Beginning at the "Start" flag with 100 on your calculator. What is the largest and smallest total you can end up with at the "End" flag. You can only travel in the direction of the arrows.

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Answers

Here are the totals obtained by following different routes through the maze:

100 x 0.9 x 5 x 0.1 x 0.7 = 31.5
100 x 0.9 x 0.3 x 0.7 = 18.9
100 x 0.9 x 0.8 x 0.4 x 0.7 = 20.16
100 x 0.9 x 0.8 x 3 = 216
100 x 0.9 x 0.8 x 1.7 x 0.3 = 36.72
100 x 1.4 x 0.4 x 0.7 = 39.2
100 x 1.4 x 3 = 420
100 x 1.4 x 1.7 x 0.3 = 71.4
100 x 0.7 x 0.7 x 0.4 x 0.7 = 13.72
100 x 0.7 x 0.7 x 3 = 147
100 x 0.7 x 0.7 x 1.7 x 0.3 = 24.99
100 x 0.7 x 1 x 0.3 = 21
100 x 0.7 x 0.6 x 3 x 0.3 = 37.8

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