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Week of 05-19
NEW PUZZLER: An Eccentric Billionaire's Riddle of Fours
An eccentric billionaire wants to landscape his new estate so that every tree, bush and shrub is planted in groups of four. In addition, each of these four plantings must be the same distance from the other, once they're planted. Can it be done?

Check back for the puzzler answer and a new puzzler on Monday, May 26 at the end of the day.



Week of 05-12
PREVIOUS PUZZLER: Car Talk Social Club
The Car Talk Social Club has 500 members. For an upcoming event, tickets were 14-dollars for new members, and 20-dollars for old members. All the new members attended but only 70-percent of the old members went. How much did the Club make on ticket sales?


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