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Conference rusure::math

Title:Mathematics at DEC
Moderator:RUSURE::EDP
Created:Mon Feb 03 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2083
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132.0. "A crossnumber puzzle" by HARE::STAN () Tue Aug 21 1984 20:22

From:	ROLL::USENET       "USENET Newsgroup Distributor" 18-AUG-1984 06:12
To:	HARE::STAN
Subj:	USENET net.puzzle newsgroup articles

Newsgroups: net.puzzle
Path: decwrl!amd!dual!zehntel!hplabs!tektronix!rogerb
Subject: Crossnumber Puzzle
Posted: Tue Aug 14 13:33:53 1984


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	Wayne and his older brother, Dave, had a busy weekend
driving around in his VW.  For more details about Wayne, his
family, his car, and his weekend, complete the following
crossnumber puzzle.  To complete the puzzle, remember that there
	a) there are no leading zeroes anywhere,
	b) all numbers are exact integers, and
	c) for obscure reasons, Dave's age is *not* a multiple of eleven.


	+---+---+---+---+---+---+
	|XXX|1  |2  |XXX|3  |4  |
	|XXX|   |   |XXX|   |   |
	+---+---+---+---+---+---+
	|5  |   |   |6  |XXX|   |
	|   |   |   |   |XXX|   |
	+---+---+---+---+---+---+
	|7  |   |XXX|   |XXX|XXX|
	|   |   |XXX|   |XXX|XXX|
	+---+---+---+---+---+---+
	|XXX|XXX|8  |XXX|9  |10 |
	|XXX|XXX|   |XXX|   |   |
	+---+---+---+---+---+---+
	|11 |XXX|12 |13 |   |   |
	|   |XXX|   |   |   |   |
	+---+---+---+---+---+---+
	|14 |   |XXX|15 |   |XXX|
	|   |   |XXX|   |   |XXX|
	+---+---+---+---+---+---+

Clues:

	Across
1.  Dave's age
3.  Wayne's father's age
5.  The year of his VW
7.  The number of gallons of gas that he used
9.  His father's age when Wayne was thirteen
12. The square of his father's age
14. The distance he drove in two hours at his average speed
15. His average miles-per-gallon gas consumption


	Down
1.  The total distance he drove, in miles
2.  (8Down) - (3Across)
4.  A number which is increased by nine when its digits are reversed
5.  Half of Wayne's age
6.  His average speed, in miles-per-hour
8.  The distance driven in three hours at that speed
9.  The square of his average miles-per-gallon
10. Another number like 4 Down
11. Twice Dave's age
13. Wayne's age


			Have fun!
				Roger Bonzer
				tektronix!rogerb

[bonzer: (adj., Aus. slang) excellent, very good]
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132.1ULTRA::HERBISONMon Aug 27 1984 18:336
	c) for obscure reasons, Dave's age is *not* a multiple of eleven.

I didn't need to use this at all when I solved the puzzle.  In fact, I
was sure that the clue ended in "seven" until I just copied it over into
this reply.
						B.J.