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Puzzle #195: Where did Bart need to drop his first load of passengers?

Can you solve this week’s arithmetical puzzle, Shuttle space? Plus the answer to puzzle #194

23 November 2022

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#195 Shuttle space

Set by Brian Hobbs

“Go on without me. Just go!” exclaimed Jeff.

Bart shook his head dramatically. “We never leave a man behind.”

In reality, though, Bart’s car only held three passengers, so the five friends had no clear way for all of them to make it to the pizzeria together. Hunger was closing in fast, so they thought up the following solution: Jeff would start walking as Bart drove his other three friends towards the pizzeria. Bart would drop them off somewhere along the route, go back and pick up Jeff, then drive to the pizzeria, while his other three friends walked…

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