Hey, Illinois Residents! Doctor E wants to visit your school! Have your teacher email doctore@math.uni.edu if you would like him to come by in May. Cooler than a field trip and cheaper than a movie!

Why did the Chicken cross the road? To get to this weeks amazing Wright Challenge Puzzle. And you don't even have to cross the street to get it! Every fortnight, the mysterious Doctor E supplies another puzzle for you to think about, and at the end of the semester, prizes of $60, $40 and $20 go to the top three finishers, with handsome certificates, suitable for framing, going to all sufficiently high-scoring finishers. Our friends at University Book and Supply will also be supplying boffo prizes. Eligible contestants include University of Northern Iowa students, Iowa high school students, and Illinois high school students.

Turning in the correct solution to this week's puzzle by December 13 will earn 2 puzzle points. A correct solution along with your favorite quotation gets 3 puzzle points.

Consider the following 14 points:


List the points A through N so that the distances between consecutive points in your list strictly decrease. ("strictly" means that there are no ties)

The deadline for sending in solutions has expired. But feel free to take some time to work on this one, and click here to see the answer. Alternatively, click here to see the current challenge.

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