NeoPets Riddles (Lenny Conundrums) and Answers Here

Yay algebra!

"14 days" means 14 shifts.

I interpreted this one to mean how many days duration was she at the mines. She worked a shift on 14 of those days. She did not work the morning shift on 15 of the total days she was there and she did not work the evening shift on 17 of the days she was there. So she worked morning shift on a certain number of days, evening shift on a certain number of days and no shift on a certain number of days.

Does that mean she worked 28 shifts totaling 14 days but would be on 28 different days? Or 1 shift on each of the 14 days?

Ok, then I will take it to mean 14 shifts; 1 shift on each of the 14 days.

Unless I'm interpreting this problem incorrectly, this is one of the easiest LC's we've seen in a while. A quick scribble and a touch of algebra and the answer pops out.

The 28 days idea passed through my mind, but I don't think that would make sense. After all, they only talk about morning and evening shifts, when there is likely to be a midnight shift as well, if they have 8-hour shifts. Since they can't work more than one shift in a day, I think I would definitely go with the one shift = one day of work idea.

Did anyone else get 29 days?

i don't think i quite understand this one either =/
much confused.

Yeah Ed, I agree, but the the thing that threw me off was the word "total" in "She worked a total of 14 days. ".

No, afraid not.

Please don't post answers, correct or not =( I know it's not a big deal, but just a request.

Nvm...I dont think its 29 days.

Ed, can we have a hint at the equation you used?

if you think it'll give too much away, you don't have to answer.

I though what they meant by "total of 14 days" was she worked 14 days of both shifts. Because I was thinking that morning shift+evening shift=1 day. But it doesn't really sound right.

can't do a day and evening shift on one day:
can work in either the mornings or the evenings (or neither), but not both

Jen, I dont agree with your policing this board. I dont agree with not posting answers right or wrong. So please dont get on my case. It's always been my contention that we are all breaking the rules by being here and if you or anyone else wants the LC to be more fair and less lurkers to take advantage of your work, then dont post on here. I dont care if I post a right answer and lurker who doesnt care to work on the problem poaches the answer.

I meant as separate shifts during the time she worked. Like she ,overall, has worked 14 complete days as in at least 14 morning and 14 evening shifts.

Okay, a few hints to those that are having trouble understanding.

There are 17 evenings when she didn't work and a certain number, call it E, when she did. There were 15 mornings when she didn't work and a certain number, call it M, when she did. Now, in the total number of days she was there (call it T), there are the same number of mornings as there are evenings. We also know that the total number of mornings and evenings she worked was 14.

I'm not going to spell out the equations or how to solve them using algebra at this point to give people a chance to work on it on their own for a while. I'll check back in an hour or so and work it out further if people are still needing help.

I realize we differ on this, hence the "please." I just don't see why posting the answers flat out is necessary when it aids those who just come here looking for the answers without doing ANY work and hurts those who do do the work. Hints, fine--but please do SOME work!

Awww, Kelly, that saddens me because I agree with Jen about not posting answers =(
And she did ask nicely. But you have a good point: we can't stop you from posting whatever you want to.