#107 Turning tables
The word STABLE has the neat property that you can cycle the first letter to the end to make a new word: TABLES. And you can do it again to make ABLEST.
These words have a numerical connection too. If you use the letters in TABLES to represent six particular digits, then:
TABLES 脳 3 = ABLEST and
TABLES 脳 5 = STABLE
What is TABLES 脳 7 (written as a number)?
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#106 Having a dart
Solution
Set A was aiming at 20, Set B was random and Set C was 19. It is impossible to score 49 or 59 with three darts when aiming at 20, or to score 14 or 38 when aiming at 19. This means Set B must be the random set, leaving A as 20 and C as 19.
Aiming at 19 and 20 produced similar scores, and did better than random throwing, which suggests that aiming at 19 is at least as good as aiming at 20 for this player. Detailed modelling suggests that top players should aim at 20, but slightly less accurate players at 19. Modest players should aim at 16, and very weak players at the bullseye.
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1 What memorable phrase did James Crick coin to describe the flow of genetic information within a biological system?
2 In what year was the Rosetta Stone discovered by Pierre-Fran莽ois Bouchard?
3 The part of a fruit formed from the wall of the ripened ovary is known as what?
4 The three major terrae of Venus are named after Aphrodite, Lada and which other goddess?
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