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From: ags@pucc-h (Dave Seaman)
Newsgroups: net.puzzle
Subject: Re: Monkey Puzzle
Message-ID: <2484@pucc-h>
Date: Mon, 25-Nov-85 09:49:22 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 25 09:49:22 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 26-Nov-85 20:53:06 EST
References: <53@nbs-amrf.UUCP> <149@bsdpkh.UUCP>
Reply-To: ags@pucc-h.UUCP (Dave Seaman)
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In article <149@bsdpkh.UUCP> latham@bsdpkh.UUCP (Ken Latham) writes:
>> A rope over the top of a fence has the same length on each side.
>> Weighs 1/3 lb. per ft.  On one end hangs a monkey holding a banana
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>> How long is the banana?
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>> Ted Hopp	{seismo,umcp-cs}!nbs-amrf!hopp
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>the answer ,I believe, is 4.5 inches!

I don't think you back-substituted to see whether your answer made sense,
because it doesn't.  It works much better if the banana is 5.75 inches
long.  Hint:  The monkey is 12 years old.
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Dave Seaman	  {decvax|harpo|ihnp4|inuxc|seismo|ucbvax}!pur-ee!pucc-h!ags