Brainsteem Mathematics Challenges - Coloured Numbers

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The Question

Each number from the set {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9} is coloured either red or blue according to the following rules:

i) The number 4 is red;
ii) If two numbers x, y have different colours and x + y < 9, then the number x + y is coloured blue;
iii) If two numbers x, y have different colours and x.y < 9, then the number x.y is coloured red

Find all possible colour arrangements.

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one question,
If two numbers x, y have the same colours and x + y < 9, then the number x + y is coloured red?

If the conditional is not satisfied then the rule is not triggered.
;-)
hence why there are multiple solutions - though not very many!

Ok got it :)

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