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One More Time: Open the Lock Puzzle

 
Walco 2020-12-01 22:08:26 

147 One Digit is Right but in the Wrong place

189 One digit is right and in the right place

965 Two digits are right but both are in the wrong places

523 All digits are wrong

286 One digit is right but in the wrong place

This one should be easier after solving the first one smile

 
sudden 2020-12-01 22:18:32 

679

 
Walco 2020-12-01 22:56:39 

In reply to sudden
OK I done now. Take a bow big grin Casper will be happy that this puzzle have a 6 and a 9 smile

 
sudden 2020-12-01 23:08:15 

In reply to Walco

Man this is what we did at school in 6th form. I had a wasteful but fun time at school. Surprised I achieved anything in life big grin

 
Maispwi 2020-12-01 23:09:58 

In reply to Walco

679

 
Walco 2020-12-01 23:12:46 

In reply to sudden
smile These are the types of puzzles that most lawyers should be good at. I remember these types of questions on the Law School Admissions Test.

 
Walco 2020-12-01 23:13:55 

In reply to Maispwi

Correct, but sudden kill the thread quick quick juss so ...

 
Maispwi 2020-12-01 23:16:13 

In reply to Walco

U shud wait until a few persons have answered to reveal de correct answer

 
sudden 2020-12-01 23:20:50 

In reply to Walco

Really and I had to write a Shoite essay
big grin

 
Walco 2020-12-01 23:40:32 

241 One number is correct and well placed

413 Nothing is correct

532 Two numbers are correct but wrong places

347 One number is correct but wrong place

751 Two numbers are correct but wrong places

 
sudden 2020-12-01 23:56:30 

In reply to Walco

275

 
Jamstar 2020-12-01 23:59:16 

Read it wrong, it is 679

 
Casper 2020-12-02 11:46:47 

In reply to Walco

OK I done now. Take a bow Casper will be happy that this puzzle have a 6 and a 9


Damn right. lol lol

 
Courtesy 2020-12-02 11:49:42 

In reply to Casper

Walco made a substitution around the benzene ring to create a new compound. Alkene chemistry...

lol lol lol

lol lol lol

 
nick2020 2020-12-02 12:03:39 

In reply to Walco

965 Two digits are right but both are in the wrong places
523 All digits are wrong

It appears these two conditions make these puzzles much easier to solve.

That gives us Casper's 6 and 9 right there. lol

 
Walco 2020-12-02 13:50:14 

In reply to Casper
But I made a huge mistake that allowed the 7 to get between the 6 and the 9. I will do better next time smile

 
Walco 2020-12-02 13:50:39 

In reply to nick2020

You are a very perceptive fella big grin

 
Walco 2020-12-02 14:22:59 

In reply to sudden

241 One number is correct and well placed

413 Nothing is correct

Not possible to eliminate anything based on the first clue. The second clue eliminates 4 and 1 from the first clue, so we know one of the digits in the code is 2 and that it is also the first digit of the code.

532 Two numbers are correct but wrong places

We already know from the first two clues that 2 is the first digit. We also know from the second clue that 3 is not one of the digits. So based on the third clue we know that 5 will be one of the digits and we know from the first clue that the 5 will have to be the second or third digit.

347 One number is correct but wrong place

We know from the second clue that 3 and 4 are not part of the code. So 7 is part of the code and it must be the second digit because 2 is the first digit (clue #1) and 7 is not the third digit (clue #4). The only place in the code left for 5 is the third. Code is 275

751 Two numbers are correct but wrong places

This clue is not necessary, but confirms that 7 and 5 are in the code but 7 is not the first digit and 5 is not the second digit. Recall that 1 is not in the code (clue #2)

 
Walco 2020-12-02 14:24:41 

One more:

234 Two numbers are correct. One well placed and the other wrongly placed

567 Nothing is correct

564 One number is correct and well placed

401 Two numbers are correct but wrongly placed

124 Two numbers are correct. One well placed and the other wrongly placed

 
sudden 2020-12-02 14:30:43 

In reply to Walco

314