and logical or mathematical puzzles are a great way to spend your free time. They are also able to positively influence concentration, imagination and even memory. Many of them, although they seem very simple at first glance, cause significant problems and become a challenge that not everyone is able to cope with. This time we have a padlock puzzle for you.
Can you solve the puzzle and open the padlock? Only a few succeed
Will you be able to open the padlock? It is locked with a three-digit combination. To make things easier, you have five hints to guide you to the correct combination. Be careful, however, because the task is not as simple as it may seem.
- 682: one digit is correct and in the correct position.
- 614: one digit is correct but in the wrong position.
- 206: two digits are correct, but both are in the wrong position.
- 738: all numbers are incorrect.
- 380: one digit is correct but in the wrong position.
Theoretically, with the hints given above, you will be able to quickly identify the correct combination. However, this question caused so many problems for Internet users that some have not yet found an answer to it. There are also various proposals in the discussions. Some point to 062, others to 012. Can you find the correct combination? There is one correct answer, we indicated it at the end of the article. Here’s the explanation.
Puzzle with a padlock. Only a genius will find the correct answer in less than 15 minutes
Given the first hint (682), the number 6 cannot be correct because it would contradict the third hint. Also, the number 8 cannot be correct, because it would contradict the fourth hint, which states that 7, 3 and 8 are not the correct answer. Therefore, the correct answer is 2. In turn, in the second clue (614), again 6 cannot be the correct one. That leaves 4, which is not in the correct position. Hint 5 shows that 0 is the third part of the combination. So it remains to determine what positions they should be in. Hint 3 (206) indicates that two digits from the combination are in the wrong places. It means that:
- 2 should be in last place,
- 0 cannot be in either the second or last place, so the first position remains,
- 4 remains the second position.
So the correct answer is 042.
Source: Gazeta
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