Challenge for October
by Lester Dickey
My son Jon just bought a house. He decided to erect a straight fence along
his yard to keep his children from getting into the road. "You planned to have the
fence posts five feet apart," his wife Sara said, "but you’ve got them more
than that." Jon replied "I didn’t think you’d notice, but I was four
posts short, so they had to be seven feet apart to do the job." How long is the
fence?
Please e-mail Lester Dickey with your answer and your name, phone
number, and the organization for which you work. Or call Barbara Buck at 624-9501.
The winner will be drawn from all the correct entries and will receive a FREE pizza
from Spanky's Pizza. All answers must be in no later than the 14th of the
month.
Last month's challenge brought 19 answers, of which 17 were correct. The
winner is Charlie Anderson of CSC Audit Division, chosen by random drawing
from the correct answers.
The answer to last month’s Challenge is: I had in mind 10 sequential
numbers, but a few people interpreted the question in a way I didn’t think of, so I
allowed 11 or 13 sequential numbers. The 10 are: 1234, 123, 210, 234, 321, 345, 432, 456,
543, 654. |
