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Puzzle ZEXF 



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My BrainBashers electronic world atlas has developed a fault, I did a listing of miles from England to particular countries and here is the result:
Austria      1,800 miles
New Zealand  2,400 miles
Japan        1,200 miles
Brazil       1,400 miles

How far away did it list Argentina as?

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Answer
2,200 miles.

Vowels (AEIOU) are worth 300 miles and consonants are worth 200 miles.

Double-Checking
Argentina has 4 vowels (AEIA = 4 x 300), and 5 consonants (RGNTN = 5 x 200), for a total of 1,200 + 1,000 = 1,200 miles.

 

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