The worlds first riddle!

mismi
Hint on the 3 letter words = they all follow the same pattern

Mark:

5-LETTER CODE

There are 14^5 codes.
Your word contains 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 Fs with the remaining letters coming from a set of 10.

1 F: 5 * 10^4 = 50000
2 Fs: 10 * 10^3 = 10000
3 Fs: 10 * 10^2 = 1000
4 Fs: 5 * 10 = 50
5 Fs: 1

Therefore the probability is 61051/537824 = 0.1135148



There are 14^5 = 537,824 "words" that can be formed. A, E, I are the only vowels in the first 14 letters, leaving 11 consonants, including F.

The number of words containing no vowels is 11^5 = 161,051.
The number of words containing no vowels and no F is 10^5 = 100,000.
The number of words containing F but no vowels is 161,051 - 100,000 = 61,051.

Probability is 61051 / 537824 ≈ 0.1135.

Addendum: I forgot that the F can be positioned anywhere in the word. For example, the case of one F could be Fxxxx, xFxxx, etc. Thus, there are 5 times as many ways as stated: 5 * 10,000 = 50,000.
Likewise for:

2 Fs: 5C2 = 10 ways to choose the positions for F, multiply by 1000 making a total of 10,000
3 Fs: 5C3 = 10, multiply by 100 making 1000
4 Fs: 5C4 = 5, multiplied by 10 makes 50
5 Fs: 5C5 = 1, the answer remains 1

Add them all up: 50,000 + 10,000 + 1000 + 50 + 1 = 61051. (Same as above). Phew!


TTH wrote, "Hint on the 3 letter words = they all follow the same pattern"


How many different ways can you position the middle letter of a three letter puzzle?




Is there a state capital name that shares no letters with the name of its state


WFOREDS

MFIINNDES

FINE WORDS

?????FINE MINDS....???? with the IN in IN FINE MINDS...

Well since mismi didn't do this I will. Apologies to mismi in advance.

binds
binge
bingo
cinch
dinar

I had written them down and finally figured them out...you are just faster and smarter than me.

Oh well Try...sorry - thanks for putting them there for me anyway :wink:

Hi Try,,, how are you? I sometimes say "Better than some, worse than others.

I am having new chicklet's (bottom teeth) removed then replaced today.

The dentist i have been going to is highly skilled,,, they get the needle right in the nerve everytime! :wink:

They aren't shy about burning people's gum's so that they hurt for day's on end.

The name of the place is called E-Z Dental

Have a nice day. :wink:

I am by no means smarter or faster than you mismi. Sorry about listing them if you already knew them

Think nothing of it...no biggy.

Thanks mismi
jove I hardly ever understand you. You & Try make a good pair since I hardly understand him too

TTH wrote: "jove I hardly ever understand you. You & Try make a good pair since I hardly understand him too "

That ^ makes me laugh. I have (outwardly) no idea what Try is talking about either

In-wardly i sometimes think that i know what he means, but am to embarassed to answer any of the riddles. me >

Hey, I understood your post jove
Why be embarassed? They are only riddles. I come up with the wrong answer and it doesn't bother me.

Lzzie:

WFOREDS = FINE WORDS


MFIINNDES = FINE MINDS

"....???? with the IN in IN FINE MINDS..."

I bet a guy 5 bucks that would fool everybody - it took you all of three minutes…what kept you; were you cutting the lawn?


TTH:

binds
binge
bingo
cinch
dinar

High five!!!!!


Miss mi, "…I had written them down and finally figured them out"

Good for you, but; no way could you answer them while you were as drunk as a skunk!

"Think nothing of it...no biggy."

Hey! The water was cold, and I was nervous! :wink:
Have a good time down by the sea!


Oh Jove, I feel for ya - but you are not there! Good luck with the dentist! The last time I went…

The receptionist asked me why I was there. I complained, "I keep seeing spots in front of my eyes." The receptionist asked me, "Have you ever seen a doctor?" and I replied…"No, just spots."

Don't forget; Psalms 81:10:" . . . open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it." - Ahem!


GBES

DBLS

KBLS

I wasn't drunk as a skunk...I was relaxed.

blinks
blinds
beings

Thanks - cannot wait...I am annoyed I can't be there now.

STATE CAPITAL
[size=7]I'm surprised this one's still up for grabs. I would have expected my French buddy from a "South"ern state to have answered by now...[/size]

Miss mi:

GBES = beings

DBLS = blinds

KBLS = blinks

Smart and cute!



No; not you Mark.

STATE CAPITAL
I'm surprised this one's still up for grabs. I would have expected my French buddy from a "South"ern state to have answered by now...

Just smart!

Dagnabit, now I have gone and forgotten the answer…

Edit: It's ok; call off the dawgs, I remember - Pierre, the capital of South Dakota, is the only state capital name that shares no letters with the name of its state.


Did anyone get near to the answer of:

There is a rumor going round that A2K is considering issuing new members ID cards.

Each member will be assigned a 5 digit identification number from 00000 to 99999. For ease of record keeping, the moderator has requested that any two ID numbers differ in at least two places.

How many ID's could the moderator issue?



GBRS

KBRD

CCHH




In how many ways can you change a $50 bill using:
$20 bills, $10 bills, $5 bills, $2 bills, and $1 bills

BRINGS

Mornin' TTH - Good call!

Woop's; the second one should read: KBRS

(The D was too close to the S)

Morning blue guy
Where has thoh been hiding? You didn't do anything to him did you

That means it is BRINKS (armor car service )

Edit: adding this

TTH:

GBRS = BRINGS
KBRS = BRINKS

I do like those pastel shades of Art Deco buildings in Florida.


"Where has thoh been hiding?"

Have you checked under; Reagan Memorial Tollway (I-88)



Mark drove at a steady clip along the highway, his wife beside him. "Have you noticed," he said, "that those annoying signs for Wild and Wonderful West Texas seem to be regularly spaced along the road? I wonder how far apart they are."

Mrs. Mark glanced at her watch, then counted the number of signs they passed in one minute.

"What an odd coincidence!" exclaimed Mrs.Mark. "When you multiply that number by ten, it exactly equals the speed of your car in miles per hour."

Assuming that the car's speed is constant, that the signs are equally spaced, and that Mrs. Mark's minute began and ended with the car midway between two signs, how far is it between one sign and the next