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Trying to figure out what that stream of consciousness meant.

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markr wrote:

Trying to figure out what that stream of consciousness meant.

If you tuned into your screen then maybe your ~"stream or ~stream" would kick in... every now and then.

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Try: Help!!! You're better at deciphering PJ than I am.

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Well, that proves it. Rap and PJ are one and the same. PJ leaves, Rap arrives. Rap leaves and hey presto PJ returns, looking as stunning as always, if I may say so. Cool

RIP RAP, welcome home PJ. When did they let you out? Laughing

No, what I meant was, when did you get back?

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Mark:

TWEEDLES
1. Tuesday, A is Dum, B is Dee Cool

If it were Sunday, B would not make the statement he did.
Therefore it is not Sunday, and A is lying.
Therefore B is telling the truth, and it is Tuesday.
That means A is Tweedledum and B is Tweedledee.

2. Wednesday, A is Dee, B is Dum Cool

If it were Sunday, B would not make the statement he did.
Therefore it is not Sunday, and exactly one of them is lying.
This could only happen if it were Wednesday.
That means A is Tweedledee and B is Tweedledum.

HEADS & LEGS
50 humans, 24 horses Cool

Let's assume that HM = Human and HR = Horse
HM + HR = 74
2HM + 4HR = 196
(2HM + 4HR) - (2 HM + 2HR) = 196 - 148
2HR = 48
HR = 24
HM + (24) = 74
HM = 74 - 24
HM = 50
So, the solution is (as Mark has ably deduced is,) 24 horses and 50 humans.

LEFT GROUPS Cool

(8 + 16) * 15 = 360
(14 * 23) + 38 = 360
(36 - 21) * 24 = 360

MIDDLE GROUPS Cool

6 / (20 - 18) = 3
27 / (30 - 21) = 3
45 / (46 - 31) = 3

RIGHT GROUPS Cool

18 + (25 / 5) = 23
23 * (15 - 14) = 23
30 + 42 - 49 = 23

Hot stuff! Razz

Oh no!

A: Tweedledee lied yesterday Question

B: Tweedledum lied 3 days ago Question

Code:



Group 1: 1, 18, 26       Group 1: 2, 17, 23       Group 1: 4, 5, 9 

Group 2: 19, 22, 23     Group 2: 13, 18, 26     Group 2: 2, 23, 24 

Group 3: 20, 45, 50     Group 3: 23, 24, 36     Group 3: 27, 29, 50

Riddle me this; y = log x
If y = 10, then what the hell is x Question

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I don't have time for the ones that require thought, but

[size=7]Y = LOG X
10^10[/size]

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[size=7]TWEEDLES
Thursday, A is Dee, B is Dum[/size]

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[size=7]LEFT GROUPS
18 * 1 ^ 26 = 18
19 + 22 - 23 = 18
20 * 45 / 50 = 18

MIDDLE GROUPS
(23 - 17) ^ 2 = 36
18 * 26 / 13 = 36
(24 - 23) * 36 = 36

RIGHT GROUPS
5 * (9 - 4) = 25
(2 * 24) - 23 = 25
50 / (29 - 27) = 25[/size]

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markr wrote:

I don't have time...

Yes, I understand. What with PJ returning, I am sure you will have your hands full. Laughing

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TWEEDLES
A: Tweedledee lied yesterday.
B: Tweedledum lied 3 days ago.

Mark:

Thursday, A is Dee, B is Dum Cool

If A is telling the truth, it is Friday, Saturday, or Sunday.
If B is telling the truth, it is Thursday, Friday, or Saturday.
If it were Sunday, B would not make the statement he did.
Therefore exactly one of them is lying, and it must be Thursday.
That means A is Tweedledee and B is Tweedledum.

LEFT GROUPS Cool

18 * 1 ^ 26 = 18
19 + 22 - 23 = 18
20 * 45 / 50 = 18

MIDDLE GROUPS Cool

(23 - 17) ^ 2 = 36
18 * 26 / 13 = 36
(24 - 23) * 36 = 36

RIGHT GROUPS Cool

5 * (9 - 4) = 25
(2 * 24) - 23 = 25
50 / (29 - 27) = 25

Dang, you are good at these. Razz

Y = LOG X

10^10

Or, to put it another way:
y = log x
10 = log x
10 = 10^x
x = 1

Last of the TWEEDLES

A: I lie on Friday.
B: I lie on Monday.

Watdoyouknow?

1. England's Edward I fixed the acre at 40 rods long by 4 rods wide.
Previously it was: a-The square a man walked in 10 minutes, b-What a yoke of oxen plowed in a day, c-Land covered by the sun between noon and 1 p.m. Question

2. An interesting component of many mathematical formulas also sounds tasty, like: a-Cake, b-Roll, c-Pear, d-Pie Question

3. The cubit, used by Noah to build the ark, was based on: a- The distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger, b-The finger to the wrist, c-The distance from the shoulder to the fingertip, d-The length of a squirrels tail Question

4. A triangle with three sides of the same length is called: a-An isosceles triangle, b-A love triangle, c-An equilateral triangle, d-A pyramid Question

5. During the French revolution, a group of French mathematicians invented the metric system to standardize measurement.

True or False Question

Code:





Group 1:  5, 14, 15      Group 2:   2, 8,   18          Group 3: 4, 15, 17 

Group 1: 17, 19, 34     Group 2: 27, 33, 40          Group 3: 2, 25, 26 

Group 1: 20, 34, 37     Group 2: 29, 32, 49          Group 3: 24, 42, 44

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Here's a real killer sudoku for you...

Fill all empty squares so that the numbers 1 to 9 appear once in each row, column and 3x3 box, in such a way that satisfies the < and > constraints. No numbers are given. Twisted Evil

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Tryagain wrote:

Or, to put it another way:
y = log x
10 = log x
10 = 10^x
x = 1

Ahem... y = log x implies 10^y = x, not y = 10^x.

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[size=7]LEFT GROUPS
14 + (15 / 5) = 17
19 - (34 / 17) = 17
20 + 34 - 37 = 17

MIDDLE GROUPS
8^2 - 18 = 46
33 + 40 - 27 = 46
29 - 32 + 49 = 46

RIGHT GROUPS
(4 * 5) + 17 = 77
(2 * 26) + 25 = 77
42 * 44 / 24 = 77[/size]

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[size=7]TWEEDLES
Sunday, A is Dee, B is Dum

WHATDOYOUKNOW?
1. b (educated guess)
2. d
3. a (wild guess)
4. c
5. f (guess)[/size]

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KILLER SUDOKU

Code:

2 7 3  4 1 6  8 9 5

5 8 4  3 9 7  2 6 1

6 1 9  2 8 5  3 4 7



7 9 5  6 4 8  1 2 3

3 2 6  5 7 1  9 8 4

8 4 1  9 2 3  7 5 6



9 3 8  1 5 4  6 7 2

4 6 7  8 3 2  5 1 9

1 5 2  7 6 9  4 3 8

This took a while (close to four hours), but it wasn't as tough as I thought it would be. Fortunately, it never required guessing (which can result in a lot of backtracking).

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Mark:

"Ahem... y = log x implies 10^y = x, not y = 10^x."

That was my answer, it was lucky for me you had the correct answer, which I did acknowledge in the time honoured way Laughing

LEFT GROUPS Cool

14 + (15 / 5) = 17
19 - (34 / 17) = 17
20 + 34 - 37 = 17

MIDDLE GROUPS Cool

8^2 - 18 = 46
33 + 40 - 27 = 46
29 - 32 + 49 = 46

RIGHT GROUPS Cool

(4 * 5) + 17 = 77
(2 * 26) + 25 = 77
42 * 44 / 24 = 77

Right on

TWEEDLES
Sunday, A is Dee, B is Dum Cool

If A is lying, he is Tweedledum, and it is Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday. On those days Tweedledee tells the truth, but B says he lies on Monday, a contradiction. So A is telling the truth, and he is Tweedledee. Therefore B is Tweedledum, and he is telling the truth when he says he lies on Mondays.
Since both of them are telling the truth, it is Sunday.

WHATDOYOUKNOW?
1. b (educated guess) Cool

2. d

3. a (wild guess) Cool

4. c

5. f (guess) 50/50

1. b-What a yoke of oxen plowed in a day.
2. d-Pie (Pi).
3. a-The distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger.
4. c-An equilateral triangle.
5. True.

I have an answer to Whim's puzzle which, if I can keep the numbers in line I will post a little later. It is different to Mark's, and did not take as long. Laughing

10*9*8*7*6*5*4*3*2*1 = 10!
Can this be true Question

Why or why not Question

Lets see if I can get this right.

If 1/2x +1/2(1/2x + 1/2(1/2x +1/2(1/2x + ... = y,
then x = Question

Hex on you

What is the area of a regular hexagon with sides 1 in. long Question

Feet of clay

You have two block of clay in cube form and the edges are 10 cm. How many spheres with a radius of 5 cm can you make with that amount of clay Question

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Code:





1 4 7   2 3 8   5 6 9 

2 5 8   1 6 9   3 4 7 

3 6 9   4 5 7   1 2 8



4 7 1   3 8 2   6 9 5

5 8 2   6 9 1   4 7 3

6 9 3   5 7 4   2 8 1



7 1 4   8 2 3   9 5 6

8 2 5   9 1 6   7 3 4 

9 3 6   7 4 5   8 1 2

Nice problem Whim.

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WHIM'S PUZZLE
You seem to have ignored the < and > symbols in the grid.

[size=7]CAN THIS BE TRUE
Yes - by definition.

X & Y
x = y

HEXAGON
1.5*sqrt(3) square inches

CLAY
12/pi or almost 4[/size]

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Mark wrote, "You seem to have ignored the < and > symbols in the grid."

More like <mislaid>, but it makes a nice simple pattern.

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Round two:

Code:







147   236   598

258   197   346

369   458   712  



491   325   687

572   681   934

683   974   125



914   562   873

725   813   469

836   749   251

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