Cake Theft Puzzle
During a recent police investigation, Chief Inspector Stone was interviewing five local villains to try and identify who stole Mrs Archer's cake from the mid-summers fayre. Below is a summary of their statements:
Arnold: it wasn't Edward
it was Brian
Brian: it wasn't Charles
it wasn't Edward
Charles: it was Edward
it wasn't Arnold
Derek: it was Charles
it was Brian
Edward: it was Derek
it wasn't Arnold
It was well known that each suspect told exactly one lie. Can you determine who stole the cake?
Solution (Previous Puzzle):
I asked for 7 feet, 4 inches and Alex brought me 4 feet, 7 inches.
If we label what I asked for as A feet and B inches, which is (12 x A + B) inches, then I actually received B feet and A inches, which is (12 x B + A) inches. Which means that:
(5 ÷ 8) x (12 x A + B) = (12 x B + A)
Simplifying gives:
A = (91 ÷ 52) x B
As B is the number of inches, it can only be between 1 and 12 and must give A as a whole number of feet. B = 4 is the only possible value, which means that A = 7. So I originally asked for 7 feet, 4 inches.
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An anagram is a word made by using letters of another word in a different order.
Example: shot à host
Find the anagram for the following:
Toughs
Trains
Trials
Solution (Previous):
TACKER : RACKET
TASTES : STATES
THINGS : NIGHTS
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