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Combinatorics Difficulty 2.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

Peter always tells the truth or always lies on alternate days. One day, he made exactly four of the following five statements. Which one did he not make?

(A) I lied yesterday and I will lie tomorrow. (B) I am telling the truth today and I will tell the truth tomorrow. (C) $2024$ is divisible by $11$ . (D) Yesterday was Wednesday. (E) Tomorrow will be Saturday.

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