That Rhino Sure is Zippy
Otto went shopping at AutomationDirect.com for some supplies for his factory. He bought one Ziplink™ Module, two SureStep™ Stepping Motors, and three Rhino Encapsulated Power Supplies. He spent a total of $250 exactly (and he even got free shipping). But he lost his paperwork and forgot the prices of the three items (he also forgot that he could review all his purchase history, and even reprint past invoices on the Web store). All he could remember was that the price of three of the ZipLink modules plus one of the SureStep motors totaled exactly the same as the price of two of the Rhino Power Supplies. Can you help him figure out the actual prices of the three components?
Production Deduction
The shiny new automated machine in the puzzle factory produced one-fourth of the day’s total production of puzzles before the morning break, then it produced one-fifth between the morning break and lunch. Another one-third of the total was produced between lunch and the afternoon break. After the afternoon break it produced 13 puzzles. What was the overall production total for the machine that day?
Cable Tie-up
With the cable tie layout shown, you might notice that the larger shape encloses exactly three times the area of the smaller. Can you move one cable tie from the larger group to the smaller, and still have the larger shape enclose exactly three times the area of the smaller? Remember, 12 of the cable ties must remain in their current positions, and no doubling-up the cable ties or loose ends, please. The dotted lines are shown only to help visualize the areas of the two shapes.
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