Francis:
Have you solved this one on Nepti-plus day, Try?
As a start, you should organised the facts into categories:
Facts about the obelisk
Facts about time measurement
Facts about workers
You may have also found that there were a number of points that were irrelevant to the solution.
Given the dimensions of the obelisk, you should have found that its volume is 100 x 50 x 10 = 50,000 cubic feet.
As each block is 1 cubic foot, this would require 50,000 blocks to make.
As the group size was 9, but one could not work, 8 people would be working on the obelisk.
In addition, as the day was nine schlibs long, but the workers rest for sixteen ponks (which equates to two schlibs), each worker would be building for seven schlibs a day.
They would each be able to lay 150 blocks per schlib, and per day this is 150 x 7 = 1050.
The whole group would therefore be able to lay 1050 x 8 = 8400 blocks a day.
Consequently, the obelisk would take a total of six days to complete, as in six days they could lay 8400 x 6 = 50,400 blocks (in five days this total would only be 42,000 blocks).
The Atlantian week has 5 days but only 4 of those would be spent working, so the work would be completed on the 2nd day of the 2nd week, which is Neptiminus.
1. The dimensions of the zin indicate that it contains 50,000 cubic feet of stone blocks.
2. The blocks are 1 cubic foot each, therefore, 50,000 blocks are required.
3. Each worker works 7 schlibs in a day (2 schlibs are devoted to rest).
4. Each worker lays 150 blocks per schlib, therefore each worker lays 1050 blocks per day.
5. There are 8 workers per day, therefore 8,400 blocks are laid per working day.
6. The 50,000th block, therefore, is laid on the sixth working day.
7. Since work does not take place on Daydoldrum, the sixth working day is Neptiminus.
Obelisk measurements 100'x10'x50' = 50,000 cubic feet
Blocks are 1' cubes therefore number of cubes required = 50,000
9 schlibs in a day
150 blocks laid per schlib
8 workers only working
So 9 x 150 = 1350 x 8 = 10,800 total blocks a day less the blocks lost through rest periods which are:-
2 schlibs rest per worker: 150 blocks per schlib
loss per worker = 2 x 150 = 300 blocks multiplied by 8 workers 300 x 8 = 2400 blocks lost to rest.
Total blocks 10,800 - blocks lost to rest 2,400 = 8,400 total blocks per day
Code:
Start day is Aqua day.
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5
Aqua Neptiminus Shark Mermaid Doldrum
Blocks a day 8,400 8,400 8,400 8,400 no working
8,400 8,000
Aqua 8,400
Neptiminus 8,400
Shark 8,400 +
Mermaid 8,400
Doldrum
Aqua 8,400
Neptiminus 8,000
Total blocks 50,000
Day of completion is therefore Neptiminus
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