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To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (1322)	12/10/1997 9:13:00 AM
From: Hoatzin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4295

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To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (1322)	12/10/1997 9:18:00 AM
From: Josef Svejk	Respond to of 4295

Humbly report, Jeff, you're the puzzle man around here, can you take a whack at this one (even includes some familiar names)? Carla Kruytbosch, tech, StockMan, H Patel, and Frank Ferrari baked a batch of 36 cookies, two thirds of which were chocolate chip. The rest were plain. They each ate some right away. The cookies were so delicious, only one-and-a-half dozen are left, of which half are plain. Carla Kruytbosch is allergic to chocolate. StockMan ate twice as many chocolate chip cookies as plain cookies. Frank Ferrari and H Patel each ate as many cookies as StockMan and Carla Kruytbosch combined. Frank Ferrari ate more chocolate chip cookies than H Patel. If all the cookies were eaten by the bakers themselves, how many cookies of each kind did each person eat? I believe credit for this puzzle goes to all of the above (except Jeff): Message 2924233 I remain, humbly dreaming of cookies by the mail slot of the mail room, near the first arch of the Mala Strana side of Charles Bridge, where they serve great hot rum, gratis for me, yours truly, puzzled, Svejk (GL-15 applies: digiserve.com )