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Puzzle 177 



During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention, a Morse code contest took place.

The contest consisted of a Morse code transmission where the spaces between the letters and words were missing.

Can you decipher the sequence and find the well known proverb?

-.....-..---.--.......-.-......-.--.---..-.-.....-........---.-..-....-.
Luckily, BrainBashers has provided you with a list of the Morse code characters:

A .-B -...C -.-.D -..E .F ..-.G --.H ....I ..J .---K -.-L .-..M --N -.O ---P .--.Q --.-R .-.S ...T -U ..-V ...-W .--X -..-Y -.--Z --..

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 178 



The map below shows the street locations of a city. Position three police officers such that the entire length of every street can be seen by at least one officer.

Puzzle Copyright © Cihan Altay

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Puzzle 179 



After visiting one of my very old relatives, I travelled home in their old jalopy. The car was old and battered, it had a leak from the petrol tank, and I was stuck in second gear.

This meant that I could only travel along at a steady 30 miles per hour and managed a paltry 20 miles per gallon of fuel.

At the start of the journey, I had placed exactly 10 gallons of fuel into the tank. I knew though, that the fuel tank lost fuel at the rate of half a gallon per hour.

Just as I arrived home, the car stopped because it had run out of fuel and I had only just made it.

How far was it from my relative's house to my home?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 180 



A rope swing hangs vertically down so that the end is 12 inches from the ground, and 48 inches from the tree.

If the swing is pulled across so that it touches the tree, it is 20 inches from the ground.

How long is the rope?

Puzzle Copyright © Elliott Line
This puzzle appeared in Mensa's EnigmaSig (198.24) and is used with permission.

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