10 REM"'PuzQuik' J.Davis - '96. 20 MODE7 30 PRINT" * P U Z Q U I K * " 40 PRINT 50 PRINT" Back at the `100/100 people puzzle of8BS-45, it can be speeded up to take 7/100ths of a second to run (including the 2/100ths of a second it takes to print the answer...)." 60 PRINT" First, if the upper limit for men is usually set at 9 (or 8), because at more than that there wouldn't be enoughmoney left, why not set the lower limitas well. This is 6, because at less" 70 PRINT"than that there is too much money left-`50 or more - for the others to use up."; 80 PRINT" Then, in a 4-iteration loop, there isone calculation linking men and women (pardon?), and one test to eliminate fractional and negative women..." 90 PRINT'" PRESS SPACE TO RUN PROGRAM:" 100 PRINT'"MEN: WOMEN: CHILDREN:" 110 PRINT" "; 120 G=GET:PRINT:VDU11 130 TIME=0 140 FORM%=6TO9 150 W=(700-79*M%)/3 160 IF ABS(INT(W))=W AND (100-M%-W)>0 THEN PRINT"";M%;TAB(10);W;TAB(20);100-M%-W 170 NEXT 180 PRINT'"TIME=";TIME;"/100ths sec.";TAB(27)"Again(Y/N)?"; 190 G$=GET$:PRINT'CHR$(148);STRING$(39,"p"):IFG$="Y" THEN 130 200 PRINT'" P.S. The program runs properly for any values for men (M%), such as 1 TO 98 (.86sec), or even, say,-500 TO 500." 210 PRINT'" Watch this space for a program to setthis sort of puzzle." 220 PRINT'CHR$(148);STRING$(39,"p")