The worlds first riddle!

On second thought, I do not think I would want to. There are a lot of pages here.

Last one I promise.

Thoh:

"Try will have pages and pages of reading to do."

What has been gowning on here? You have all been having a party and I did not get an invite.

Oh well, I see Mark has a free Sax for sale, and I did not even know he was musical. Also, thank you for the history lesson; CA is south of WA, not a lot of folks know that. Oh! And Thoh is pretending to be a 13 year old…nice legs though!



PUZZLE
from A and F.... A can only be 123 and F be 369. The rest follows.

_ A B C
D 1 8 4
E 2 7 5
F 3 6 9


The key was that the number F must equal 3 times the number A.
Since A must be made up of three consecutive integers (123 or 234 or 345 or 456 or 567 or 678 or 789), the only number which works for F is 369 (if A = 123).


TRAINS

When they are parallel, they are next to each other on the tracks so both will be the same distance from NYC.


Much like this thread, heading for a train wreck.




Mark:

CROSS NUMBER
1 8 4
2 7 5
3 6 9



TRAINS
They could be parallel before they meet, and depending on the layout of the track, they may not be parallel when they meet. Therefore, I don't see how it can be determined.


(I take your point, but I think the question did say, ?'when parallel', and it did not matter where as they were the same length. However, as a thirteen year old managed to answer correctly, any objection has been overruled)


"He'd probably take any kind. I'm probably in big trouble now. With any luck, he'll miss this in the plethora of posts we added tonight."

Lucky for you buster, I don't know what ?'plethora' means.

Thank you TTH I might have missed that!



Thoh's Painting Problem: I checked my first answer with Mark's post and I found to my horror; I had made a mistake which I immediately corrected before it was noticed. Our answers are now the same! :wink:





A very hungry bookworm literally ate his way through a set of my encyclopaedias...right from page one of Volume I to the last page of Volume VIII.

The books were each 1" thick, not including their covers, which were each 1/7" thick. They sat side by side on the bookshelf in order from left to right.

How many inches of books did the bookworm go through



Throughout history man has struggled to prove the impossible…I believe I have succeeded!!!

Why 1 = 2

x = 2
x(x-1) = 2(x-1)
x2-x = 2x-2
x2-2x = x-2
x(x-2) = x-2
x = 1

Am I a freeking genius or what

You were invited, but did not show up. It is all their fault.

Thank you for the info; I wonder how Mark got it so wrong when he left a message to meet at the Grand Canyon for a skinny dipping party. I sure did catch a cold waiting, what with all those Japanese tourists and all!!!

BOOKS

OMG! YOU STOLE IT FROM ME! GIVE IT BACK! I was totally thinking of the same problem to post except with actually having 26 volumes A-Z with varying #s of pages for each volume....but I never got to actually posting it. haha

answer:
8 inches. The first page of volume 1 and last page of volume 8 r not touching the sides of the shelf but r touching the inner volumes. So 6 books to eat through, and 14 covers makes 6 + 14/2 = 8 inches

GENIUS OR WHAT? ANSWER: WHAT

Why 1 = 2

x = 2
x(x-1) = 2(x-1)
x2-x = 2x-2
x2-2x = x-2
x(x-2) = x-2 <---- x-2 = 0; u cant divide by 0
x = 1

had to dig through pages to find this....



Yes 6 hrs is correct.

7 hrs 20 min = 22/3 hrs
8 hrs 15 min = 33/4 hrs
13 hrs 12 min = 66/5 hrs

(22/3)/a + (22/3)/b = 1 1/a + 1/b = 3/22
(33/4)/a + (33/4)/c = 1 1/a + 1/c = 4/33
(66/5)/b + (66/5)/c = 1 1/b + 1/c = 5/66

we're looking for n where n/a + n/b + n/c = 1
1/a + 1/b + 1/c = 1/n n = 1 / (1/a + 1/b + 1/c)

add first 3 equations
2/a + 2/b + 2/c = 3/22 + 4/33 + 5/66 divide by 2 and solve for n

n = 1 / [ (3/22 + 4/33 + 5/66)/2 ] = 6

Thoh:

BOOKS

"OMG! YOU STOLE IT FROM ME! GIVE IT BACK!"

Finders keepers, losers weepers Dude!

8 inches. The first page of volume 1 and last page of volume 8 r not touching the sides of the shelf but r touching the inner volumes. So 6 books to eat through, and 14 covers makes 6 + 14/2 = 8 inches


However, if the books are upside down, then it's 10 inches. So you gain two inches the other way up. You read it here first!



GENIUS OR WHAT? ANSWER: WHAT

Why 1 = 2

x = 2
x(x-1) = 2(x-1)
x2-x = 2x-2
x2-2x = x-2
x(x-2) = x-2 <---- x-2 = 0; u cant divide by 0
x = 1

Oh well, back to the drawing board, or should that be the ironing board?


"Yes 6 hrs is correct."

Whoooo! If you want straight A's it is better to crib off Mark!!!




Under what circumstances does 2.1 + 4.2 + 3.0 + 3.2 = 13.2 and 13.2 is the correct answer to this addition problem



Mark and Thoh, who were all tangled up in their reckoning of the days of the week, paused on their way to A2K to straighten matters out.

"When the day after tomorrow is yesterday," said Mark, then 'today' will be as far from Sunday as that day was which was 'today' when the day before yesterday was tomorrow!" "Say what?" said, Thoh incongruously.

On which day of the week did this puzzling prattle occur

On which day of the week did this puzzling prattle occur

Sunday

Confusing puzzle:

Say what?!
Sunday

................................real today: M T W T F S S
day after tomorrow = yesterday: W T F S S M T
.....................................'today': T F S S M T W

..................................real today: M T W T F S S
day before yesterday = tomorrow: S S M T W T F
........................................'today': F S S M T W T

Real Sunday corresponds to 'wednesday' or ' thursday' which are both 3 or 4 days away from Sunday.

/PAINTERS 2/
Mark and Try want to paint a wall - the same wall. Mark wants it to be taupe but Try wants it to be mauve. Mark can paint the wall by himself in one hour but Try takes two hours (sorry Try). Try, knowing he can't win, wants to make Mark's job as hard as possible. So they start painting at the same time. Try even paints over Mark's taupe with his mauve (which Mark will have to repaint). Within what range of times will the wall be completely toupe?

There are several solutions.
(1)When you designate "." to be an operation defined by a.b = a+b-2/3

Then
2.1 = 2 + 1 - 2/3 = 2 1/3
4.2 = 4 + 2 - 2/3 = 5 1/3
3.0 = 3 + 0 - 2/3 = 2 1/3
3.2 = 3 + 2 - 2/3 = 4 1/3
Sum of above = 14 1/3

13.2 = 13 + 2 - 2/3 = 14 1/3

(2)When you designate "." to be an operation defined by a.b = b(a+10/3)

Then
2.1 = 1(2 + 10/3) = 16/3
4.2 = 2(4 + 10/3) = 44/3
3.0 = 0(3 + 10/3) = 0
3.2 = 2(3 + 10/3) = 38/3
Sum of above = 98/3

13.2 = 2(13 + 10/3) = 98/3

ETC.

Hi markr Hi thoh13 Tryagain is out Just thought you should know

PAINTERS 2
[size=8]If Try is smart, he can make it take two hours. If he's dumb, Mark can still finish in one hour.[/size]
TTH
Do you know where? I'd like to join him. By the way, I'm expecting you to post a few stingray pictures for us when you get back.

hi TTH

Mark, by dumb, do you mean Try keeps painting over the stuff he already painted?

smart: he only paints over Mark's work
dumb: he only paints where Mark hasn't painted

Unfortunately, I do not know where. Never even met him. I myself wouldn't mind joining him or you for that matter and of course your wife is always invited, thou13 you too if you are over 21.
I will bring pictures back. I hope they will still let people swim with them after what happened to Steve Irwin. I know when I swam with the dolphins, one turned unexpectedly and hit my leg with his tail. I had to keep from crying. I thought it broke my leg. I did not know how strong they were. Needless to say I spent the rest of that trip limping and had a very swollen leg. I know the dolphin did not mean it. I almost forgot the pain when both dolphins kissed me on the cheeks. Never had a kiss like that before and have not had one since.
Oh, Tryagain I hope you do not mind. At least there are not 15 pages to go through this time.

Let's give Try some credit. He paints for as long as Mark paints but doesn't paint over his own stuff.

The last person that gave Try credit had to haul his butt into small claims court to receive payment. Unfortunately, after the judgment against him, Try fled the country (with the guy's wife) until the statute of limitations expired. The poor schmuck that gave him credit is still out the $15 (and his wife). I'd think twice before giving Try credit.

So Tryagain, do you have any objection to a little change in your avatar. Just a no will do. I would not want to break any rules. All you have to do is say no you don't. (Pretty Please?). It won't affect you or it might, but it will affect me more. All I need is your okay. So, will you say I can make a slight change? If you don't I will tell markr and thoh13 you are out drinking every night.jj