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Puzzle #233: Can you work out how many goals were scored?

Can you solve this week’s logic puzzle, An odd league? Plus the answer to puzzle #232

2 August 2023

#233 An odd league

Set by Howard Williams

The annual football tournament between the teams in the town of Oddhampton has just reached a thrilling climax.

The five teams played each other once, earning two points for a win and one for a draw, with the mathematically pleasing result that four of the teams finished with a different odd number of points.

The spectators were less pleased, however: the number of goals scored was the minimum necessary to produce this result.

What was the total number of goals scored in the tournament?

Solution next week

#232 Opposite number

Solution

Belle…

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