23. According to one of Tolkien's essays, there were 144 elves originally created by the gods in Middle-Earth. If their numbers
tripled every century after that, how many elves were there 1000 years after the creation of Middle-Earth? A) 432,000 elves
B) 59,049,000 elves
C) 432 elves
D) 8,503,056 elves
The total number of packages completed was 41 and with 60 moustraps per package so 41 x 60 = 2460. Of these, 52 traps were from the previous shift and 34 were rejects so 2460-52-34 = 2374 produced + 24 in the last unsealed package = 2374 +24 = 2398.
