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Answer to the Problem of the Week for the week of December 5, 2005 |
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| The Telephone Problem |
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Jack Handley's new telephone number, together with the area code, forms a ten-digit number consisting of a pair of 1's separated by one digit, a pair of 2's separated by two digits, a pair of 3's and a pair of 4's both separated by three digits, and a pair of 5's separated by five digits. Neither the sixth nor the ninth digit is a 4. What is his new telephone number?
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Solution to the Problem: (435)243-2151 |
| 1. Cameron Burkholder | Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia |
| 2. Suzie Chhouk | Long Beach, California |
| 3. Sagar Patel | Columbus, Georgia |
| 4. Jeffrey Gaither | University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia |
| 5. Nicholas Caligaris | Columbus, Georgia |
| 6. Jim Arrison | Norristown, Pennsylvania |
| 7. Steve Pajonk | Montgomery, NY |
| 8. Mike Singer | Winchester, Virginia |
| 9. Richard K. Johnson | La Jolla, California |
| 10. Tobi Kuforiji | Columbus, Georgia |
| 11. Kunal Singh | Happy Valley, Shillong, India |
| 12. Manish Mistry | Somerset, New Jersey |
| 13. Elias Hakuni | Tullängsskolan, Örebro, Sweden |
| 14. Wictoria Widén | Tullängsskola, Örebro, Sweden |
| 15. Mary Bailey Wickham | Columbus, Georgia |
| 16. Jessie Biggs | Winchester, Virginia |
| 17. Mohammed Sattar | Leicester, England, UK |
| 18. David & Judy Dixon | Bennettsville, South Carolina |
| 19. Erin Fennacy | Fresno, California |
| 20. Russell Beaty | Columbus, Georgia |
| 21. Maggie Morrison | Winchester, Virginia |
| 22. Tristan Collins | Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia |
| 23. Nicole Wells | ---------- |
| 24. Malin Fredriksson and Joakim Olsson | Tullängsskolan, Örebro, Sweden |
| 25. Billy Sutherland | Winchester, Virginia |
| 26. Justin & Riaz | ---------- |
| 27. Ken Petersen | Mountain View, Wyoming |
| 28. Simone Giovanetti and Kelsey Wong | Harrisonburg, Virginia |
| 29. McKay Sheftall | Columbus, Georgia |
| 30. Imani McCreary | ---------- |
| 31. Kelley Kolar | Winchester, Virginia |
| 32. Alex Ball | Winchester, Virginia |
| 33. Britney White | Columbus, Georgia |
| 34. Chris Rogers | Winchester, Virginia |
| 35. James Alarie | University of Michigan -- Flint Flint, Michigan |
| 36. Bobby Arthur | Winchester, Virginia |
| 37. Danny Gordon | Columbus, Georgia |
| 38. Anders Alfredsson | Tullängsskolan, Örebro, Sweden |
| 39. Stephen O'Hara | Winchester, Virginia |
| 40. Magdalena Axelsson | Tullängsskolan, Örebro, Sweden |
| 41. Cerena Uttal | Winchester, Virginia |
| 42. Emily Powell | Winchester, Virginia |
| 43. Charles Washington | Winchester, Virginia |
| 44. Julianne Harris | Winchester, Virginia |
| 45. Erika Skoglund and Kristina Svahnström | Tullängsskolan, Örebro, Sweden |
| 46. Chris Jansson | Tullängsskolan, Örebro, Sweden |
| 47. Ben Bassett | Sewell, New Jersey |
| 48. Cassie Goss | Washingtonship, New Jersey |
| 49. Adam Haglund | Tullängsskolan, Örebro, Sweden |
| 50. Adam Arslan | Winchester, Virginia |
| 51. Carter Galbraith | Columbus, Georgia |
| 52. Carolyn | Columbus, Georgia |
| 53. Urooj Sagheer | Woodbridge, Virginia |
| 54. Frosina Stojanovska-Pocuca | Mohawk College Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| 55. Fidan Gerbeshi | ---------- |
| 56. Rob Poort | Houston, Texas |