Gear up for a new challenge—it’s time to crack the code and solve the mystery code! In this fun 3-digit puzzle, you’ll get three digits and some clues about how correct they are. Your job is to find the right 3-digit code using these hints to unlock the secret.
Ready to give it a try? Let’s see if you can figure out the code and open the lock!
Answer
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The mystery code is 145!
Analysis
Did you manage to crack the code? Don’t worry if you didn’t—it’s completely normal, especially if this is your first time with this kind of puzzle. To help you get the hang of these puzzles, here’s a quick guide on how you can work through it and find the answer:
Let’s start with Clue #2. Since 3, 8, and 7 are not correct and are missing from the code, we can eliminate them from any clues that include them.
In Clue #4, we are left with 4 and 1 as potential numbers in the code.
In Clue #3, the remaining numbers are 2 and 4. Since 3 has already been eliminated (based on Clue #2), we also need to eliminate 2. This is because Clue #3 indicates that only one number is correct, which, according to Clue #4, must be 4.
Therefore, we eliminate 2 from Clue #1 as well.
Since 4 cannot be in position 1 or 3 (as indicated by Clues #3 and #4), it must be in the middle/second position. Given this, 6 must be eliminated from Clue #1 because the second position is already occupied by 4.
With this information, the remaining possibilities for the code are 145 or 541. However, it cannot be 541, as Clue #4 tells us that 1 is wrongly placed.
This leaves us with 145!