wolfgang Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 Take the numbers 2 to 9 to make three numbers each of three digits, so that the first number is twice the 2nd number , and the 2nd is twice the 3rd number. Each number should come only once except for one number should come twice. Zero is not included. what are the three numbers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CaptainEd Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 238 (2x=476, 4x=952) It was surprising how small the space of answers was. I was afraid this was going to be an Excel search through a large number of numbers, but logic could rule out a lot of them. Neat puzzle, Wolfgang! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 wolfgang Posted February 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 238 (2x=476, 4x=952) It was surprising how small the space of answers was. I was afraid this was going to be an Excel search through a large number of numbers, but logic could rule out a lot of them. Neat puzzle, Wolfgang! Thanks my friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Take the numbers 2 to 9 to make three numbers each of three digits, so that the first number is twice the 2nd number , and the 2nd is twice the 3rd number.
Each number should come only once except for one number should come twice.
Zero is not included.
what are the three numbers?
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