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ROTW: 11/1
There are two parts to this week's riddle of the week. You must answer both to win this week's ROTW
A) In an athletics contest between the army, the navy, and the air force, each team entered
three athletes in a particular race. The winning athlete scored 8 points, the runner-up 7,
third place 6, and so on down to none for last place.
Once the race was won, the judges needed a photograph to separate the first two army men to finish.
A member of the navy's team finished last. When the points were totaled, all three teams were
found to have the same score.
Find by team the order in which the nine athletes finished.
B) Using each of the numbers 1, 5, 6, and 7 once and once only, parantheses as required,
and any combination and any number of of the following symbols: + - x /, find an expression
that equals 21.
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