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Puzzle ZBOM 



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The legendary BrainBashers calendar had a recent bug. Here is a listing showing the number of days in each month:
January    107
February   68
March      135
April      15
May        133
June       104
July       104
August     16
September  {?}

How many days did it show for September?

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Answer
199.

Take the first letter of the month, and find its position in the alphabet: S = 19.

Then take the number of letters in the month: September = 9.
January    10-7
February   6-8
March      13-5
April      1-5
May        13-3
June       10-4
July       10-4
August     1-6
September  19-9

 

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