Question

Four cups are placed upturned on the counter. Each cup has the same number of sweets and a declaration about the number of sweets in it. The declaration are: Five or Six, Seven or Eight, Six or Seven, Seven or Five. Only one of the declaration is correct. How many sweets are there under each cup?​

Answer 1

Answer:

7 because its has occured the most number of times

Answer 2

1. The correct number cannot appear in more than one declaration because only one of the four declarations is correct.
2. If it appears in more than one declaration, then more than one declaration will be correct. Because the number 8 does not appear in more than one declaration.
3. As a result, each cup contains eight sweets.

Hence, the number of sweets under each cup is eight.

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