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Eight efficient blacksmiths (Posted on 2015-08-13)

A puzzle by Polish mathematician Paul Vaderlind:

If a blacksmith requires five minutes to put on a horseshoe, show how can 8 blacksmiths shoe 10 horses in less than half an hour?

The catch: A horse can stand on three legs, but not on two.

Submitted by Ady TZIDON

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All solvers provided valid solutions (summed-up in their tables)

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Subject	Author	Date
re(2): solution	Steve Herman	2015-08-13 19:28:52
Solution (slightly differently)	Paul	2015-08-13 11:14:14
re: solution	Charlie	2015-08-13 09:31:05
solution	Charlie	2015-08-13 09:26:03

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