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It is a 5.
Nothing left to guess. All others can be ruled out with the dots that we actually see.
2 can be ruled out because there is one dot wrong in the upper left corner.
3 can be ruled out because there is one dot wrong in the lower left corner.
7 can be ruled out because there is one dot wrong in the lower left corner.
I reckon it's a 3 and the other visible 3 has a column missing as well.
I think it's a 3, and I think the top one has also been cut off.
Nope, look at the bottom dots in the visible three. They don't match.
It looks like it could be an 8.
No, it cannot be an 8 because of the dot in the top left corner. Compare it to the other 8 there.
The top left and bottom right dots should line up entirely but it's a misprint so I don't think an eight can be discounted entirely:
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(I used a rectangle to overlay to show the alignment against a known straight line)
OK so we need to align assumptions :-)
I am going with the assumption that an unknown amount is missing, but these dots that we can see are all in their correct places.
If you want to assume that the dots that we can see may be wrong, then I won't discuss your conclusions any further.
They're within the margin of error to be aligned as an eight but I dunno, maybe take this post a little less seriously and go outside? Yeesh.