The greedy candies
Ana, Ena, Ina, Ona and Una are trying to guess how many candies are in a bucket. Ana says that there are 30, while Ena thinks there are 28, and Ina says that there are 29. Lastly, Ona says there are 25 candies in the bucket while Una believes that there are 26. Now, two of them are off by 1 candy and two others were off by 3 and 4, but one person guessed exactly.
How many candies are in the bucket?
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So let us first consider some middle value among the above predicted value to be true. Let us take 28 as the correct option: a) First condition goes false as in this case only one is mistaken for 1 candy. Now let us take 29 as the correct option: a) First condition holds true in this case as two are mistaken for 1 candy. b) Second condition also holds true as Una erred by 3 candies and Ona by 4. So the correct answer: There were 29 candies in the pot