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The worlds first riddle!

 
 
shari6905
 
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Reply Sun 12 Feb, 2006 10:46 am
Rap are you a math teacher or something? I suck at math!
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Tryagain
 
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Reply Sun 12 Feb, 2006 11:34 am
Who said anything about math? Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Pause for breath - Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing




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shari6905
 
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Reply Sun 12 Feb, 2006 11:42 am
Arent you the bold one! I like it.

I guess my brain isnt working today cuz I cant get any of these.

Did you all sleep well?
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Tryagain
 
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Reply Sun 12 Feb, 2006 11:56 am
Hi toot's, how's it goin? Me, I can sleep in the saddle.
What I want to know is; a) did the move go ok. b) how did you rate ?'Lady in Red'....Play it again Sam.
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shari6905
 
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Reply Sun 12 Feb, 2006 12:12 pm
I am still in the middle of the move. I had to take time out to go to work and I have 2 papers due at school. Good times no time for sleep. I like the song 'Lady in Red' although I feel is is a little to popular for me. Meaning played out. If you want some good lovey, touchy music; check out John Waites album 'Falling Backwards'. Anyway, How did you know that I wear red all day?
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markr
 
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Reply Sun 12 Feb, 2006 12:29 pm
[size=8]THREE TOWNS
since 478 > 300 and 302 > 300, the answer must be 46
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markr
 
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Reply Sun 12 Feb, 2006 12:35 pm
[size=8]turn around
microscope
balanced meal
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"I can sleep in the saddle."
That must be flattering to your partner...
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raprap
 
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Reply Sun 12 Feb, 2006 12:37 pm
Many roads

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I drew this one up as a triangle with A,B & C on the vertices and labeled the direct pathways (legs) as a,b,&c with a from A to B, b from B to C, and c from A to C.

Then 82=a+bc and 62=b+ac

Adding together
144=a+b+bc+ac=a(1+c)+b(1+c)=(a+b)(1+c)
so
(a+b)(1+c)=144
so 1+c is an integral factor of 144
(1+c)={1,2,3,4,6,8,9,12,16,18,24,36,48,72,144}
so
c={0,1,2,3,5,7,8,11,15,17,23,35,47,71,143}

Subtracting 82=a+bc and 62=b+ac
20=a+bc-(b+ac)=a-b+bc-ac=a-b+c(b-a)=a-b-c(a-b)=(a-b)(1-c)=(b-a)(c-1)
(b-a)(c-1)=20

so c-1 is an integral factor 20
(c-1)={1,2,4,5,10,20}
so c={2,3,5,6,11.21}

now
{0,1,2,3,5,7,8,11,15,17,23,35,47,71,143}∩{2,3,5,6,11.21}={2,3,5,11}

so there are four possible solutions for c {2,3,5,11}

c=2 then b+a=144/3=48 and b-a=20/1=20, 2b=68. b=34 and a=14
check if c+ab<300
2+34*14=478 & 478>300?-this is not a solution

c=3 then b+a=144/4=36 and b-a=20/2=10, 2b=46. b=23 and a=13
check if c+ab<300
3+23*13=302 & 302>300?-this is not a solution

c=5 then b+a=144/6=24 and b-a=20/4=5, 2b=29. b=29/2 this is not an integer?-this is not a solution

c=11 then b+a=144/12=12 and b-a=20/10=2, 2b=14. b=7 and a=5
check if c+ab<300
11+7*5=46 & 46<300?-this is a solution

so there are 5 ways to get directly from A to B
7 ways to get directly from B to C
and 11 ways to get directly from A to C

The total number of ways to get from A to C (direct and indirect) are 11(direct)+5*7(indirect)=46[/size]


Rap
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raprap
 
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Reply Sun 12 Feb, 2006 12:49 pm
Balanced diet or square pizza (what I got in the oven as I type)

Turn over or turn around

microscope---which leades me to personifying this game with

[size=7]driver[/size]

and

Mrs [size=7]ver[/size]


Leading me to the endless variations of

word^2
such as deal^2 which is a form of fair dinkum.

Shari, Markr is a better mathmetician that I, I'm mearly an unemployed engineer--know of a job?

Rap
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shari6905
 
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Reply Sun 12 Feb, 2006 12:59 pm
Car field? Maybe....ma mere works for Mercedes.
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Tryagain
 
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Reply Sun 12 Feb, 2006 12:59 pm
Rap wrote:


Problems with the dating club problem explaination, the line
4mw = (m+w)*(m+w-1) 4mw = m^2 + mw -m + mw + w^2 - w
shoiuld remove the second 4mw or be separated into two lines (for clarity)
I spent 5 minutes failing to understand where the second 4mw came from.
After that the explaination flows smoothly

Point well made and taken. There is no way to edit the item, however your post on the same page should cast the light of reason on my answer.


Ps. Sorry I missed your post first time around.

Gotta get phone - back later...
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markr
 
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Reply Sun 12 Feb, 2006 01:18 pm
[size=8]Minnie Driver
Mrs. Miniver
square deal
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I don't think so, Rap - you're too modest.
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shari6905
 
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Reply Sun 12 Feb, 2006 01:26 pm
What do you do Markr
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Tryagain
 
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Reply Sun 12 Feb, 2006 01:40 pm
OMG!!! Shari wrote, "I have 2 papers due at school." Shocked Shocked Shocked

Oh, heck. I've been talking with a Juvie. It will be a long stretch at Mule Creek State Prison for sure.

Some gang boss will make me his ?'little mary', woe is me, for I am undone. Or, as they say in these here parts, ?'yo iz dun fer'. Drunk

Of cause, my present predicament was not helped by the States first witness, who said, ?'I can sleep in the saddle'. - "That must be flattering to your partner..." Embarrassed

Bejeepers, I'm not talking ?'spurs'!!! Laughing





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shari6905
 
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Reply Sun 12 Feb, 2006 01:45 pm
Yeah, a juvie, thats me, try! Paranoid much....as if. I am like totally not in highschool. Thats for dweebs. I am a totally mature college WOMAN.
Ugh1 and to think I thought your avatar was so totally cute.
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Tryagain
 
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Reply Sun 12 Feb, 2006 02:19 pm
I think I will go under cover till the heat dies down… Laughing
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shari6905
 
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Reply Sun 12 Feb, 2006 02:26 pm
Thanks Try! Whos the juvinile now. Really mature.
No heat on my side...sorry, try again!


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Tryagain
 
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Reply Sun 12 Feb, 2006 02:44 pm
Ouch! I need a (((hug)))
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shari6905
 
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Reply Sun 12 Feb, 2006 02:48 pm
I think I am having an Identity crisis.
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Tryagain
 
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Reply Sun 12 Feb, 2006 02:53 pm
:wink:
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