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I'm more of a visual person when it comes to puzzles like these so here's my take: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Mary B B A B A B B A B B 7 Dan B A A A
by flanbiscuit 2y ago
I'm more of a visual person when it comes to puzzles like these so here's my take:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Mary B B A B A B B A B B 7
Dan B A A A B A B A A A 5
Lisa B A A A B B B A B A 3
Colin B B A A A B B A A A ?
First I remove the answers that everyone agreed on. We know that one of these 4 answers is wrong because of Lisa.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Mary _ B _ B A B _ _ B B 7
Dan _ A _ A B A _ _ A A 5
Lisa _ A _ A B B _ _ B A 3
Colin _ B _ A A B _ _ A A ?
Next we can assume anything matching Lisa's remaining answers are wrong, so I will put an x for those. These we 100% know are wrong answers.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Mary _ B _ B A x _ _ x B 7
Dan _ x _ x x A _ _ A x 5
Lisa _ x _ x x x _ _ x x 3
Colin _ B _ x A x _ _ A x ?
If you count both the remaining answers and the blanks, you'll see they equal to their score + 1. That 1 being that unknown of the 4 original blank columns where everyone agreed.
So the answer for Colin would by 6 because he has 7 remaining answers.
- thaumasiotes 2y ago> Next we can assume anything matching Lisa's remaining answers are wrong This is incorrect. The assumption is true, but that's just a coincidence - you haven't justified it.