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Message 50 of 63 (636761)
10-10-2011 5:01 PM

Reply to: Message 49 by Aware Wolf
10-10-2011 4:50 PM

Re: My guess

Aware Wolf writes:

49, then 50, then 99

I thought those were the possible answers, but I couldn't figure out how to know the order they were given.
How did you do it?
How do we know it is not 50...99...49?

Is it just an inference from ""Is it greater than fifty?" and ""Is it less than fifty"?

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Message 52 of 63 (636764)
10-10-2011 5:30 PM

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10-10-2011 5:18 PM

Re: My guess

Dr. A writes:

The key to solving it is the fact that Bob must be giving Alice enough information to deduce the numbers.

Ah yes! I see now. I missed a couple of the small details in the question.
Thanks for the explanation.

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Message 54 of 63 (636766)
10-10-2011 5:47 PM

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10-10-2011 5:32 PM

Re: My guess

That's how I see it (after Dr. A's explanation) too.
The question requires identifying unique sums combined with unique positions on one side of the 50 mark.{highlight}

I stupidly missed that 50 is not "greater than 50" and that the 3rd set of questions are reversed.
That will teach me not to try and answer logic problems while watching comedy on TV.

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Message 56 of 63 (636771)
10-10-2011 6:11 PM

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10-10-2011 6:07 PM

Re: My guess

RAZD writes:

Ah, but WHAT comedy, that is the question!

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