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I have a strong feeling that today's mscroggs.co.uk Advent problem has a bug

https://www.mscroggs.co.uk/

Or am I missing something?

(Double-checked with my son and he too feels there's at least one typo).

EDIT: No error, we unconsciously set an arbitrary restriction on the digit position that made it impossible.

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QUIZ HOUR

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A mother is 30 years older than her daughter. 8 years ago, the product of their ages was 259. Find the sum of their present ages. 🧮🤓

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A bank teller received a deposit in $5 and $10 bills. Altogether there were 25 bills worth a total of $165. How many bills of each denomination were deposited?

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Naomi & Norman stand on the ground looking up at the H on the Hollywood sign. Naomi looks from east with angle of elevation of 30° & it is 16' away. Norman looks from west with angle of elevation of 53.13° degrees & it is 10' away. Neglecting heights, how far apart are they?

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#Math #TrigTuesday Simon bought a new shop & wants to order a new sign for the roof of the building. From point P on the ground, the angle of elevation to the roof is 31º. The angle of elevation to the top of the sign is 42º. If point P is 24' from building, how tall is the sign? #BlackTwitter #BlackFediverse #BlackMastodon