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Wednesday, 8 January 2014

Coin Puzzle

#211

17 one rupee coins were distributed among 6 persons A to F. Each of them is a logician and each knows that at least 1 coin was received by each of them. However no one knew the identity of the person with maximum no. of coins. Then the following conversation took place :
A : "Mr. B, do u have more no. of coins than I have?"
B: "I don't know"
B: "Mr. C, do u have more no. of coins than I have?"
C: "I don't know."
Then the same question is posed by C to D and by D to E.
The replies given by D and E were the same as one given by C. After listening to this conversation, F claimed that he knew the no. of coins possessed by each of them.
What is the no. of coins with F?


  Difficulty Level - 5/5

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