issue 14 | page 2 22. june 2008 AD
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Sunday Puzzle

Eligibility:
  • Solutions must submitted by Friday, 4th July 2008, 23:59 pm
  • ONE solution per city.
  • Your Solution as the IGM subject title.
  • Solution via Carrier Pigeon to the Journal.

If you believe the answer is "20 weeks" for example,
Your subject title should be '20 weeks' or '5 months'.



Fishy Joes

In the far away town of Catherby all the locals do day and night is fish. Always by the shore, always holding their rods.

One day a young man named Edwin decides he doesn't want to simply wait for the fish to come to him, instead he wants to go to the fish and catch them on the open waters with a net.

He visits the local manor to request a license to use a boat from his Lord, only to be told there is a charge of 4,400 ¢τ a month for the license, but he must purchase his own boat, and net separately after getting his license from the local Fishery.

The Boat and Net together cost a total of 1,700 ¢τ. Oh how would be long for the chance to go out on the open sea, but alas he has only as of yet managed to save 800 ¢τ.

In order to earn the remainder he needs to find himself a paying job .. And finds one working at the Fishery where he later needs to buy the equipment he needs. They offer him a discount of 5% on any equipment, plus basic wage of 250 ¢τ a week, and a bonus of 5 ¢τ for every fish he sells, which will be paid weekly.

Question: Assuming Edwin manages to sell 20 fish a week, how long will it take him to earn the rest of the funds he needs?

Send this combination to the Journal with your answer in the Subject Line.
 
If you believe the answer is "20 weeks" for example,
Your subject title should be '20 weeks' or '5 months'.


Hint: Don't forget - The bonus wage is only paid at the end of the week.

Good Luck to everyone in finding the solution for this particular puzzle of the Regnum Journal.

Be sure to double check your solution before sending as only your first answer will be accepted.

Difficulty Rating: 3/5

Deadline for solutions is Friday, 4th July 2008- 23:59 pm.

Solution of last edition


The Question asked in the previous riddle was how many Crates would be needed for Petri to pack all the Apples, Grapes and Nuts; baring in mind they couldn't contain a mixture of the different fruits.

The Crates measured approximately 15*15, and 25cm in Height after taking into account the thickness of the crates.

The Apples measured 3x3x3, while the Nuts
and Grapes measured 1x1x1.

He had to pack 1,400 apples, 10,500 Grapes and 5,400 Nuts into these Crates, and with knowing their sizes we can work out that he needs ...

7 Crates for Apples, each storing 200 Apples.
1 Crate for the 5,400 Nuts; since 1 Crate could hold 5625.
2 Crates for the 10,500 Grapes; each holding 5250.

This gives us our total of 10 Crates.

So for the prizes?
Congratulations to...

Varykino
DeathZone
Cr1minalz

On getting the answer correct, as well as to everyone else who sent in the correct answer for the last puzzle.
 
These three cities were selected at random to receive the special prize of a Philosopher's Stone.

This item adds +4 to the users reputation points, and can be received without the need for any buildings or statuses.

Out of 77 entries, 51 were correct.

 

Good Luck for this week!

Image Source: pixelio.de


Here in the Regnum Journal we are always looking for suggestions or submissions for Word Puzzles, Riddles, and even Spot-The-Difference images as long as they are of a medieval theme.
Remember space shuttles and laser rifles did not exist in the Middle Ages.

If you are willing to contribute then please send submissions via Pigeon to the Journal with the subject Puzzle Suggestion.
Be sure to include the question and solution in the IGM.

Please try to ensure correct spelling on your contributions.
Puzzles which clearly show no effort to check for such mistakes will not be published.

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