Puzzle 13
What letter comes next in this sequence:
M A M J J ?
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There are 12 items in the complete list.
Answer
A.
August.
The sequence is March, April, May, June, July, August.
Puzzle 15
If one small rabbit can dig a warren in nine hours, a medium rabbit can dig a warren in 6 hours, and a large rabbit can dig a warren in four and a half hours.
How long will it take one small, one medium, and one large rabbit, to dig a warren if they all work together?
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How much of a warren can each rabbit dig in one hour?
Answer
2 hours.
Reasoning
The small rabbit can dig a warren in nine hours, so digs 1 /9 in one hour.
The medium rabbit can dig a warren in 6 hours, so digs 1 /6 in one hour.
The large rabbit can dig a warren in four and a half hours, so digs 1 /4.5 in one hour.
1 Hour = 1 /9 + 1 /6 + 1 /4.5
To make the denominators all the same, we can multiply through by 18 /18 to give:
1 Hour = 2 /18 + 3 /18 + 4 /18
1 Hour = 9 /18
1 Hour = 1 /2
So in one hour, they have dug half a warren, the whole warren will therefore take 2 hours.
Puzzle 16
What is the next number in this sequence:
0 0 1 2 2 4 3 6 4 8 5 ?
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Hint
There are two sequences merged.
Answer
10.
Reasoning
There are two sequences mixed together.
0 1 2 3 4 5
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0 2 4 6 8 ?
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