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Maths Puzzle
There are 4 mugs placed upturned on the table. Each mug have the same number of marbles and a statement about the number of marbles in it. The statements are: Two or Three, One or Four, Three or One, One or Two.
Only one of the statement is correct. How many marbles are there under each mug?
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- 14 years agoHelpfull: Yes(3) No(0)
- There are 4 mugs placed upturned on the table. Each mug have the same number of marbles and a statement about the number of marbles in it. The statements are: Two or Three, One or Four, Three or One, One or Two.
Only one of the statement is correct. 4 marbles are there under each mug. Then only statement :One or Four," is correct. - 14 years agoHelpfull: Yes(3) No(1)
- Four marbles are there under each mug. This makes only one of the statement(One or Four)is correct. Other three are wrong. So answer is 4.
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- One or Four is correct.
4 marbles are there. - 14 years agoHelpfull: Yes(2) No(0)
- Try assuming no. of marbles in the pots. Maximum we can go to 4 marbles acc. to statements. Assume they have 1 marble in each mug then statement 2,3,4 should be true but only one can be true so its not 1 marble
Assume 2 marble in each mug then statements 1 and 4 should be true
Assume 3 marble in each mug then statements 1 and 3 should be true
Assume 4 marble in each mug then statements 2 should be true i.e. our solution
only one statement true
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- 4 marbles
2 or 3=wrong
1 or 4=right
3 or 1=wrong
1 or 2=wrong - 13 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(0)
- three or one cause that is the only statement that adds to four
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- 4 ...four is written in only one mug
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