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Puzzle 265
Can you find every occurrence of the word APPLES that appears in this grid (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally)?
The hint will reveal the number of times it occurs, but where are they?
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the letters cannot be selected.
Hint
It doesn't actually matter how many men or women there were.
Answer
17,760 dollars.
If there were M men, then there were (3552 − M) women.
So one ninth of the men each received 45 dollars and one twelve of the women each received 60 dollars. So the total received was:
= 45 x 1 x M + 60 x 1 x (3552 − M)
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9 12
Simplify the two fractions by dividing the 45 by 9, and the 60 by 12 respectively.