On a sheet of paper, you have 100 statements written down. the first says, "at most 0 of these 100 statements are true." the second says, "at most 1 of these 100 statements are true." ... the nth says, "at most (n-1) of these 100 statements are true ... the 100th says, "at most 99 of these statements are true." how many of the statements are true?

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Brooks Valdez

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9 December, 01:08

On a sheet of paper, you have 100 statements written down. the first says, "at most 0 of these 100 statements are true." the second says, "at most 1 of these 100 statements are true." ... the nth says, "at most (n-1) of these 100 statements are true ... the 100th says, "at most 99 of these statements are true." how many of the statements are true?

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Oliver Cooley · Answer 1

I would go with the second statement is true because if all of the other ones mentioned in the problem had something that would not work either the one before or after would make the statement false excepted for statement two