Fund Raising Fun Puzzle - Solution

The Puzzle:

Hungry Horace recently went on a Sponsored Walk to raise funds for new equipment at the local Hospital. His sponsor form looked like this:

Sponsor's Name	Amount Per km	Total
Fat Freda	10c
Dim Jim	15c
Tall Tanya		$3
Silly Cilla	5c
C.U.Jimmy	5c
Albert Bodge		$2.50
Roland Heap	20c
Nice Nigel		$4.50
Merlin Shriek	20c
Carol Singer	25c

Altogether Horace collected $22.00 from his sponsors. How far did he walk?

Our Solution:

Altogether Horace collected $22.00 from his sponsors. $10.00 of that came from Tanya, Albert and Nigel, so that means the others paid him $12.00. Adding up the Amount Per km column we see that Horace was sponsored $1.00 per km altogether. That means he walked 12 km to raise his $12.00, giving him the required $22.00 in total.

Puzzle Author: Stephen Froggatt

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