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A puzzle from Russia:

Draw two straight lines on the clock face so that the sums of the numbers in each part are equal.

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The numbers total 78, so each part must sum to 26:

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From B.A. Kordemsky, The Moscow Puzzles, 1956.

March 1, 2010May 8, 2013 | Puzzles

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