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Numbered hats, Warden and Maths
Prisoner B would write the number 13345110110099 where the first 11 digits, 13,345,110,110 = 1,000,000,000 + 12,345,110,110 and the last three digits are prisoner B's number, 099. You then take 13,345,110,110 - (1,011,012,345,110 - 11,012,345) = 12,345,110,110 which is the number on your hat.
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Numbered hats, Warden and Maths
If a person's number is "110", then there are at least 110 prisoners. Let us assume that there are less than 1000. Let us further assume that the other prisoners, besides prisoners A and B, have a total sum of 1,000,000,000 on their hats. We will assume that prisoner B is number "099." Then, prisoner A would write the number 1011012345110 where the first 10 digits, 1,011,012,345,110 = 1,000,000,000 + 11,012,345 and the last three digits are prisoner A's number, "110."
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What is an Adjacent Word™?
Good point. edited.
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What is an Adjacent Word™?
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What is an Adjacent Word™?
didn't see this one before I posted, but I'll leave mine mostly as I already typed out all the words.
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Magic Square Mixups [Challenge]
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Magic Square Mixups [Challenge]
I did it using the algorithm in the explanation. I put the numbers in Excel, got a sum of each row and column. Since there's one number different in each row/column, the intersection of the rows and columns that have the same sum must be the numbers that were changed. I then just picked the numbers that would make the sums correct.
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Magic Square Mixups [Challenge]
Thanks for the edit @AJL. I think I somehow copied these wrong, but I've fixed the second one to the correct answer.
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