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What Is The Number? (Posted on 2007-03-16)

Alex, Bert, and Carl know a specific number 1 to 9. From the statements below can you determine the number knowing one of them made three true statements and one of them made three false statements?

Alex: The number is less than or equal to 5.
Bert: The number is 2, 4, 7, or 9.
Carl: The number is even.
Alex: Bert's first statement is false.
Carl: The number is at least 5.
Bert: The number is odd.
Carl: Alex's first statement is true.
Alex: The number is not 1, 2, 8, nor 9.
Bert: Carl made exactly one true statement.

Submitted by Brian Smith

Rating: 3.0000 (1 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

The number is 9.
Bert made three true statements, Alex made three false statements and Carl made one true and two false statements.

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Resolution	K Sengupta	2022-04-07 08:13:40
solution	Praneeth Yalavarthi	2007-07-09 11:30:43
I think...	Fox	2007-03-27 01:51:19
No Subject	Ricardo E. Ayala	2007-03-22 18:33:18
Full Solution... with explanation	Syzygy	2007-03-18 01:57:42
logic say that I was wrong	Damo	2007-03-18 01:19:39
What is the number	Damo	2007-03-18 01:13:23
re: the answer is 9	Charlie	2007-03-17 14:23:53
the answer is 9	shaban	2007-03-17 09:18:59
My thinking ...	Justin	2007-03-16 14:36:00
Easy check solution	Gamer	2007-03-16 10:54:34
the table	Charlie	2007-03-16 08:31:26
Too busy (spoiler)	Vernon Lewis	2007-03-16 08:08:31

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