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Puzzle 129 


The local CD shop operates an unusual discount policy. The discount on the next purchase is worked out on the current purchase in the following way: for every whole pound spent you get 0.5% discount on the next purchase. For example, if you purchased £8.99 on the first purchase, you would then get a 4% discount on the next purchase and so on. You can make as many purchases as necessary.

You need to buy 7 CDs, costing, £11.50, £12.00, £12.00, £12.50, £13.00, £13.00 and £14.50. What is the cheapest method of buying them?

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Puzzle 130 


Which word is the odd one out:

seventy brawl clover proper carrot swing emerged crafty travel sacred stone plunge

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Puzzle 131 


What number comes next in this sequence:

7  8  5  5  3  4  4  ?

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Puzzle 132 


Alex likes soda very much. At the local convenience store, for every 5 empty soda bottles the reward is a full fresh bottle.

As part of a local recycling initiative, Alex collected 77 empty bottles.

How many bottles of soda could Alex drink in total?

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