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This BrainBashers safe has a rather unusual control panel.

In order to open the safe, you have to press every single square once only, in the correct sequence, ending on the square marked E.

Each square indicates which square to press next, for example, 2U means move up 2 squares and 3R means move right 3 squares.

Can you determine which square you must start with?

3R	4R	2R	2D	2R	4D	2D
2R	1U	1U	3D	2D	1R	2L
3D	1D	3R	1R	2L	4L	1D
1U	4R	2L	3D	2D	2L	4L
4U	1L	2D	E	2R	1D	4L
1R	1D	1R	4U	2R	3L	1D
5U	5U	2L	2R	2U	5U	2L

Note: this puzzle isn't interactive, and the safe buttons can't be clicked.

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If 5 cats can catch 5 rats in 5 minutes...

...how many cats do you need to catch 100 rats in 100 minutes?

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Cabbage is to sprouts as carrot is to:
pea cucumber potato tomato artichoke celery

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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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