two puzzlers - (troubleshooting training:-)

Conrad Hoffsommer hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu
Tue, 23 Jun 1998 12:49:14 -0500


Carl writ,

At 12:38 6/23/98 -0400, you wrote:
>First, a couple clues on the 'F's puzzle.
>
>I counted 4, then 6, then 8, then settled on 7.
> 
>Write down the directions for the puzzle from memory.  Now go back and
>see what they really are.

Lemme sea...
Those who total:
- 6 - assume counting only those in the "following" sentence.
- 8 - include all of instruction sentence.
- 7 - include only capital Fs in both sentences.
 
What else am I missing?

>New puzzle #1
>
>Mary has ten apples.  Jim doesn't have any.  How many apples does Mary
>give to Jim such that at the end of the transaction, she will have nine
>more than Jim?

½



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