The worlds first riddle!

I don't know. You tell me.

Legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus.

Slaves, law, free........
Do you ever just talk normal?

Try:
[size=8]passwords[/size]

Try wrote~ You are just too sweet Thank you,,, it's the thought that counts . I'm sucking down a coffee right now.

Who's A. Coffee?

Thoh:

What a state -

Maine because it only borders one other state


Mark:

Positive integers equal to the sum of the cubes of the digits in its square, plus the digits in its cube?

A tough question like that must have a beastly answer!

6662 = 443556
6663 = 295408296
while at the same time,
(43 + 43 + 33 + 53 + 53 + 63) + (2+9+5+4+0+8+2+9+6) = 666.



Look! He can even answer when I type them wrong.

Wind in the Wil(l)ows

Look! He can even answer when I type them right.

Passport
Passanger
Passtense

Words = passwords


TTH, Slaves, law, free........

…We are slaves of the laws in order that we may be free (Cicero)




"Who's A. Coffee?"


Anyone for A Coffee, form an orderly (woops nearly typed orally) line….




Li'l Etc, "it's the thought that counts"

I sure am thinking I'm counting


I can't stand this, so I take a long rope; tie it to the bottom of the goal post at one end of a football field. Then run it across the length of the field (120 yards) to a goal post at the other end. Stretch it tightly, and then tie it to the bottom of that goal post, so that it lies flat against the ground. Then…

If it's not too late for coffee
I'll be at your place in ten
We'll hit that all night diner
And then we'll see...Coffee Lyrics
Artist(Band):Copeland

Now suppose that I add just 1 inch (I will say that again: ONE INCH) of slack to the rope, so that now I can lift it off the ground at the 50-yard line.

How high can I lift it up

No! The rope


Please note that this rope never enters Mexico, the sea or Canada. It is not brave, just a frayed knott.



MADETISTONE

Try:
[size=8]destination Maine[/size]

Etc was recently hired at our office. Her first task was to go out for coffee.

Eager to do well her first day on the job, she grabbed a large thermos and hurried to a nearby coffee shop.

She held up the thermos and the coffee shop worker quickly came over to take her order.

"Is this big enough to hold six cups of coffee?" she asked.

The coffee shop worker looked at the thermos, hesitated a few seconds, then finally replied, "Yeah. It looks like about six cups to me."

"Oh good!" she sighed in relief. "I'll have two regular, two black, and two cappuccinos."

This is MKILLGE

This is MKILLGE = killing me

A much better coffee song....

I like my men like I like my coffee..
hot strong and sweet like toffee....

Title: Coffee Artist: Supersister

FFILEYLD


DICE
DICE


..AVI..

Stormwatch:
[size=8]fly in the outfield
paradise[/size]

ROPE
[size=8]60 yards = 2160 inches
h = sqrt(2160.5^2 - 2160^2) = 46.478 inches[/size]

97 X 96=?

97+?=100 96+? = 100
......3..............4
SUBTRACT CROSSWAYS 97 - 4 = 93. 96-3 = 93

FIRST PART OF ANSWER IS 93

MULTIPLY THE 3 AND 4
3x4=12
SECOND PART OF ANSWER IS 12

97 X 96 = 9312

7 X 8
7+ 3 =10
8+2 = 10
CROSS SUBTRACT
8-3 = 5
7-2 = 5
2X3 =6
56

DOES THIS PATTERN HOLD TRUE ACROSS A RANGE OF NUMBERS?

Consider (10^n - P) * (10^n - Q)

In your first example, n = 2, P = 3, Q = 4.
In your second example, n = 1, P = 3, Q = 2.

The product is 10^(2n) - (P+Q)*10^n + PQ
= 10^n * (10^n - P - Q) + PQ

(10^n - P - Q) is the crossways subtraction (first part of answer).
10^n shifts the first part to the left n digits.
PQ is the multiplication (second part of answer).

As long as (P+Q) doesn't exceed 10^n (otherwise crossways subtraction would be negative) and PQ contains exactly n digits (to fill the space left by shifting the first part of the answer), things work out nicely as in your examples.

However, if you position the two parts properly and take the sign into account, it always works.

Example 1 (PQ has fewer than n digits):
99 * 97
99+1=100, 97+3=100
99-3 = 97-1 = 96 (add 2 zeros since n=2 to get 9600)
1*3=3
9600 + 3 = 9603
99 * 97 = 9603

Example 2 (PQ has more than n digits):
7 * 6
7+3=10, 6+4=10
7-4 = 6-3 = 3 (add 1 zero since n=1 to get 30)
3*4=12
30 + 12 = 42
7 * 6 = 42

Example3 (P+Q > 10^n):
6 * 3
6+4=10, 3+7=10
6-7 = 3-4 = -1 (add 1 zero since n=1 to get -10)
4*7=28
-10 + 28 = 18
6 * 3 = 18

So, yes it holds, but not always as nicely as your examples.

markr:

fly in the outfield
I was thinking infield fly, but either works.

paradise

Good morning all, has anyone put the coffee on?


DICE
DICE = paradise

So very clever.






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