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Brainteaser – D Answer

LAND MARKS

Bay Cove Flat lands Grotto Hills Lake Marsh N. Shore Point Reef Tree
Bay XXX 10 11 4 5 6 9 8 4 13 2
Cove 10 XXX 3 12 7 4 7 10 13 5 10
Flatlands 11 3 XXX 11 6 7 10 9 12 2 9
Grotto 4 12 11 XXX 5 10 13 8 3 13 2
Hills 5 7 6 5 XXX 7 10 3 6 8 3
Lake 6 4 7 10 7 XXX 3 10 10 9 8
Marsh 9 7 10 13 10 3 XXX 13 13 12 11
N. Shore 8 10 9 8 3 10 13 XXX 9 11 6
Point 4 13 12 3 6 10 13 9 XXX 14 3
Reef 13 5 2 13 8 9 12 11 14 XXX 11
Tree 2 10 9 2 3 8 11 6 3 11 XXX

Step 2. Along with your table, use the following clues and the process of elimination to find D Hut which is situated between two landmarks.
  1. Find the difference between the shortest and the longest distances and divide that number by 2. Cross off all numbers from zero including that number.
    • The shortest distance is 2 and the longest distance is 14. The difference is 12, 1/2 of 12 is 6. Cross off all boxes with numbers 2 to 6.
  2. Count how many times each of the remaining numbers appear in the table. Find the highest amount of times a number appears and add "1" to it. Divide the sum by 2 and that is how many times our number appears in the table. Cross off all other numbers that appear any other number of times than 8.
    • The numbers appear in the table as follows: 7=8; 8=8; 8=10; 10=15; 11=10; 12=6; 13=12; 14=2. The number that appears the most amount of times 10 at 15 times; 1 more than 15 is 16, 1/2 of 16 is 8.
  3. Cross off any distance number that is the same as the amount of times it appears in the table. You should know the distance number for the location of D Hut by now.
    • Both 7 and 8 appear in the table 8 times, so the number cannot be 8, it must be 7.
  4. D Hut is between one landmark that has one vowel and one landmark that has two vowels. 
    • It cannot be between the Lake and the Flatlands as they both have 2 vowels.
  5. The first letter of these two landmarks are even numbers when counted in the alphabet. 
    • It cannot be between the Cove or the Marsh as Cove starts with the 3rd number in the alphablet, while Marsh starts with the 13th letter of the alphabet.
  6. The two remaining boxes on your table-graph will have the right answer

    • D Hut is between the Lake and the Hills, a distance of 7

I hope you enjoyed D Game.