RAY: Remember last week's Puzzler?
TOM: Of course I do. It was about... it was about...
RAY: Right. House numbers. And so is this week's Puzzler. Here it is. A man is waiting in line at a hardware store to buy letters that make up the number of his house. You know. For example --
TOM: T, H, R, E, E.
RAY: There you go. But, by luck, there were three other guys ahead of him in line all doing the same thing. The first customer buys the number one. O, N, E. He pays two bucks. The next guy buys the number TWO, and pays three bucks. The third guy buys the number ELEVEN, and he pays five bucks.
Our protagonist is buying the number twelve. Here's my question: How much does he pay?
[ Car Talk Puzzler ]
Search Car Talk
Support provided by:
goto: cars.com
Support provided by:
Watch the show online, see bloopers, and discuss the episode, "The Car of the Future."
Learn the ploys, and chat with our covert car sales operative "Deep Plaid."
Can you save money and use regular, when your owner's manual calls for premium? Find out.
Check out these tips and fork over fewer dineros at the pump.
A 20-year retrospective, this way. (Warning: Fearfully ugly faces.)
Ready to wrap your cranium around Ray's most perplexing puzzlers? Great!
From air filters to oil changes, can you DIY? Find out.
