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Q Picture a regular (analog) clockface — with the numerals 1 to 12 correctly positioned.

Where would you draw a straight line to split the clockface in half in such a way that the sum of the numbers on one side of the line will equal the sum of the numbers on the other side of the line?


  
A Draw a straight line that begins on the left side of the clockface between 9 and 10 and cuts across the clockface to the right side between 3 and 4. The sum of the numbers above the line equals 39, and the sum of the numbers below the line equals 39.

Based on a puzzle inThe World's Best Puzzlesby Charles Barry Townsend. New York: Sterling Publishing, 1986.