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Old 6th August 2007, 16:31   #4 (permalink)
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THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE DIGIT 0 APPEARS IN THIS PUZZLE IS One
THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE DIGIT 1 APPEARS IN THIS PUZZLE IS One
THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE DIGIT 2 APPEARS IN THIS PUZZLE IS One
THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE DIGIT 3 APPEARS IN THIS PUZZLE IS One
THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE DIGIT 4 APPEARS IN THIS PUZZLE IS One
THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE DIGIT 5 APPEARS IN THIS PUZZLE IS One
THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE DIGIT 6 APPEARS IN THIS PUZZLE IS One
THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE DIGIT 7 APPEARS IN THIS PUZZLE IS One
THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE DIGIT 8 APPEARS IN THIS PUZZLE IS One
THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE DIGIT 9 APPEARS IN THIS PUZZLE IS One
Two solutions because it depends if you answer in word form or digit form? If you answer in word form, then each number appears as a digit only once. If you answer in digit form there is a dilema. You answer 1 to 0. That then means that the answer to 1 should be 2. - so far so good! But now there is a problem. Whithout thinking you might think that "2" appears twice, so you go to answer with -2, but in doing so, it now appears three times not twice! So it is not possible to answer in digits.

Am I on the right line?



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