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[Bob Stockler]

Bob Rasmussen wrote (on Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 05:49:02PM -0800):

| The puzzle was this: how can you represent the age 32 with 7 candles?
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| The answer:
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|        * * * * *
|    * *
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| that is, 2^5 = 32.

What are the fewest number of candles (and how do I arrange them) I can
put on the cake I bake to celebrate the 78th anniverary of my birth?

My oven isn't large enough to bake a 78-candle size cake.

Bob

PS - Thanks, Bob, for bringing this topic up.  It's been worring me for
     a long, long time.

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