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
Each vowel (AEIOU) is worth 4,000 miles and each consonant is worth 2,000.
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Puzzle 171
A coin collector decides to divide his coin collection between his children.
The eldest gets 1/2 of the collection, the next gets 1/4 of the collection, the next gets 1/5 of the collection, and the youngest gets the remaining 49 coins.
Therefore, the 20/20 must equal 20 lots of 49 = 980.
Alternative Reasoning
Using percentages:
50% + 25% + 20% = 95%
The remaining 5% is 49 coins.
If 5% is 49 coins, 10% is 98 coins, 100% is 980 coins.
Double-Checking 1/2 of 980 is 490 1/4 of 980 is 245 1/5 of 980 is 196
and the remaining 49 coins.
And 490 + 245 + 196 + 49 = 980.
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Puzzle 172
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.
