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If you were born before 2000
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If I agreed with you, Henry, we’d both be wrong.
Take the last two digits of the year you were born. Now add the age you will be this year. Your answer is 111.
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DIGIT DETECTION Each letter in the word SOLVE stands for a digit. Given these simultaneous equations, can you find the value of each letter? use the grid to eliminate impossibilities. No square ends in 2, 3, 7, or 8.
(SO)2 = LVE. The square of the two-digit number SO equals the three-digit number LVE. S+O=L+V+E S+S=V V+V=E E+E=O
For a solution, send e-mail to joyner@carolinacountry.com. Answers are on page 33
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