Brain Teaser
Buford and Festus attended the annual Grubworm
Festival, and entered the "Leg Wrassling" contest.
The winner will be crowned "Grubworm King" and there's
plenty of pride at stake.
The contest is open to everyone, so Big Bertha
convinced several women-folk to enter at the last
moment.
The contest rules require every contestant to compete
against every other contestant.
Because of the new entries, wrassling organizers
had to schedule 26 more competitions.
How many new participants were there?
The Answer is . . .
There are now 9 contestants. There were 5 but 4 new people joined.
The first one caused 5 new matches, then next 6, the next 7 and the next 8
5+6+7+8 = 26
Our winner is . . .
Mike Adler
Engineering Manager
Switchboard, Inc.