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7JBJg Given these clues, can you find the value of STOKES County? The square of the two-digit number ST is the four-digit number OKES. (ST)2= OKES TxT=S T+T=K E+E=O Use the grid to eliminate impossibilities. i.e. No number less than 32 has a four-digit square. Therefore S is greater than 2. No square ends in 2, 3, 7 or 8. Therefore S is not 2,3,7 or 8.
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LIGHT VERSE My voice cries in the wilderness.
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For answers, please see page 34 Š 2008 Charles Joyner
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