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Mon, 19 January 2004 21:50

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Here are this week's puzzles. Standard 24hr timelimit, PM me your answers.

5 puzzles, with #3 having two parts, so 6 actual puzzles. Get any 5 right for 1 chance to become this week's Puzzle Master, or get all 6 right for 2 chances.

1. The vowels have been omitted from this quotation. Can you replace them?
TSWSFTHRTHTKNWSHSWNCHLD

2. What number should replace the question mark? (IQ style, like last week's)

37 | 95 | 22

58 | 106 |21

96 | ? | 23

3. Consider the following equation, which is obviously false:
11 = 113355

a) Can you insert four line segments into this equation to make it correct?
example: a '-' is one line segment, while a '+' and a 'x' are 2 line segments.

b) Same question, but now you are only given three line segments to work with. To give you a break, the equation doesn't have to be exact, but it does have to be accurate to six decimal places!

4. Two ferryboats traveling at a constant speed start moving at the same instant from opposite sides of the Hudson River, one going from New York City to Jersey City and the other from Jersey City to New York City. They pass one another at a point 720 yards from the New York shore.
After arriving at their respective destinations, each boat spends precisely 10 minutes at the opposite shore to change passengers before switching directions. On the return trip, the two boats meet at a point 400 yards from the Jersey shore.
What is the width of the river?

5. A real estate mogul bought a piece of land for $243, divided it into an equal number of lots, and sold the entire package for $18 per lot. (The prices are low since this occured over a hundred years ago.) The mogul's profit on the entire deal was equal to what six of the lots had originally cost him.
How many lots were there in the piece of land?

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		Puzzle thread Jan. 19 By: Ron on Mon, 19 January 2004 21:50
		Re: Puzzle thread Jan. 19 By: Ron on Tue, 20 January 2004 23:03
		Re: Puzzle thread Jan. 19 By: HiltonL on Wed, 21 January 2004 00:42
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		Re: Puzzle thread Jan. 19 By: HiltonL on Wed, 21 January 2004 05:23
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		Re: Puzzle thread Jan. 19 By: Ron on Wed, 21 January 2004 12:11
		Re: Puzzle thread Jan. 19 By: HiltonL on Wed, 21 January 2004 12:57
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