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Madadian Cricket
Smelly O'Riley, Drooling David and Gangly Gordon played in a Cricket match between Madadia and England.
None of them scored more than 99 runs.
If you add the digits of the runs scored by Smelly to his own score, you will get the runs scored by David.
If you reverse the digits of the runs scored by David, you will get the runs scored by Gangly.
The total runs scored by them is 240.
Can you figure out their individual scores?
None of them scored more than 99 runs.
If you add the digits of the runs scored by Smelly to his own score, you will get the runs scored by David.
If you reverse the digits of the runs scored by David, you will get the runs scored by Gangly.
The total runs scored by them is 240.
Can you figure out their individual scores?
Answer
Smelly, David and Gangly scored 75, 87 and 78 respectively.Smelly's score must be less than 86, otherwise David's score would be more than 99. Also, he must have scored at least 42 - in case David and Gangly scored 99 each.
Also, as none of them scored more than 99 and the total runs scored by them is 240; their individual scores must be around 80.
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