My BrainBashers electronic world atlas has developed another fault.
I listed six countries, and how far away each was from England, and here are the results:
Spain 14,000 miles
Fiji 12,000 miles
Germany 18,000 miles
Brazil 16,000 miles
India 16,000 miles
Iceland --,--- miles
Hint
In order for the clocks to show the same time (e.g. 2 o'clock), what must the total time gained by one, and lost by the other, total?
Answers Midnight, 10 days later, when they will both show 4 o'clock. Midnight, 30 days later, when they will both show 12 o'clock. Reasoning #1
In order for the clocks to show the same time, the total time gained by one, and lost by the other, must be 12 hours.
For example, if the first clock were to show 2 o'clock, it would have gained 2 hours. In order for the second clock to also show 2 o'clock, it would have had to have lost 10 hours. This is a total of 12 hours gained and lost.
We know that for every hour that passes, the first clock gains one minute, and the second clock loses 2 minutes, for a total time gained and lost of 1 + 2 = 3 minutes.
The total time gained and lost will equal 12 hours when 12 x 60 ÷ 3 = 240 hours have passed. 240 hours = 10 days.
The first clock will have gained 240 x 1 minutes = 240 minutes = 4 hours.
The second clock will have lost 240 x 2 minutes = 480 minutes = 8 hours.
So, they will both show 4 o'clock, 10 days later.
Reasoning #2
In the first answer, we can see that 10 days later, the clocks both show 4 o'clock.
If we move forward another 10 days, both clocks would show 8 o'clock.
If we move forward another 10 days, both clocks would show 12 o'clock.
This will now be the correct time.
So, they will both show 12 o'clock, 30 days later.
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Puzzle 707
My 6, 7, 3 is a tear to a newspaper.
My 5, 4, 1 is damper than moist.
My 1, 7, 6, 4 is to become weary.
My 5, 7, 6, 9 helps electricity to flow.
My 8, 10, 2 is an attempt at this puzzle.
My whole could have been used to create this puzzle.
Hint
The first letters of the words are: R, W, T, W, T.
Answer
Typewriter.
Rip, wet, tire, wire, try.
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Puzzle 708
Can you place a different 4-letter word into each of the brackets to create two longer words. drift[----]wind home[----]bench foot[----]mother court[----]stick moth[----]roomquarter[----]ground space[----]yard wild[----]span your[----]less back[----]fighter
In the following example, the word 'book' creates the words 'cookbook' and 'bookcase'.
cook[book]case
