Fine Time: A Bob-White Logic Problem
by April iz
The Bob-Whites of the Glen held seven meetings last week - one on each day.
For once, the treasury actually grew as each member of the club was assessed a fine
(including ones for 15, 30 and 50 cents) for a different infraction (one was
for a torn sleeve on a club jacket) From the information provided match each
Bob-White (including the four boys; Jim Frayne, Dan Mangan, and Brian and Mart Belden)
with their infraction, the amount of their fine and the day they had to pay their
fine.
1. The seven fines were Trixie's, Jim's, the ones on Sunday and Tuesday, the largest fine, the one for being late and a boy's 20 cent fine.
2. The three girls are the one who was fined 25 cents, the one who lost her temper and the one who was fined on Friday.
3. One of the boys received the largest fine later in the week than Di Lynch received her fine. Trixie Belden claimed Bobby planted the button from her jacket in the garden.
4. The four boys are the one who forgot to give Regan the message that none of the BobWhites would be riding that day (prompting cries of "Regan might get mad and quit!"), the one who was fined 5 cents on Thursday, and the two Belden brothers.
5. One Bob-White forgot to bring magic markers to the meeting when he came straight from school. The mustard stained jacket cost its wearer more than Brian had to pay for his Tuesday infraction.
6. The one who only had to pay 5 cents was fined later in the week than Honey Wheeler. The stained jacket was discovered later in the week than the day a BobWhite lost her temper.
7. Honey was fined before Di, who did not receive a ten cent fine.
8. The three Bob-Whites who had problems with their club jackets were the one who was fined on Wednesday, the one who was fined 20 cents and Brian.
9. The three Beldens, in some order, all received fines within ten cents of each other.
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ANSWER:
Trixie = lost button - 25 cents - Wednesday
Honey = lost temper - 10 cents - Sunday
Di late = 30 cents - Friday
Brian = torn sleeve - 15 cents - Tuesday
Mart = stain - 20 cents - Monday
Jim = forgot markers - 5 cents - Thursday
Dan = forgot message - 50 cents - Saturday
