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Five of the missing first letters are: F, P, T, C, B.

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--pay = repay --lad = salad --ior = prior --eue = queue --rva = larva --day = today --voc = havoc --yss = abyss --gun = begun --pty = empty --til = until --cay = decay --uke = fluke --uze = gauze --noe = canoe

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The word MARCH appears 46 times.

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The word MARCH appears 46 times.

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These were a famous comedy duo.

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Y.

From Laurel and Hardy, the names have been merged.

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Remember that there are 12 inches in a foot.

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I asked for 9 foot 2 inches (110 inches) and my friend brought me 2 foot 9 inches (33 inches).

Reasoning
I asked my friend to buy me A feet and B inches, which is a total of 12A + B inches.

He accidentally bought me B feet and A inches, which is 12B + A inches.

We know that 12B + A is actually only 30% of what I wanted, so:

     12B + A = 0.3 x (12A + B)

Multiply throughout by 10:

  120B + 10A = 3 x (12A + B)

  120B + 10A = 36A + 3B

        117B = 26A

           B = 26A ÷ 117

Don't forget that A and B can only be integers, and between 0 and 11.

Since 26 x A has to be at least 117, the lowest possible value for A is 5. We can check the remaining possibilities.
 5 x 26 = 130
 6 x 26 = 156
 7 x 26 = 182
 8 x 26 = 208
 9 x 26 = 234 (*)
10 x 26 = 260
11 x 26 = 286

The only number wholly divisible by 117 is 234, which means that A = 9, and B = 2.

So, I originally asked for 9 feet 2 inches.