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Welcome to the cupcake constellation control. The display lights are controlled by pulses that may move more than one dial. Your team has the original records on the table. First recover five pieces of information, then use the final plan to configure the constellation display. Keep every result beside its badge so another teammate can check your reasoning.
Rotate player roles · Choose a useful hint · Manage two teams
Look at the training cards that share one signal.
In an unordered pair, a word cannot be assigned by its left/right position. Use the overlap with another pair.
Give each signal a different word, check every training example and only then decode the received message in its printed order.
REST-OPEN
A consistent one-to-one mapping satisfies every training example. Use the complete mapping to read the two-signal message in order. Result: REST-OPEN.
Read each supply card and the three required needs.
A light card alone may leave a need uncovered; a shared supply counts for both needs.
Compare complete combinations, adding each chosen card weight once. Reject any combination over the limit before choosing the lightest.
E
Compare coverage before weight. Only complete kits qualify; minimize their combined weight and report the selected cards in alphabetical order. Result: E.
Find opening stock, closing stock and the DONE or CANCELLED marks.
Only completed entries change stock. A cancelled plan cannot be added or subtracted.
Apply every known completed change to opening stock. Compare that result with closing stock to recover the missing completed return.
9
Known stock: 8 + 2 - 3 = 7. Closing stock 16 minus 7 gives the missing return 9. Cancelled +7 never arrived. Result: 9.
Find the column letters and row numbers on the grid.
A coordinate gives column first and row second; keep the printed coordinate order.
Read the full word before using the conversion table. If the word is missing, recheck each row and column rather than choosing a similar word.
3
A3, B1, C2, D3 reads STAR. The conversion table gives 3. Result: 3.
Find the equal parcels and the separate loose units.
Remove the loose units before sharing the remaining weight among equal parcels.
Find one parcel from the first equation, then substitute that weight into the second equation before recording it.
6
Remove 1 from 25; share 24 among 4 parcels to get 6. Check 2 x 6 + 3 = 15. Result: 6.
Find the starting states, dial order and pulse-card key.
Each selected vector lists turns for every dial. Several different cards can affect the same dial.
Add one dial column at a time to its starting state, wrap around the three-state loop, then check that all five pulse cards were used.
A0-B2-C1-D0-E0
Select one pulse card for each of the five badge results. Add the turns by dial column to the printed starting states and wrap each total around 0, 1, 2. The checked configuration is A0-B2-C1-D0-E0; each pulse pair has equal size and total turns, so its shape does not identify the correct choice.
Pause whenever the group needs a break. This is a planning estimate.