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1. You are blindfolded and in front of you is a pile of 12 coins. You are told that there are 6 coins heads up, and 6 coins tails up but not which ones are which. How do you make two piles of coins each with the same number of heads up? 2. Blue Bungalows Five families each took a trip to Panama City, FL. They rented five blue bun-galows all in row. Each family has a different last name and a different home town. Breeze through the facts and deduce which family is in which bungalow. Last names are Beebe, Simms, Hernandez, Goldberg, and Nash. Hometowns are Raleigh, SC.; Nashville, TN; Vidalia, GA; Shreveport, LA; and Cherry Hill, NJ. a. The Nash family and the South Carolina family have neighbors on one side only. b. The Beebes and the Hernandez family have at least two other bungalows to their right. c. The Nashville family is in an odd-numbered bungalow and the Georgia family is in either bungalow 3,4, or 5. d. The people from Cherry Hill, New Jersey, have an equal number bungalows on each side of them, but the Beebes do not. e. The Simms family doesn't have a neighbor on the left. 3. Lost and Found Doria, Libby, Robb, TJ, and Vinny searched the lost and found table. By the time they finished, two goloves (one red, one blue), a blue hat, a striped sweater, and one pair of black sneakers had all made it back to their original owners. Each of the students found one of these missing items. >Libby and TJ both found something with red in it. >TJ and Doria each found a glove. >Vinny was the only one to walk off with something in each hand. What items did each person find at the lost and found table? |
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