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August 2009 Puzzle Solution |
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August 2009 Puzzle Solution |
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After reading through the new rules, you may notice that each state can send mail directly only to those states whose 2-letter postal codes appear in order in the state's name. For example, California contains the postal codes CA, AL, OR, and IA, so it can send mail to itself, Alabama, Oregon, and Iowa. Once you understand the rule, you can answer questions 1 through 6:
1. Which state can directly receive mail from itself and nine other states, but can only send mail directly to itself? Answer: Nebraska 2. Minnesota is one of the two states that can directly send mail to both Michigan and Indiana. Which is the other? Answer: Wyoming 3. Ten states form a group in which the states can only send mail directly to states in that group, but mail can circulate indirectly and indefinitely from any state in the group to any other state, with the exception of the two that will stop the chain. One of these is Massachussetts; what is the other? Answer: Oregon 4. What is the other state that is in the same situation as Texas? Answer: Kansas 5. Which state can directly receive mail from a bordering state, and directly send mail to another state that can directly receive mail from one of its own bordering states? Answer: Colorado 6. Mail sent through a four-step chain from Montana all the way to Arkansas must arrive in Arkansas directly from which state? Answer: Delaware Stringing together the posal codes of these states, you get NEWYORKSCODE. New York's postal code is NY, this month's answer. |