The worlds first riddle!

Etamin?

mind bender
just thought of this one

TTH had 10, Thoh had 14!

I love algebra

TehMeh
Why are you embarrassed because you love algebra? Nothing wrong with loving something

Oh Jovana a song for you:

Well Jo'anna she runs a country
She runs in Durban and the Transvaal
She makes a few of her people happy, oh
She don't care about the rest at all
She's got a system they call apartheid
It keeps a brother in a subjection
But maybe pressure can make Jo'anna see
How everybody could a live as one

[chorus:]
Gimme hope, Jo'anna
Hope, Jo'anna
Gimme hope, Jo'anna
'Fore the morning come
Gimme hope, Jo'anna
Hope, Jo'anna
Hope before the morning come

I hear she make all the golden money
To buy new weapons, any shape of guns
While every mother in black Soweto fears
The killing of another son
Sneakin' across all the neighbours' borders
Now and again having little fun
She doesn't care if the fun and games she play
Is dang'rous to ev'ryone

[chorus]

She's got supporters in high up places
Who turn their heads to the city sun
Jo'anna give them the fancy money
Oh to tempt anyone who'd come
She even knows how to swing opinion
In every magazine and the journals
For every bad move that this Jo'anna makes
They got a good explanation

[chorus]

Even the preacher who works for Jesus
The Archbishop who's a peaceful man
Together say that the freedom fighters
Will overcome the very strong
I wanna know if you're strong Jo'anna
If you wanna hear the sound of drums
Can't you see that the tide is turning
Oh don't make me wait till the morning come



TTH:

Which is the odd one out
Etamin

Yep! The rest are vitamins.

BENMDDER = mind bender

Very clever!


TehMeh:

DVD's
TTH had 10, Thoh had 14!

I love that answer!



TehMeh must choose among the following three long-distance plans for his new phone:

Plan A: 99 cents for any call up to 20 minutes, plus 5 cents for each additional minute over 20:

Plan B: a flat rate of 10 cents per minute;

Plan C: a flat rate of 8 cents per minute after a 25 cents connection charge for each call.

Suppose 10% of TehMeh's calls are 1 minute long, 10% are 5 minutes, 30% are 10 minutes, 30% are 20 minutes, 20% are 30 minutes.

Order the plans from cheapest to most expensive:

ABC, BAC, BCA, ACB, CBA

I think I'll pretend to make 10 calls each here

Plan A would therefore cost: $12.90
Plan B would therefore cost: $13.60
Plan C would therefore cost: $13.13

Therefore (again!) the order would be ACB!
(Unless I made a mistake, which, using Excel to do this, I probably have made )

You are using Excel and I have been doing the math ones either in my head or by hand

Maybe I should use Excel, nah, I will still do them by hand or in my head

This is what that stuff reminded me of
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyAOSPtrCLI

1+4 = 30/6 = 92-87 = 5

Nice job mark
That is math even I can understand

TehMeh:

I think I'll pretend to make 10 calls each here

Plan A would therefore cost: $12.90
Plan B would therefore cost: $13.60
Plan C would therefore cost: $13.13

Therefore (again!) the order would be ACB!


You rock dude! (Ok, I will change the order next time!)


TTH writes, "…Maybe I should use Excel"

Good point; although I have never used it, it does seem like a much underrated programme.

Good choice TTH ABR ACA DAB RAR!


Mark:

Arrange the ten digits 0 to 9 in three arithmetical sums.

1+4 = 30/6 = 92-87 = 5

"Nice job mark"


Indeed it is…But are there THREE arithmetical sums….Like:

7 + 1 = 8 ...9 - 6 = 3 ...4 X 5 = 20

Although I must concede: 1+4 = 30/6 is brilliant!




ISNPG


MUASSRDASSER

A short while back, Slippy set out:


???

.......... UP
CHO8(THE)DAWN

ignore the dots and note that the brackets are a directional clue

???


Has anyone even the remotest idea?

I have been told it has nothing to do with Dawn and chocolate!

assassin murder or 2 asses in murder Do I need more sleep? Instead of the quote button I hit the report button Sorry Try

Nope

"Do I need more sleep? Instead of the quote button I hit the report button "

What are you laughing about. It was your post that I hit the report button. You're just lucky I didn't send it

Aha! I misunderstood the problem. It's actually much easier than how I interpreted it:

1+7=8
9-6=3
4*5=20

I liked the first one mark, I thought that was good

TTH:

MUASSRDASSER = assassin murder

Nailed it!


Mark wrote, "It's actually much easier than how I interpreted it:

1+7=8
9-6=3
4*5=20

That looks remarkably similar to my example:
7 + 1 = 8 ...9 - 6 = 3 ...4 X 5 = 20



Let r, s, t be the roots of x^3-7x^2+8x+2

What is the value of 1/r +1/s +1/t

Here are some choices: -4, -7/2, -2, 2, 8

Hi Try,,, big smooch i missed you. How have you been?,,,?

Try wrote: "Do I need more sleep? Instead of the quote button I hit the report button"

I do