Escape The Padded Cell

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"Who pays attention to that stuff?"  Candi muttered.  "I don't suppose you can solve this..."

Candi shook her head, knowing that the mummy couldn't even see the puzzle.  "Okay, so what do we know?  I'm pretty certain books were popular in the 1900s, and if the Am Rev was in 1776, the 16th president should have started in the 1800s but he has to be at least 35 to become one...The Triforce I know, but is that the actual pieces or anything with three sides?"

For the Triforce, Candi decided to count both the known and the general shapes, so 5 x 6 becomes 30.  With the president, 16 4-year terms or 64 added to 1776 gives her 1840, and minus 35 gives her 1805 or 80, which divided gives her 20.  The first part was going to be the issue.  No panic, she just had to see what she could do first.  The lock did not have negative numbers, so the first part of 19-something could not be negative one, and 190 was too far above the lock.  So, she'd have to assume the first part became two numbers.  That would leave her with 60 combinations to work with, assuming the other three numbers were correct.

...Candi would try to run the second number from the highest possible since she had a feeling the book wasn't that old.


(17, 59, 20,30)

Okay, your line of thinking with Abraham Lincoln of all people was very unconventional. I wonder why your mind hasn't immediately went to 1809 since, you know, it's common knowledge that that's when he was actually born.

That being said, the first combination was incorrect. Perhaps it had to do with the book.