Puzzle 333
Our local scrap merchant had to travel to the county recycling plant, 60 miles away.
On the way there, the wagon was fully laden, so could only manage a steady 12mph.
On the way back, the wagon was much lighter and could manage a steady 16mph.
The wagon started with 24 gallons of fuel in the tank ready for the round trip, which was easily enough fuel as the wagon managed to travel 8 miles for each gallon.
Unfortunately, a piece of metal had pierced the fuel pipe at the very start of the trip, and the wagon began to lose 1 gallon of fuel every hour.
Luckily, it only lost fuel when moving and lost no fuel while unloading the scrap metal.
Were the 24 gallons enough for the entire round trip?
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Puzzle 334
This BrainBashers safe has a rather unusual control panel.
In order to open the safe, you have to press every single square once only, in the correct sequence, ending on the square marked E.
Each square indicates which square to press next, for example, 2U means move up 2 squares and 3R means move right 3 squares.
Can you determine which square you must start with?
| 3R | 4R | 2R | 2D | 2R | 4D | 2D |
| 2R | 1U | 1U | 3D | 2D | 1R | 2L |
| 3D | 1D | 3R | 1R | 2L | 4L | 1D |
| 1U | 4R | 2L | 3D | 2D | 2L | 4L |
| 4U | 1L | 2D | E | 2R | 1D | 4L |
| 1R | 1D | 1R | 4U | 2R | 3L | 1D |
| 5U | 5U | 2L | 2R | 2U | 5U | 2L |
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the safe buttons cannot be clicked.
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Puzzle 335
Jake has some unusual likes and dislikes.
He likes balloons, but does not like parties!
He likes books, but does not like reading!
He likes weeds, but does not like flowers!
He likes swimming, but does not like water!
Does he like towns or villages?
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