it involves math, I'll let Dave figure that one out!! haha Marina
Scott MacLean wrote:
>
> This week's puzzler:
>
> You�re given a hundred dollars and told to spend it all purchasing
> exactly a hundred animals at the pet store. Dogs cost $15. Cats cost a
> buck, and mice are 25 cents each.
>
> The other only other criterion is that you have to purchase at least
> one of each animal.
>
> The question is, how many of each animal do you have to purchase to
> equal a hundred animals purchased at exactly a hundred dollars?
>
> Last week's puzzler:
>
> D-Day is approaching. It�s vitally important that the location of
> German troops and ammunitions dumps be communicated to the Allied
> Command in England. The French Resistance fighters must now be put to
> work. Rail lines and bridges need to be taken out and the timing is
> critical.
>
> Radio communication is too risky. Information must be exchanged in
> person. To that end, a small boat leaves England headed for the
> French coast. Two robust young men quietly work the oars. There�s no
> moon this night, and the thick overcast is an unexpected yet welcome
> measure of security.
>
> The third man in the boat is too old and feeble to be of much use
> rowing. He works the signal light as they near the shore. Three
> quick flashes follow by a pause, and then two flashes. His
> counterpart, a retired cavalryman, a veteran of the Great War, is
> hunkered down in the sand on the French coast.
>
> He signals three quick flashes with his light, then the all clear to
> come ashore. The men quickly exchange documents and in an instant
> they�re gone, the Frenchmen disappearing into the inky shadows. The
> three men in the boat swiftly and quietly row back to Mother England.
>
> Now, here�s the interesting part. The soldiers of the German shore
> patrol, and there were many of them-- each with the keen eyesight one
> would expect of young men -- didn't see them or their flashing signal
> lights.
>
> The question is, why not? I'm going to give you a hint. It had to do
> with the old men.
>
> Last week's puzzler answer:
>
> The old men were critical because they had had something done to them
> that only old people have. They had had cataract surgery. And when you
> have cataracts removed, the lens is removed because the lens is what's
> gotten cloudy. And what the lens does is it filters out ultraviolet
> light. So when the lens is removed on those people who have had the
> surgery, they can now see ultraviolet light, and of course the young
> German soldiers -- none of whom had ever had cataract surgery -- could
> not see the light.
>
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