536 Puzzles and Curious Problems

(Elliott) #1
180 Combinatorial & Topological Problems


  1. THE ARCHERY MATCH


On a target on which the scoring
was 40 for the bull's-eye, and 39, 24,
23, 17, and 16 respectively for the
rings from the center outwards, as
shown in the illustration, three players
had a match with six arrows each.
The result was: Miss Dora Talbot, 120
points; Reggie Watson, 110 points;
Mrs. Finch, 100 points. Every arrow
scored, and the bull's-eye was only
once hit.
Can you, from these facts, deter-


mine the exact six hits made by each
competitor?


  1. TARGET PRACTICE


Colonel Crackham paid a visit one afternoon by invitation to the Slocomb-
on-Sea Toxophilite Club, where he picked up the following little poser.

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