At the local racetrack, Alex was testing the latest car.
During the eight test laps, Alex managed to average the first two laps at 100mph, the next two laps at 102mph, the next two laps at 140mph, and the last two laps at 150mph.
The 8 laps were 40 miles, and using Speed = Distance ÷ Time: average speed = 40 ÷ (40/119) average speed = 40 x (119/40) = 119 mph
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Puzzle 58
Below are safari animals, however, each letter has been replaced by its position in the alphabet, but the spaces between the resulting numbers have been removed.
This is n to the power of 5, starting with 2^5 = 32, with the last digit missing, 7^5 = 16807.
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Puzzle 60
My BrainBashers electronic world atlas has developed another fault.
I listed five countries, and how far away each was from England, and here are the results:
Australia 500 miles
Peru 8,000 miles
India 4,500 miles
Scotland 9,500 miles
France ? miles
Take the alphabetic position of the first letter, halve, and then multiply by 1000.
You could also multiply by 500 instead.
Double-Checking
F is the 6th letter of the alphabet, halving gives 3, multiplying by 1000 gives 6000.
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