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    @blood-on-the-tracks said
    @venda

    I think it's a typo - means one vowel (a) only. The others have more.

    That certainly makes Ghana the odd one out, so is a valid answer. Don't much like this type of question, as it could be one of several possible answers
    Yeah,bit rubbish this week really.
    I'll give the answer tomorrow probably when I've thought about it myself
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    @blood-on-the-tracks said
    @venda

    I think it's a typo - means one vowel (a) only. The others have more.

    That certainly makes Ghana the odd one out, so is a valid answer. Don't much like this type of question, as it could be one of several possible answers
    Thank you for the correction. Actually it was an error of language "Vokal" is German for vowel...and I just didn't realize that "vocal" is a false friend in that respect.
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    @ponderable said
    Thank you for the correction. Actually it was an error of language "Vokal" is German for vowel...and I just didn't realize that "vocal" is a false friend in that respect.
    Well my answer was Portugal which was the right answer for the wrong reason!!
    My reasoning was a native of the country would have a letter "N" in the description i.e daNe NorweigaN GhanaiaN st luciaN tunisiaN but not portugese.
    The answer was the second letter of the country immediately follows the first(DEnmark ,NOrway etc )but in the case of POrtugal they were reversed.
    As was said earler, not a very good puzzle really because there could be other answers..
    The other puzzle was even dafter, the word MINDSET having no letters in common with four(Britain) ocho(spain or zwolf(Germany) whereas it does with the other countries mentioned
    Hopefully, next week will be better!!
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    This weeks puzzles are a bit better.I haven't thought about them much yet.
    As ever I'll wait a while before giving the answers.
    1.Six birthday cakes were made for the mindset party.Each was cut into a different number of equal pieces.A seventh cake was made using a piece from each.The cake with most pieces had 700;none had seven.How many pieces had each cake been cut into
    2.Which word is the odd one out:-
    every,guess,know,leading,say,so
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    @wolfgang59 said
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    If you're not too busy. "Penny Dreadful" is a brilliant series on NETFLIX.

    Great integrated story-lines. Great acting.
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    @venda said
    This weeks puzzles are a bit better.I haven't thought about them much yet.
    As ever I'll wait a while before giving the answers.
    1.Six birthday cakes were made for the mindset party.Each was cut into a different number of equal pieces.A seventh cake was made using a piece from each.The cake with most pieces had 700;none had seven.How many pieces had each cake been cut into
    2.Which word is the odd one out:-
    every,guess,know,leading,say,so
    Cakes problem:
    Reveal Hidden Content
    Number of pieces for the first six cakes: 2, 4, 5, 35, 50, 700
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    @ponderable said
    What you do is to find the product of primes which is: 1*2*2*5*5*7,

    that gives the 18 numbers: 1,2,4,5,7,10,14,20,25,28,35,50,70,100,140,175,350,700(spymaster)

    1 is kown to 17
    2 is known to all even numbers: 4,10,14,20,28,50,70,100,140,350,700 (11)
    4 is known to 20,28,100,140,700 (5)
    5 is known to 10,20,25,35,50,70,100,140,175,350,700 (11)
    7 is known to 14,28,35, ...[text shortened]... 70,140,350,700
    50 is known to 100,350,700
    70 is known to 140,1350,700

    So the code number is 7.
    1 is not a prime number.
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    @bigdoggproblem said
    Cakes problem:
    [hidden]Number of pieces for the first six cakes: 2, 4, 5, 35, 50, 700[/hidden]
    Yes that's right.
    It's not really algebra though as there's too many unknowns.
    I just found the factors of 700 and tried all the fractions until I found 6 that added up to 1.
    The word one is a bit rubbish.
    The answer was "leading" as the other words can precede the questions where, who,how, when and what.EVERY where GUESS who etc.
    Think I'll just stick to the number ones in future
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    This week it's another "what number comes next?" question
    256 384 576 864 1296 ....
    Looks hexadecimal - ish to me but haven't checked it out yet
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    Hi Venda

    It is a simple 'geometric series', each term is found by multiplying the previous by 1.5.

    The answer is '1944', which probably has to do with the 76th anniversary of D day today (ok, just yesterday, uk time)

    Thanks for posting, probably not the most difficult puzzle, but exercised the old grey matter a bit!
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    @blood-on-the-tracks said
    @venda
    Hi Venda

    It is a simple 'geometric series', each term is found by multiplying the previous by 1.5.

    The answer is '1944', which probably has to do with the 76th anniversary of D day today (ok, just yesterday, uk time)

    Thanks for posting, probably not the most difficult puzzle, but exercised the old grey matter a bit!
    Well done again my friend.
    I think I always try to make these more complicated than they are when trying to find the solution
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    @venda

    I agree the '256' (16 sqd) suggests hexadecimal. It is just easier to rule out things like arithmetic series, geometric, some other simpler connections first.

    I relied on my trusty calculator, and was pleased when 1.5 came up twice!

    Always take a look, interesting puzzles, this was probably the easiest number one I have seen
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    Until venda supplies you with your next brain exercise.

    The perimeter of my lounge in metres is exactly the same as its area in sq metres.
    If my lounge is not a square, what are its dimensions?
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    @wolfgang59

    Well

    Unless I am missing some wordplay here, there are any number of solutions

    I assumed your lounge was a rectangle, a x b

    So area is ab, perimeter is 2a + 2b

    So ab = 2a + 2b

    So ab - 2b = 2a

    b ( a - 2) = 2a

    b = 2a/(a-2)

    So you can choose your 'a' value and put it in the formula to get 'b'

    Easiest is a = 6, gives b = 3 (area and perimeter both = 18)

    But a = 10 has b = 2.5, also works ( both = 25)

    And so on..., If course, your lounge could be circular, or another shape!
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