of the boxes contain balls having more than one color.

One salesman sold only one box out of them and he declared, "I have the same number of red, blue, and green balls left over."

Which box is sold out?

Submitted by K Sengupta

Rating: 4.0000 (1 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

Either the box ith 8 balls, or the box with 59 ballscwas sold out.
For an explanation, refer to the solution submitted by Charlie in this location.

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Subject	Author	Date
Analytic then computer solution	Larry	2022-04-29 16:23:40
computer solution	Charlie	2022-04-29 09:36:14
re: possible intent	Steven Lord	2022-04-29 08:27:34
re(3): soln	broll	2022-04-29 08:22:51
re: possible intent	broll	2022-04-29 08:20:15
re(2): soln	Steven Lord	2022-04-29 08:16:58
possible intent	Charlie	2022-04-29 08:12:53
re: soln	broll	2022-04-29 08:03:38
Possible Solution	broll	2022-04-29 07:52:22
soln	Steven Lord	2022-04-29 07:40:03

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