The worlds first riddle!

Sorry, the solution is unique.

Mark wrote, "Sorry, the solution is unique."

Here we go again, dukeing it out when the mastermind of this is tragedy is noticeable by his absence.
I am sure he will have his own ?'unique' solution, which will be different to your unique solution.


Mark:

CAN THIS BE TRUE
Yes - by definition.

Yes!!!
The expression "x!" means x(x-1)(x-2)(x-3)...1
So 10! means 10(10-1)(10-2)(10-3)(10-4)(10-5)(10-6)(10-7)(10-8)(10-9)=
10*9*8*7*6*5*4*3*2*1=10!,
which means it is correct.


X & Y
x = y

1/2x +1/2(1/2x + 1/2(1/2x +1/2(1/2x + ... = y
If x = 1,
then the equation:
1/2 +1/2(1/2 + 1/2(1/2 +1/2(1/2 + ... = y
1/2 +1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + 1/32 + ... = y
y = 1 = x
y = x


HEXAGON
1.5*sqrt(3) square inches

CLAY
12/pi or almost 4



Does anyone out there know anything Mark does not know?


If I posted this before, apologies. However, I cannot recall an answer.

What place in this world can have their temperatures Fahrenheit and Celsius equal



What the X


If x*x + 2x - 35 = 0,
then x =




If ax*x + bx +c = 0,
then what is x



If 1 red valentine equals 3 purple valentines, and 1 purple valentine equals 4 white valentines, how many red valentines are in 24 white valentines

"I am sure he will have his own ‘unique’ solution, which will be different to your unique solution."

Would you like to make a wager? Let's make it meaningful - how about we wager all of our NeoPoints?

<big gasp from the Lenny Conundrum topic> "Oh, my! Are they allowed to do that? He must really be sure of himself. Maybe he doesn't have a small pee-pee after all. PJ is sure to be impressed."

[size=7]TEMPERATURES
The poles (-40).

WHAT THE X?
-7 or 5

QUADRATIC FORMULA
x = [-b +/- sqrt(b^2 - 4ac)] / 2a

VALENTINES
2[/size]

Mark:

TEMPERATURES
The poles (-40).



F = 1.8C + 32
x = 1.8x + 32
x - 1.8x = 1.8x + 32 - 1.8x
-0.8x = 32
-8x = 320
-x = 40
x = -40
The only place that might be -40 degrees cold must be Antarctica. However, I guess the other pole must be nearly as cold.


WHAT THE X?
-7 or 5

Do you mean-

(1)x*x + (2)x + (-35) = 0
a = 1
b = 2
c = -35
(-b +/- d)/2a
d*d = b*b - 4ac
x = -5, 7


QUADRATIC FORMULA
x = [-b +/- sqrt(b^2 - 4ac)] / 2a


VALENTINES
2



Cheeky happy chappy Mark wrote, "- how about we wager all of our NeoPoints?"

Okdoky; I have them on eBay at the moment, but I will pull them off if you can answer this:


An island is inhabited by 45 Lenny nopets of three varieties: 13 are blue, 15 green, and 17 purple. Two nopets of different colors (blue and green, say) change to the third color (purple) if they meet.

Can they all end up of the same color



With reference to your additional comments. I am sorry to say that I fail to see any correlation between ?'size' and ability. I feel sure PJ would be more impressed with the latter rather than the former. However, I have been known to have been wrong in the past. :wink:


BIG bonus points!
Did you know? Together they make a sentence.

SLENITEOVBNSLETAKESOPEKDMOREXOWAQNS
HEYMUSCLESNDTASTOWORSFROWNBH
YWTHANZHYRTOAGNBBSMILEXHYE





Can you combine the three numbers in each group to get the same result. You can use addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and exponentiation.

Here's an example of a solved puzzle:
Question:
Group 1: 15, 19, 24
Group 1: 11, 30, 36
Group 1: 20, 22, 36

Answer:
Group 1: 24 / (19 - 15) = 6
Group 1: (30 + 36) / 11 = 6
Group 1: 20 + 22 - 36 = 6

No, I mean -7, 5 (plug them in).

[size=7]SENTENCE
I see "It takes more muscles to frown than to smile."[/size]

Mark is right his solution is correct and is unique.

BTW. Why do you assume Whim is a he, Try? :wink:

I must admit that I made the same assumption prior to our e-mail exchanges. Must be a male thing (assuming that Try is also male).

[size=7]COLORED NOPETS
No. Each meeting leaves two colors the same relative to each other. The other color grows by three relative to each of the others. Since they start out separate by 2 (2 mod 3) and 4 (1 mod 3), adding or subtracting three will never make two of them equal.[/size]

I'll refrain from gloating, but not from

[size=7]LEFT GROUPS
5 * 24 / 2 = 60
(39 - 35) * 15 = 60
35 + 46 - 21 = 60

MIDDLE GROUPS
30 * 1 ^ 3 = 30
20 * 24 / 16 = 30
25 + 43 - 38 = 30

RIGHT GROUPS
(10 + 26) / 6 = 6
18 / (26 - 23) = 6
36 ^ (23 / 46) = 6[/size]

Mark wrote, "No, I mean -7, 5 (plug them in)."

Are you Joe King?

Europe and most other countries in the world use a voltage which is twice that of the US. It is between 220 and 240 volts, whereas in Japan and in most of the Americas the voltage is between 100 and 127 volts. When the German company AEG built the first European generating facility, its engineers decided to fix the frequency at 50 Hz.
So I am not about to plug anything in, as I don't want to fry.

Whim back from her holidays writes, "Mark is right his solution is correct and is unique."

That is just what I was about to say.

She goes on, "BTW. Why do you assume Whim is a he, Try?"

I am only going on what Mark said about you being a miner at a deep layer bratwurst mine in Bavaria. If he was yanking my chain, please post your photo and I will give the matter my full attention.

I never said she was a male miner!

Mark, somewhat alarmingly wrote, "I never said she was a male miner!"


Oh no, not a female minor You can get 20 years for transporting a minor across state lines. I never had this problem with PJ.


Unless you were referring to:


?'Welcome to Miner Island Paradise. This web site will give
you information about the island of St. Croix
and the Miner Family.
We hope you enjoy.
There are a lot of photos here of beautiful St. Croix, its
beaches, rainforest, arid areas, climate, culture, events, neighboring
islands, recreational opportunities, site seeing destinations, and of
course, the Miner Family, Cindi, Matthew, Michael,
Aston, Whim, and Taylor.
Please Come In'


Hang on Whim, I am booking a flight as we speak.


Short on time, due to packing:

In a "seven-eleven" (7-11) store, a customer selected four items to buy. The check-out clerk says that he multiplied the costs of the items and obtained exactly 7.11, the very name of the store! The customer calmly tells the clerk that the costs of the items should be added, not multiplied. The clerk then informs the customer that the correct total is also $7.11.

What are the exact costs of the 4 items



Let us not forget:

WHIM descriptors

Molecular descriptors obtained as statistical indices of the atoms projected onto the 3 principal components obtained from weighted covariance matrices of the atomic coordinates.


L1v 1st component size directional WHIM index / weighted by atomic van der Waals volumes

L2v 2nd component size directional WHIM index / weighted by atomic van der Waals volumes

L3v 3rd component size directional WHIM index / weighted by atomic van der Waals volumes

Time to watch those calories methinks. :wink:

Neither did I

Did you know? Together they make a sentence.


SLENITEOVBNSLETAKESOPEKDMOREXOWAQNS
HEYMUSCLESNDTASTOWORSFROWNBH
YWTHANZHYRTOAGNBBSMILEXHYE


Mark:

I see "It takes more muscles to frown than to smile."

You saw more than anyone else.




COLORED NOPETS
No. Each meeting leaves two colors the same relative to each other. The other color grows by three relative to each of the others. Since they start out separate by 2 (2 mod 3) and 4 (1 mod 3), adding or subtracting three will never make two of them equal.


Superb answer.



Acting on a Whim wrote, "Mark is right his solution is correct and is unique."

Markie, believed to be a cheerleader for the Denver Broncos modestly replied, "I'll refrain from gloating, but not from laughing at your puny human efforts…we will dominate your world…obliterate, obliterate…


Mark proves his supremacy:

LEFT GROUPS
5 * 24 / 2 = 60
(39 - 35) * 15 = 60
35 + 46 - 21 = 60

MIDDLE GROUPS
30 * 1 ^ 3 = 30
20 * 24 / 16 = 30
25 + 43 - 38 = 30

RIGHT GROUPS
(10 + 26) / 6 = 6
18 / (26 - 23) = 6
36 ^ (23 / 46) = 6



I wrote, "I never had this problem with PJ… The glass slipper fitted her like a princess. Although, I have never been to Graceland or actually have any desire to see it."


Francis, our lifestyle correspondent wrote, "Neither did I"

You heard it here first




The earth fights back…



Whim has written her latest blockbuster book entitled, ?'If at first you succeed - don't tryagain'

To number the book from 1 up to its last page took 552 digits.
How many pages are there in Whims book




Two ferry boats start at the same instant on opposite sides of the river, carrying an equal number of passengers. One is faster than the other. They cross at a point 720 yards from the left shore on their way to their respective destinations, where each one spends 10 minutes to change passengers. Unfortunately one of the passengers an A2K member dies before the return trip. They meet again at a point 400 yards from the right shore.

How wide is the river

[size=7]WHIM'S BOOK
220[/size]

River width
[size=7]The Ferries / river

The river is 1760 yards wide

Let the width of the river be x
The distances travelled by the 'right' ferry are x - 720 (first part) and 2x - 400 (total). The distances travelled by the 'left' ferry are 720 and x + 400. We now know that x - 720 : 720 = 2x - 400 : x + 400, or
(x - 720) / 720 = (2x - 400) / (x + 400)
x^2 - 320x - 288000 = 1440x - 288000
x^2 - 1760x = 0
x(x - 1760) = 0
x = 0 or x = 1760

Since 0 doesn't make sense, the width of the river is 1760 yards
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And hello everyone! Been lurking a while and this seems to be the first time I've come up with an answer before any of the smart people :wink: Guess you're al busy Let's hope it is a correct one!

[size=7]RIVER
3*720 - 400 = 1760[/size]

Vimes:
You got it, and welcome.