Paula, the coffee is just right. I like it strong enough to stick shingles on a barn roof. Now take it easy while I run you a bath.
ABC
3 main
153 370 371 407
4 main
1634 8208 9474
5 main
54748 92727 93084
Mark:
COINS
I think the first player wins. However, he can't open with 5 or 50.
The first player wins.
The second player will win if the target is equivalent to one of
0, 2, 4, 6 or 8 modulo 15; but 678 is equivalent to 3 modulo 15,
so the first player wins.
Put another way:
the nonnegative integers equivalent to 0, 2, 4, 6 or 8 modulo 15
will be called "winning numbers"; the other nonnegative integers
will be called "losing numbers".
You win if and only if after your turn the amount
still needed to reach the target is a "winning number".
If, at the start of your turn, the amount needed is a "losing number" (so that your opponent should lose), you can always contribute a coin which transforms it into a "winning number".
If it was 1, 3, 5, 7 or 9 modulo 15, you put in a 1-cent coin to reduce the amount needed to 0, 2, 4, 6 or 8 modulo 15
(without making the amount go negative).
If it was 10, 12 or 14 modulo 15, you put in a 10-cent coin, to reduce the amount needed to 0, 2 or 4 modulo 15.
If it was 11 or 13 modulo 15, you put in a 5-cent coin.
In all cases you will not make the amount go negative.
But if, at the start of your turn, the amount needed is a "winning number" (so that your opponent should win and you should lose), any coin you put in will either transform it into a "losing number"
or make the amount go negative; in either case you will lose.
If the amount started at 0, 2, 4, 6 or 8 modulo 15, contributing a 1-cent coin will transform it to
14, 1, 3, 5 or 7 modulo 15; contributing a 5-cent or 50-cent coin will transform it to
10, 12, 14, 1 or 3 modulo 15; contributing a 10-cent, 25-cent or 100-cent coin will transform it to
5, 7, 9, 11 or 13 modulo 15 (or make the amount go negative).
Mark:
GOBLIN
71.8 km/h (Close enough)
Let t denote time in hours.
Let (x,y) be the goblin's current position, with our initial position being (0,0).
Let u=60 be our speed, v the goblin's unknown speed, and r=u/v their ratio.
Let the goblin's initial position be (0,g) where g=30.
Let "^" denote exponentiation (as in LaTeX).
The goblin's motion satisfies the differential equations:
(dx/dt)^2 + (dy/dt)^2 = v^2 (the goblin moves at speed v);
x - y dx/dy = ut (he is always pointing at our current position).
The initial conditions: at y=g, x=t=0.
The solution: the goblin's position (x,y) at time t is given parametrically in terms of y:
t = (g/(v(1-r^2)) - (g/2v) ( (y/g)^(1+r)/(1+r) + (y/g)^(1-r)/(1-r) ).
x = (gr/(1-r^2)) + (g/2) ( (y/g)^(1+r)/(1+r) - (y/g)^(1-r)/(1-r) ).
One can calculate dt/dy and dx/dy, and verify that the differential equations are satisfied.
When y=g we get t=0 and x=0, which meets the initial conditions.
When y=0 we get t=g/(v(1-r^2)) and x=gr/(1-r^2).
The last equation gives 100=30r/(1-r^2), whence r=(sqrt(409)-3)/20 and v=60/r=3*(sqrt(409)+3)=69.67124525 km/hour.
Atlas is a country with 2001 citizens. Each carries a different national security number from 1 to 2001. In addition, there is the King of Atlas, Antonyms the First, who has been assigned the number 0, silent witness of his modest nature.
The king has 2001 boxes stuffed with money to celebrate the year 2001. The boxes are numbered from 1 to 2001. Box number n contains (inexhaustibly many) envelopes of n Atlas dollars each.
The King, who does not dislike a bit of math, has also divided his citizens, including himself, into two groups.
The first group passes a box. If two people in the group have national security numbers whose sum equals the number of the box, they jointly take an envelope out of the box, and each takes an amount of Atlas dollars out of the envelope, equal to their national security number. If one citizen has a number which is half the number of the box, one can take an envelope with all n dollars for oneself. The group goes on to the next box and does accordingly. The second group does likewise.
For instance, if Mr. 1200 and Mrs. 300 are in the same group, they step forward the moment their group reaches box 1500, and take an envelope of 1500 dollars. Mr. 1200 takes 1200 dollars and Mrs 300 takes 300 dollars. Mrs. 750 passes box 1500, and takes the envelope with all 1500 dollars.
The groups are conceived so that at each box, both groups will have taken the same number of envelopes out of the box.
Question 1:
Does citizen number 2001 belong to the King's group
Question 2:
Which citizen(s) will have received the highest amount of Atlas dollars, once both groups have passed all boxes
The sentence below feature three numbers. All read either backwards or forwards.
"The hen opened the door but a bucket ended the escape when the hen knocked it over. Now that has ended your escape, said the farmer when he caught the hen."
What are the numbers
Complete the following sequences:
a. Cat, cat, dog, cat, cat, cat, dog, cat, cat, cat, cat, dog, cat, cat, cat, cat, cat...
b. 1, 2, 6, 24, 120, 720...
c. red, orange, yellow, blue, purple...
d. a, b, d, g, k, p...
e. 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4...