Bite-sized brain teaser to solve in a minute or less.
Bookish Logic
Four students at the Oddtown Heritage College have each checked out a different number of books from the library.
- Amy and Barry together borrowed a total of 7 books.
- Barry and Coco together borrowed a total of 9 books.
- Coco and Danny together borrowed a total of 5 books.
- Danny borrowed 2 books.
Using the given clues, can you determine how many books each student borrowed?
Solution
| Let's solve the puzzle step by step:
Given: Danny borrowed 2 books. From clue 3: Coco and Danny together borrowed a total of 5 books. Since Danny borrowed 2 books, Coco borrowed 5 − 2 = 3 books. From clue 2: Barry and Coco together borrowed a total of 9 books. Since Coco borrowed 3 books, Barry borrowed 9 − 3 = 6 books. From clue 1: Amy and Barry together borrowed a total of 7 books. Since Barry borrowed 6 books, Amy borrowed 7 − 6 = 1 book. The number of books each student borrowed is:
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