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Deciphering the Duel (Posted on 2024-03-09) Difficulty: 3 of 5
After the Math Department’s Magic: the Gathering tournament, the five competitors told their colleagues how it turned out. But, mathematicians being what they are, each competitor told only a half-truth: that is, one true and one untrue statement. Here’s what they said:

Allen: Deis came in second. I finished third.
Black: I won the whole thing, and Chang finished second.
Chang: I got third place; poor Black was last.
Deis: I was in second place, and Frayer was fourth.
Frayer: I ended up fourth. Allen was the champion!

What were the true results?

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Some Thoughts Puzzle Thoughts Comment 3 of 3 |
Deis came in first
Chang came in 2nd.
 Allen came in 3rd
 Frayer came in 4th
 Black came in 5th

Frayer's first statement was the true one; everyone else's last statement was their true one.
 

Edited on March 9, 2024, 1:36 pm
  Posted by K Sengupta on 2024-03-09 13:35:23

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