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This document contains 4 puzzles involving mathematical problems: 1) Two ladders leaning across a passageway cross at a point 8 feet above the floor. The question asks how wide the passageway is. 2) It asks if it is possible for a polyhedron to have an odd number of vertices where an odd number of edges meet. 3) Mr. Jones has moved to a new house in a street where the sum of house numbers before his equals the sum after. It asks what number house he lives in. 4) For a knockout tournament, it is asked how many matches must be played if 37 players enter.

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This document contains 4 puzzles involving mathematical problems: 1) Two ladders leaning across a passageway cross at a point 8 feet above the floor. The question asks how wide the passageway is. 2) It asks if it is possible for a polyhedron to have an odd number of vertices where an odd number of edges meet. 3) Mr. Jones has moved to a new house in a street where the sum of house numbers before his equals the sum after. It asks what number house he lives in. 4) For a knockout tournament, it is asked how many matches must be played if 37 players enter.

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The Puzzles 131

400. The Crossed Ladders Two ladders, 20 and 30 feet long, lean
across a passageway. They cross at a point 8 feet above the floor.
How wide is the passage?

401. Odd Corners The regular tetrahedron and the regular dodeca-
hedron both have vertices at which an odd number of edges meet, but
they have an even number of such vertices.
Is it possible for a polyhedron to have an odd number of vertices at
which an odd number of edges meet?

402. Where does Mr Jones Live? Mr Jones has moved to a new house
in a rather long street, and has noticed that the sum of the numbers up
to his own house, but excluding it, equals the sum of the numbers of his
house to the end house in the road. If the houses are numbered
consecutively, starting from 1, what number does Mr Jones live at?

403. The Knockout Tournament If the number of players entered


for a knockout tournament is a power of 2, for example 8, 16 or 32,
then it is easy to arrange the pairings and it is obVIOUS how many
matches will take place in each round.
What happens If there is a different number of entrants? In
particular, how many matches will have to he played if thirty-seven
players enter a knockout?

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