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Top Spin (Posted on 2006-10-11) Difficulty: 3 of 5
The numbers 1 to 25 appear randomly on the sides of five pentagonal spinning tops. If all five tops are spun at the same time, the following results could occur.

a) 1  4  9 10 11   b) 2  4 17 21 22   c) 2 11 12 16 24
d) 3  5 16 19 23   e) 3 18 19 24 25   f) 4  9 10 18 19
g) 4 10 18 20 22   h) 4 17 18 19 22   i) 6 10 16 22 23
j) 7 19 22 24 25   k) 8 13 16 18 19   l)10 11 12 14 19
m)10 15 19 21 22   n)10 16 18 20 22   o)13 15 18 19 22
Which five numbers appear on each top?

  Submitted by Josie Faulkner    
Rating: 4.4000 (10 votes)
Solution: (Hide)
Top Spin Solution

Upper case (A to E) refers to the tops and lower case (a to o) refers to the clues.

From g and n, 4 and 16 are on A; 10 on B; 18 on C; 20 on D; 22 on E.

Clue f places 9/19 on D/E, but m places 19 on D and therefore 9 on E.

Clue h places 17 on B.

Clue o places 13/15 on A/B, but m places 15 on A and therefore 13 on B.

Clue m also places 21 on C; k places 8 on E; b places 2 on D.

Clue i places 6/23 on C/D. but d places 23 on C and therefore 6 on D.

Clue a places 1/11 on C/D, but l(the letter ell) places 1 on D and therefore 11 on C.

Clue l also places 12/14 on A/E, but c places 14 on A and therefore 12 on E.

Clue c also places 24 on B.

Clue j places 7/25 on A/C, but e places 7 on C and therefore 25 on A.

Clue d places 3/5 on B/E, but e places 5 on B and therefore 3 on E.

So,
Top A 4, 14, 15, 16, 25
Top B 5, 10, 13, 17, 24
Top C 7, 11, 18, 21, 23
Top D 1, 2, 6, 19, 20
Top E 3, 8, 9, 12, 22

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  Subject Author Date
Some ThoughtsPuzzle ThoughtsK Sengupta2023-04-28 00:28:39
re(2): different solution than the others...Josie Faulkner2006-11-06 15:41:41
re: different solution than the others...Charlie2006-11-06 10:11:46
Solutiondifferent solution than the others...loretta2006-11-05 22:56:39
re: SolutionJosie Faulkner2006-10-16 21:50:05
SolutionSolutionLisa2006-10-16 06:27:44
Some Thoughtsre: (dont know why it comes out wrong after I post) =(Rachael2006-10-14 03:44:59
re: Solutionbrianjn2006-10-12 08:00:15
re: (dont know why it comes out wrong after I post) =(Josie Faulkner2006-10-12 03:34:18
(dont know why it comes out wrong after I post) =(Scott2006-10-12 02:53:43
Solution....(sorry about last post)Scott2006-10-12 02:51:10
SolutionScott2006-10-12 02:47:22
Hints/Tipsre: Quick Guess (Spoiler)gregg2006-10-12 00:08:29
re: Quick Guess (Spoiler)Josie Faulkner2006-10-11 17:47:37
Quick Guess (Spoiler)Vernon Lewis2006-10-11 13:38:08
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