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*A fine drinking establishment in [[Perplex City]]
*A fine drinking establishment in [[Perplex City]]
*Located on [[Van den Huyghes Street]]
*Located on [[Van den Huyghes Street]]
*Contains various gaming tables


*Contains 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:


*Mentioned within the [[Tour Guide]]
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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.


*Originally known as ''Fenlon's Fine Tea and Coffee Emporium'', circa 1730.
But what's the largest number of doughnuts you *can't* (precisely) order using these three box sizes?
**Slogan: "Healthful and refreshing."
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*[[Tour Guide]]
*[[Tour Guide]]
*Puzzle card, #086: "A Pair of Squares" ([http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?source=bookmarklet&item=086 catalog])
 
*{{card|086|A Pair of Squares}}


'''The Perplex City Sentinel'''
'''The Perplex City Sentinel'''

Revision as of 22:12, 26 January 2007

General

  • 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" (link)

The Path of Least Time

  • blog, 16-DEC-05 "Miranda" (link)