Snowballs.
Mark that is not the result I have. However, it is the closest to date. :wink: Unless a passing snowman can assist I will put up my result on the morrow for comment, ridicule etc.
Whim managed three answers for two questions.
4/(1-5/6)
6/(5/4-1)
65-41 (couldn't resist)
A well known phrase or saying is, maybe not so well known! But then again, no code is required.
The legendary king Midas possessed a huge amount of gold. He hid this treasure carefully: in a building consisting of a number of rooms.
In each room there were a number of boxes; this number was equal to the number of rooms in the building. Each box contained a number of golden coins that equalled the number of boxes per room.
When the king died, one box was given to the royal barber. The remainder of the coins had to be divided fairly between his six sons.
The Question: Is a fair division possible in all situations
We want to find the smallest, right-angled triangle for which holds:
The lengths of the sides are whole numbers.
The circumference is the square of a whole number.
The area is a whole number to the power of three.
To help you a bit: the length of the hypotenuse is 240.
The Question: What are the dimensions of this triangle
Farmer Brown owns a piece of grassland and three animals: a horse, a goat, and a goose. Bob discovered the following:
When the horse and the goat graze on the field together, there is no more grass after 45 days.
When the horse and the goose graze on the field together, there is no more grass after 60 days.
When the horse grazes on the field alone, there is no more grass after 90 days.
When the goat and the goose graze on the field together, there is no more grass after 90 days also.
The Question: For how long can the three animals graze on the field together
