I set out to make a fruit jello salad the other day. Because I like
order, it wasn't sufficient to just throw all the fruit in a bowl
in a haphazard fashion. Instead, I decided to lay out a grid to
make sure the five fruits (peach, blueberry, blackberry, raspberry,
and strawberry) were evenly distributed.
How did I organize the fruit? The graphic below gives you some
clues. In the 6 x 6 grid, each of the five fruits is represented in
each row and column, leaving a blank cell in each row and column
(for the marshmallow, perhaps?). Your job is to figure out which of
the cells in the grid are empty.
To help you out, I've indicated at the edges of the grid which
fruit (or fruits in some cases) are the first you will encounter on
that side of the grid. For example, if a strawberry is shown on the
left side of the grid, the strawberry will be the first fruit in
the grid in that row, moving from left to right. Similarly, fruits
on the top and the bottom will be first in those columns, moving
top to bottom or bottom to top, respectively. If more than one
fruit is shown, these are the first two fruits you will encounter,
in the order they are shown.
Once you have determined where the six blank cells should be in
the grid, read the corresponding numbers in those cells for the
decimal minutes of latitude and longitude, reading from top to
bottom.
You can check your answers for this puzzle on
Geochecker.com.