Lucy`s Secret Number puzzle

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Lucy’s Secret Number puzzle (datagenetics.com)

You are at a party and overhear a conversation between Lucy and her friend.

In the conversation, Lucy mentions she has a secret number that is less than 100.

She also confesses the following information:

“The number is uniquely describable by the answers to the following four questions:”

Q1) Is the number divisible by two?
Q2) Is the number divisible by three?
Q3) Is the number divisible by five?
Q4) Is the number divisible by seven?

I loved this puzzle. I first solved it a brute-force way, with Excel. Then I found increasingly elegant and logical solutions. Then I shared it with some friends: I love it! Go read the whole thing.

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