Answer to the Problem of the Week for the week of January 16, 2006 |
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Numerical Word Search |
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Click here for a larger version of the comic strip After you have solved the Numerical Word Search in the comic strip, send in the answers to the ten questions. When you circle the answers in the numerical word search, notice that each answer intersects with at least one other answer. What are the digits that appear in the intersections of these answers?You must send in the eleven answers for full credit -- please do not send in an attachment! |
Solution to the Problem: |
Many thanks to John Funk who corrected my original answer. I had read #5 as 14 squared (which also works in the word search, by the way) instead of 14 to the 6th power! I'm not sure whether it was bad eyes or old age. |
1. John Funk | Ventura, California |
2. Emily Powell | Winchester, Virginia |
3. Elizabeth Carlson | Winchester, Virginia |
4. Shaan Arora | Columbus, Georgia |
5. James Alarie | University of Michigan -- Flint Flint, Michigan |
6. Steve Pajonk | Montgomery, New York |
7. Tristan Collins | Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia |
8. Danny Gordon | Columbus, Georgia |
9. Sharina Smith | Newport News, Virginia |
10. Russell Beaty | Columbus, Georgia |
11. Erin Fennacy | Fresno, California |
12. David & Judy Dixon | Bennettsville, South Carolina |
13. Bobby Arthur | Winchester, Virginia |
14. Julianne Harris | Winchester, Virginia |
15. Ben Bassett | Sewell, New Jersey |
16. Carter Galbraith | Columbus, Georgia |
17. Jeffrey Gaither | University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia |
18. Tom Robb | Winchester, Virginia |
19. Cassie Bugas | ---------- |
20. George Schley | Columbus, Georgia |
21. Stephen O'Hara | Winchester, Virginia |
22. ----------- | Winchester, Virginia |
23. Kelley Kolar | Winchester, Virginia |
24. Billy Sutherland | Winchester, Virginia |