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My newspaper has a special 16-page feature in the middle today. Unfortunately my copy is incomplete. The third page of the supplement (page 15 of the newspaper) is missing. What other pages must also be missing?
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Pages 16, 25 and 26.Page 16 must be missing as it is on the back of page 15. The supplement must be numbered from 13 to 28. Since the second sheet from the start of the supplement is missing, then it must be connected to the second sheet from the end of the supplement. This sheet contains pages 25 and 26.
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This is the kind of problem that can be calculated, if you know that most newspapers and 4 page sheets when printed. The Fresno(California) Bee sticks in a single page with two sides every once in awhile so to know would be impossible.
ok, saying shutup was pretty juvenile! and bell is from england, so maybe things are a little different there.
As the supplement is 16 pages and 16 is divisible by 4 it should logically follow that there is no single page with two sides as mentioned by c13urly. The Fresno(California) Bee is not the only paper that does this and I know it infuriates me when the odd bit drops out, as it is not held in like the rest.
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