Frankie the Squirrel can find one acorn in 15 minutes and Glenn the Squirrel can find one acorn in 12 minutes. As autumn approaches, they both work all day and all night.
However, Alex the Squirrel is eating their collection! It takes Alex 20 minutes to eat an acorn, and Alex eats all day and all night long (and starts on yesterday's acorns).
How many extra acorns will there be at the end of a 24-hour day?
Reasoning
Frankie finds 4 acorns every hour, Glenn finds 5 acorns every hour and Alex eats 3 acorns every hour, so the nett total per hour is 4 + 5 − 3 = 6.
Which is 6 x 24 = 144 extra acorns in a day.
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Puzzle 131
Can you find the country hidden in the following paragraph?
Aliens landed in downtown Chicago last night. Most locals stepped outside to see the spaceship's massive wingspan. Amazingly, seven people failed to see the sight before them, as they took shelter from the bright light that shone from above.
Aliens landed in downtown Chicago last night. Most locals stepped outside to see the spaceship's massive wingsPAN. AMAzingly, seven people failed to see the sight before them, as they took shelter from the bright light that shone from above.
