Car Race Contestants

If in a car race, the man who came two places in front of the last man finished one ahead of the man who came fifth, how many contestants were there?




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In the addition below, all digits have been replaced by letters. Equal letters represent equal digits and different letters represent different digits.
ABCABA
BBDCAA
ABEABB
ABDBAA
------- +
AAFGBDH
What does the complete addition look like in digits?

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What is the probability that X will win ?

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How many letters are in the alphabet?

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My friends called me Iron59 because my parents are a chemist and a mathematician. What is my real name?

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All of you like to eat me. I am a five-lettered word. Remove the first two and I turn into an infamous animal. Remove just the first and I become a heinous crime. Remove the first and the last and you can groove on me.

Can you guess who am I?

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What have one eye but still cannot see?

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How many triangles can you count in the figure given?

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