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The BrainBashers golf world tour is well underway and Fred is planning the journey to each location.
Unfortunately, the BrainBashers atlas is playing up again and has worked out the mileage incorrectly, as shown below.
Birmingham 47,000
Oslo 18,000
Chicago 32,000
Manhattan 42,000
According to the system, how many miles is it to Sydney?
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Answer
29,000 miles.
Reasoning
Each vowel (AEIOU) is worth 4,000 miles and each consonant is worth 5,000 miles.
Double-Checking
Sydney has 1 vowel (E = 1 x 4,000) and 5 consonants (SYDNY = 5 x 5,000) = 29 thousand miles.
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