So we were thinking, "What would be a better way to start your day than a puzzle from Thai?".
Answer: "How about the world's largest pancake? But let's do a puzzle from Thai anyway."
So while you're cracking open your tanker truck of maple syrup, give this a (ahem) shot:
Joe's playing a game of darts where the point values on the target are 8, 12, 14, and 18. He throws 9 darts and miraculously, all 9 darts hit the target. His total score is 100 points. How many of each of the point values did he hit?
Click below to see the answer.
Now, there is a Joe at Curious, and I've never played darts with him, but my guess is he's actually probably really good at it, so he'd probably hit all 18's.
But I digress...
Two 14s and one 12 gives you 40 points. Then you have 6 darts left for 60 points, so you can hit the 8 and the 12 three times each. So:
- Two 14s
- Four 12s
- Three 8s
... is 100 points. But that's not the only solution. You can also do it this way (and there are probably other ways, too):
- Seven 12s
- Two 8s
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