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==General== | |||
*Contains gaming tables | *A fine drinking establishment in [[Perplex City]] | ||
*Located on [[Van den Huyghes Street]] | |||
*Contains various gaming tables | |||
* | *Originally known as ''Fenlon's Fine Tea and Coffee Emporium'', circa 1730. | ||
**Slogan: "Healthful and refreshing." | |||
Fenlon's is practically a prototypically ideal slice of perplexian lifestyle. The puzzles, questions, and hypotheses which may be discerned in Fenlon's humble walls are profound. A discrete math puzzle which relates to Fenlon's: | |||
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Fenlon's Coffee House sells wonderful doughnuts, but for reasons known only to Fenlon himself, you can only order them in boxes of 6, 9 or 20. So, if you wanted to buy 73 donuts, you could buy two boxes of 20, three boxes of 9 and one box of 6. | |||
But what's the largest number of doughnuts you *can't* (precisely) order using these three box sizes? | |||
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[[Tour Guide]] | |||
==References== | |||
*[[Tour Guide]] | |||
*{{card|086|A Pair of Squares}} | |||
'''The Perplex City Sentinel''' | |||
*news in brief 08-DEC-05 "Fenlon's still has what it takes" | |||
'''The Path of Least Time''' | |||
*blog, 16-DEC-05 "Miranda" {{WaybackS1|www.thepathofleasttime.com/archives/2005/12/miranda.html}} | |||
Latest revision as of 16:56, 15 May 2007
General
- A fine drinking establishment in Perplex City
- Located on Van den Huyghes Street
- Contains various gaming tables
- Originally known as Fenlon's Fine Tea and Coffee Emporium, circa 1730.
- Slogan: "Healthful and refreshing."
Fenlon's is practically a prototypically ideal slice of perplexian lifestyle. The puzzles, questions, and hypotheses which may be discerned in Fenlon's humble walls are profound. A discrete math puzzle which relates to Fenlon's:
|
Fenlon's Coffee House sells wonderful doughnuts, but for reasons known only to Fenlon himself, you can only order them in boxes of 6, 9 or 20. So, if you wanted to buy 73 donuts, you could buy two boxes of 20, three boxes of 9 and one box of 6. But what's the largest number of doughnuts you *can't* (precisely) order using these three box sizes? |
References
The Perplex City Sentinel
- news in brief 08-DEC-05 "Fenlon's still has what it takes"
The Path of Least Time
- blog, 16-DEC-05 "Miranda" link
