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One from Nine (Posted on 2006-01-12)

A hundred and one by fifty divide, And if a cipher is rightly applied, The answer is one from nine.

Submitted by Jak Dakars

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Using Roman numerals, a hundred and one is CI and fifty is L. Divide CI by L gives CLI, add cypher (0) to the right gives the answer: Clio, being the name of one of the nine muses from Greek Mythology.

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Subject	Author	Date
Solution To the Problem	K Sengupta	2007-03-15 03:58:50
re: And the solution is...	Mindrod	2006-01-14 12:22:25
And the solution is...	Enigma	2006-01-13 15:32:31
re: Historical solution	Percy	2006-01-12 23:12:35
Historical solution	Mindrod	2006-01-12 21:55:20
maybe what we're after.	bernie	2006-01-12 20:40:53

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