1. Condition 1 indicates that if Abou ate oats, then the 3.

3. Condition C indicates that if the number was not a mul-

horse ate what the cow ate. This eliminates B and C.
2. Condition 2 indicates that if the horse ate oats, then
Abou ate what the cow did not. This eliminates A and F.
3. Condition 3 indicates that if the cow ate hay, Abou ate
what the horse ate. This eliminates D.
4. The only situations with no conflict are E, G and H.
5. In each of those situations
Abou, and only Abou, ate
the same thing. He ate
from the feed bag holding
hay.
35. The First Magic Number: 75.
tiple of 4, then it was a number from 70 through 79. This
eliminates 51, 54, 57 and 61, 63, 65, 67 and 69.
4. The remaining number, 75, satisfies all three conditions.
A. It is not a multiple of 2 and so it does not have to be a
number from 50 through 59.
B. It is a multiple of 3, and so it does not have to be a
number from 60 through 69.
C. It is not a multiple of 4, and so it is, necessarily, a
number from 70 through 79.

36. The Second Magic Number: 64.

37. The Third Magic Number: 76.

1. Condition A eliminates all multiples of 2 except those 38. Seth Meets the Dragon:
from 50 to 59. Eliminated therefore are 60, 62, 64, 66, 68
and 70, 72, 74, 76 and 78.
Seth fills the 5-cup
pitcher from the pond.
From the 5-cup pitcher,
he fills the 3-cup pitcher,
leaving two cups in the
5-cup pitcher.
2. Condition B indicates that if the number was not a mul- He empties the 3-cup
tiple of 3, it was a number from 60 through 69. This pitcher into the pond.
eliminates 50, 52, 53, 55, 56, 58, 59 and 71, 73, 77 and 79. He pours the two cups
of liquid from the 5-cup
pitcher into the 3-cup
pitcher.
Next he fills the 5-cup
pitcher again.