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A party is being held at a local mansion. The host is very rich and his success is because of one thing ~ his famous recipe for Spaghetti!

The only guests that may attend are people who correctly reply to the guard at the door.

Here's where you come in. You and a friend are trying to steal this recipe. You sneak by and listen to the passwords.

The first guest arrives. The security says "5", and the guest replies "5".

The second guest arrives. The security says "6", the guest replies "6".

Your friend walks up to the door and the security says "7" arrives. He replies with "7", and is told to leave.

Another guest arrives, you seem to get the same pattern, security says "1" and he says "2" to get in.

Another guest arrives, you seem to get the same pattern, security says "4" and he says "4" to get in.

You now walk up to security and get "3", what is the correct response?

Part 1 was created by warspyking and is found here: The Security to the Party

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The answer corresponds to the number of segments used on creating the number on a 7 segment display. Because 3 has 5 segments on a 7 segment display, the answer is 5

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    $\begingroup$ security says "7" arrives. He replies with "7", the answer for 7 should be 3 $\endgroup$
    – Reuben Mallaby
    Commented Nov 11, 2014 at 13:46
  • $\begingroup$ @Mew Why does 7 need 7 segments? $\endgroup$
    – miracle173
    Commented Nov 11, 2014 at 16:33
  • $\begingroup$ @miracle173: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven-segment_display $\endgroup$
    – ThePopMachine
    Commented Nov 11, 2014 at 20:57
  • $\begingroup$ @ThePopMachine ??? The wiki article says that 7 uses 3 of the segments or do you read it in a different way? $\endgroup$
    – miracle173
    Commented Nov 12, 2014 at 6:51
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    $\begingroup$ @miracle173 It doesn't, that person is denied access. $\endgroup$
    – Weckar E.
    Commented Mar 30, 2017 at 11:15

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