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An old Arabian mathematical riddle that some of you may have seen before:
An Arabian camel farmer has 21 camels. He suddenly dies and in his will he leaves his three sons a share of the camels. He leaves his first son half of the camels, his second son a third of the camels and his third son a seventh of the camels. The sons, however, are unable to allocate the camels accordingly and ask their neighbour, himself a camel farmer, for advice. What was the neighbour's solution that satisfied the father's will?
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lets say the farmer starts with the first son. since 21 cannot be halved, he adds a camel from his own farm to make it 22. he then gives 11 to the first son, leaving 11 camels to be further divided. again, since 11 cannot be trisected, he adds another camel from his farm to make it 12, and gives 4 to the second son, leaving 8 camels. now the third son gets a seventh of the camels. so the farmer takes one camel back and divides the remaining camels (7) and gives the third son 1 camel.
son 1 - 11
son 2 - 4
son 3 - 1
camels left to be divided - 6
farmer's camels left with the sons - 1
now he starts with the third son. again, since 6 cannot be divided by 7, he adds one more camel from his farm and makes it 7, and gives the third son 1 camel, leaving 6 to be divided. the second son then gets a third, thats 2. four camels left, and the first dude gets 2 of them, leaving 2 camels. the farmer takes back the 2 camels that have been left with the sons...end of story, and they lived happily ever after !!!!! 
son 1 - 13
son 2 - 6
son 3 - 2
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^^^ i promise i worked it out just before posting it....no cheating
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Jeremy is a two timing mofo. Each sunday he visits one of them but he can't choose which one to see. He notices that both live on the same subway line but in opposite directions (North, and south). He uses the train to pick whom he sees. If he arrives at the station and the south train is waiting He visits Sarah, but if the Northbound train is waiting then he visits Nancy. There is AN EQUAL number of trains going north and south bound with the same freaquency. After a few months he realizes that he is visiting Nancy 4 times more often then Sarah. Why, and what is his mistake? |
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lets say the farmer starts with the first son. since 21 cannot be halved, he adds a camel from his own farm to make it 22. he then gives 11 to the first son, leaving 11 camels to be further divided. again, since 11 cannot be trisected, he adds another camel from his farm to make it 12, and gives 4 to the second son, leaving 8 camels. now the third son gets a seventh of the camels. so the farmer takes one camel back and divides the remaining camels (7) and gives the third son 1 camel.
son 1 - 11
son 2 - 4
son 3 - 1
camels left to be divided - 6
farmer's camels left with the sons - 1
now he starts with the third son. again, since 6 cannot be divided by 7, he adds one more camel from his farm and makes it 7, and gives the third son 1 camel, leaving 6 to be divided. the second son then gets a third, thats 2. four camels left, and the first dude gets 2 of them, leaving 2 camels. the farmer takes back the 2 camels that have been left with the sons...end of story, and they lived happily ever after !!!!!
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Nope, but very, very close!
Reason: 6 is not a third of 21 and 2 is not a 7th!
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4 boats/ships are located at equal distances from eachother. One is a rowing boat, one is a sailing boat, and one is a big ass oil tanker ship thingy... What type of boat is the fourth one?
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Isn't anyone going to answer? It's really simple. (Though the current choice of words actually allows for two answers. If you find one, you're likely to think of the other... If you replace "boats/ships" with "naval vessels" you eliminate one of the two.)
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for four objects to ALL be EQUAL distance from EVERY other object, you need to use 3 dimensions forming a pyramid shape.
ie, an airship or submarine is the only two answers available.
edit: not a pyramid, but a pyramid with three sides
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the trains are meant to arrive at the same time.
when he arrives at the station, he has to walk through the northbound platform to get to the south, so as he gets on the firsdt train he sees, he will only get the southbound one when the nacy train is late.
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Nope, but very, very close!
Reason: 6 is not a third of 21 and 2 is not a 7th!
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hmmm...i was thinking more on the lines of a third & a seventh of the remaining camels, or the undivided stock.
and from your quote john, i get this feeling that 13 is correct?
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for four objects to ALL be EQUAL distance from EVERY other object, you need to use 3 dimensions forming a pyramid shape.
ie, an airship or submarine is the only two answers available.
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Correct. And the "airship" is the reason "naval vessels" would eliminate the ambiguity.
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another riddle:
four mates are caught in the desert by a tribe of cannibals,
these cannibals are going to eat them, but hey have one chance.
they are made to stand wearing hats.
if two of them can correctly shout out which color hat they are wearing, they will be set free. they know that there are two white and two black hats.
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they cannot see their own hat.
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I've seen this riddle before but in my version the 4 individuals were NOT allowed to communicate in any way. Here's the solution:
If they are not allowed to communicate (as in shout out loud), the only person who can correctly know which colour hat he is wearing is the person in the #2 spot.
Reason: #2 guy can only see in front of him, a black hat. But since the person behind him hasn't said anything, he knows that the colours must be alternating (black/white/black/white). If both #1 and #2 had black hats, the #3 guy would know that he's wearing a white one since there's only 2 of each colours. But since #3 hasn't said anything, #2 knows that his hat is different from #1's hat...therefore being white.
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An old Arabian mathematical riddle that some of you may have seen before:
An Arabian camel farmer has 21 camels. He suddenly dies and in his will he leaves his three sons a share of the camels. He leaves his first son half of the camels, his second son a third of the camels and his third son a seventh of the camels. The sons, however, are unable to allocate the camels accordingly and ask their neighbour, himself a camel farmer, for advice. What was the neighbour's solution that satisfied the father's will?
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Solution:
Son 2:
21 * 1/7 = 3 (Son 2 takes 3 camels, 1/7th of 21)
Son 1:
(what's left) 21 - 3 = 18
18 * 1/2 = 9 (Son 1 takes home 9 camels, 1/2 of 18)
Son 3:
(what's left) 18 - 9 = 9
9 * 1/3 = 3 (Son 3 takes home 3 camels, 1/3 of 9)
What's left? 6 camels, which the neighbour can take home and molest.
Son 1 = 9 camels
Son 2 = 3 camels
Son 3 = 3 camels
Neighbour farmer = 6 camels
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Still not correct!
I think everybody has had a fair shout at it so I'll provide the solution:
The third son receives a seventh of the camels which is 21/7 = 3.
The second son receives a third of the camels which is 21/3 = 7.
Now, the neighbour lends the sons one camel to make the number of camels on the farm 22.
The first son now receives half of the camels which is 22/2 = 11.
The farmer now takes his camel back so we have:
1st son: 11 camels
2nd son: 7 camels
3rd son: 3 camels
Add them up and you get 21!
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Poldi got it right, just didn't calculate it correctly?
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Now, the neighbour lends the sons one camel to make the number of camels on the farm 22.
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when the second son and the third son have already got their shares, then how can the number be 22?
thats kinda illogical, because once the share has been decided (even though not alotted), those camels should be left apart...maybe thats why the arabs had saddam hussain
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I think the lending of camels makes it a bit stupid.
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well thats the tricky part in the riddle
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Yep, he just rounded up to 11. Effectively the lending of a camel by the neighbour takes the place of the rounding process. Whether the other two brothers took retribution due to the fact that the first son got half a camel more than he was entitled to is another matter altogether 
Corroded: Even after the second and third sons have had their camels apportioned, there are still 21 camels on the farm.
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I've seen this riddle before but in my version the 4 individuals were NOT allowed to communicate in any way. Here's the solution:
If they are not allowed to communicate (as in shout out loud), the only person who can correctly know which colour hat he is wearing is the person in the #2 spot.
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i said they werent alowed to communicate. except shouting the color. didnt i?
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Reason: #2 guy can only see in front of him, a black hat. But since the person behind him hasn't said anything, he knows that the colours must be alternating (black/white/black/white). If both #1 and #2 had black hats, the #3 guy would know that he's wearing a white one since there's only 2 of each colours. But since #3 hasn't said anything, #2 knows that his hat is different from #1's hat...therefore being white.
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correct well done. shame you had seen it before i thaught it was unknown.
by the same reasoning, #1 bloke knows he has the opposite hat color from #2, and #1 can tell he has a black hat when #2 said white.
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Corroded: Even after the second and third sons have had their camels apportioned, there are still 21 camels on the farm.
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bleaaargghhhh whatever !!!!!!
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i said they werent alowed to communicate. except shouting the color. didnt i?
correct well done. shame you had seen it before i thaught it was unknown.
by the same reasoning, #1 bloke knows he has the opposite hat color from #2, and #1 can tell he has a black hat when #2 said white.
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Yes, you did.....but i find letting them shout out the colour makes the riddle easier. I wasn't able to figure this out the first time i came accross.......it had been a while since i had seen it, so it took a little while before i came accross the answer again.
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Here's a riddle for you all. It's translated from french, but the message should get accross:
A man is about to be killed in one of 2 fashions. His executioner says that the man must tell him (the executioner) one thing, and if he tells the truth he will be hanged; if the man lies he will be burned alive. What is the only thing the man can say that will save his life?
I wasn't able to get this.
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{to the exocutioner} - "when i say this you will burn me alive "
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Effectively, "I am telling a lie now" but in the context of the man about to be executed. This is an example of a paradox: like the sentence I have just typed, it can be neither logically refuted as false nor logically ratified as true. Hence the man's life is saved. Hoorah!
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Good job Amon!
And of course John has the psycho-analysis answer that can't ever be wrong.....bastard! Good job though.
Here's another......How many shovel loads will it take to empty a hole that mesures 3m X 4m X 6.5m if the shovel holds 750mL of dirt?
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Here's another......How many shovel loads will it take to empty a hole that mesures 3m X 4m X 6.5m if the shovel holds 750mL of dirt?
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is emptying the hole the same as digging it? a hole's already pretty empty isnt it?
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Corroded: Even after the second and third sons have had their camels apportioned, there are still 21 camels on the farm.
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sorry to bring this up again...wanted to post this yesterday itself but couldnt somehow...when the farmer lends one camel, that makes the number of camels 22, meaning that the second and third sons have got less than what they shouldve got as a third and a seventh of the number of camels...
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sorry to bring this up again...wanted to post this yesterday itself but couldnt somehow...when the farmer lends one camel, that makes the number of camels 22, meaning that the second and third sons have got less than what they shouldve got as a third and a seventh of the number of camels...
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That issue is resolved after the camel is taken away - it is the first son who gets the better deal as he receives half a camel more than he should since 11 is not a half of 21. I guess whoever invented this riddle didn't really think it through!
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Uh, i don't think you can get a correct amount Poldi. What throws everything off is the decimal point.....which leaves your answer with a decimal, leading to "How the fuck do i get 0.38557 of a shovel load?"
Anyways, Corroded had the correct answer, the hole's already empty so the required amount is "0".
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Uh, i don't think you can get a correct amount Poldi. What throws everything off is the decimal point.....which leaves your answer with a decimal, leading to "How the fuck do i get 0.38557 of a shovel load?"
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Here's a nice problem for anybody with an analytical mind:
A used-car salesman reduces the price of a sports car - a six digit number of dollars - by 20% to make it seem a little more affordable. He does this by taking the last digit of the old price - a 5 - and putting it at the front. What was the original price, N, of the sports car?
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original price = $714285
new price = $571428
discount = 20%
you do rest of the math !!!
thankyou thankyou thankyou !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! spent 5 pages and some 40 minutes working this one out !!!!!
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original price = $714285
new price = $571428
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you do rest of the math !!!
thankyou thankyou thankyou !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! spent 5 pages and some 40 minutes working this one out !!!!!
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Very good! Where's your working though?
Only kidding! I'll post the working if anybody wants me to.
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well it took some 35 mins just to strike the right chord...after that it was piece of cake !!!
5N = 4N' (N' being the new price)...thats the basic equation you have to follow.
now assume the digits are u,v,w,x,y & 5, so that the original price is uvwxy5 and the new price is 5uvwxy. simple multiplicative analysis would tell you that y HAS to be an even number, and simple logic tells us that u should be greater than 5, and HAS to be either 6 or 7, so that the basic equation holds true.....now if we proceed in the same way, using the fact that the digits have just moved to the right, we get the values as:
u = 7
v = 1
w = 4
x = 2
y = 8
that good enough john?
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King Tut died 120 years after King Eros was born. Their combined ages when they died was 100 years. King Eros died in the year 40 B.C. In what year was King Tut born? I found this one that stumped me for a bit.
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hmmmmm.....20 BC?
dunno if i;m right, but heres how i did it...
tut = t, eros = e
t's age = year of t's death (tdeath) - year of t's birth (tbirth)
similarly, e's age = edeath - ebirth
so that,
(tdeath-tbirth) + (edeath-ebirth) = 100
edeath = 40 BC = -40
also, ebirth + 120 = tdeath
solve the equations and you get tbirth = -20, i.e, 20 BC
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Good job. That's some nice math you're doing there.
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well it took some 35 mins just to strike the right chord...after that it was piece of cake !!!
5N = 4N' (N' being the new price)...thats the basic equation you have to follow.
now assume the digits are u,v,w,x,y & 5, so that the original price is uvwxy5 and the new price is 5uvwxy. simple multiplicative analysis would tell you that y HAS to be an even number, and simple logic tells us that u should be greater than 5, and HAS to be either 6 or 7, so that the basic equation holds true.....now if we proceed in the same way, using the fact that the digits have just moved to the right, we get the values as:
u = 7
v = 1
w = 4
x = 2
y = 8
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That is correct! It's different to the way I did it though:
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Imagine the 6 digit number without the 5 at the front or the end so that it becomes a 5 digit number. Call this N'. Now, if we place a 5 at the front this is equivalent to adding 500'000 to the 5 digit number. If we place a 5 at the end this is equivalent to multiplying the 5 digit number by 10 and adding 5. Incorporating the reduction of 20% we get an equation:
500'000 + N' = 0.80[(10xN') + 5]
=> 500'000 + N' = 8N' + 1
=> 499'999 = 7N'
=> N' = 71428 (to the nearest dollar)
So we have the original price of N = 714'285 and the reduced price, N - 20% = 571'428.
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Sorry about the double (now triple!) post but for some reason I was unable to post all of the two above posts in the same post - the operation kept timing out.
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Imagine the 6 digit number without the 5 at the front or the end so that it becomes a 5 digit number. Call this N'. Now, if we place a 5 at the front this is equivalent to adding 500'000 to the 5 digit number. If we place a 5 at the end this is equivalent to multiplying the 5 digit number by 10 and adding 5. Incorporating the reduction of 20% we get an equation:
500'000 + N' = 0.80[(10xN') + 5]
=> 500'000 + N' = 8N' + 1
=> 499'999 = 7N'
=> N' = 71428 (to the nearest dollar)
So we have the original price of N = 714'285 and the reduced price, N - 20% = 571'428.
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What Comes Next?
Ok here's one...
What row of numbers comes next?
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1211
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Gotta boogie...
Here's a couple more pretty easy ones for the road...
1) The following number is the only one of its kind: 8,549,176,320. Can you figure out what is so special about it?
2) Name a tree that contains every vowel in its name.
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Ok here's one...
What row of numbers comes next?
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Here's a couple more pretty easy ones for the road...
1) The following number is the only one of its kind: 8,549,176,320. Can you figure out what is so special about it?
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er...its the only number thats 1 greater than 8,549,176,319?
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Nice goin on the first one Soul. For those who don't get it the formula goes like this...
After the first line every following line describes the preceding line, i.e.:
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11 - previous line = one 1 (or 11)
21 - previous line = two 1's (or 21)
1211 - previous line = one 2 and one 1 (or 1211)
111221 - previous line = one 1, one 2 and two 1's (or 111221) and so on...
312211 - etc
13112221 - etc
So, the final answer describes the last line... one 1, one 3, two 1's, three 2's and one 1 (or 1113213211)
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Hehe nope, there's more to it than that, but you knew that... I will post later today if no one gets it.
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Sorry, Corroded, it should be:
500'000 + N' = 0.80[(10xN') + 5]
=> 500'000 + N' = 8N' + 4
=> 499'996 = 7N'
=> N' = 71428
So we have the original price of N = 714'285 and the reduced price, N - 20% = 571'428.
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Sequoia is correct. The only tree that contains every vowel in its name. Nice one.
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and so what do they look like and where do they grow?
and so here's another riddle, most of you should actually get this...
The paragraph below is most unusual. Why?
"Gatsby was walking back from a visit down in Branton Hill's manufacturing district on a Saturday night. A busy day's traffic had had its noisy run; and with not many folks in sight, His Honour got along without having to stop to grasp a hand, or talk; for a mayor out of City Hall is a shining mark for any politician. And so, coming to Broadway, a booming bass drum and sounds of singing, told of a small Salvation Army unit carrying on amidst Broadway's night shopping crowds. Gatsby , walking towards that group, saw a youg girl, back toward him, just finishing a long, soulful oration ... "
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Sequoias are redwoods. They grow in Northern California. They're known for being large and old. If you've seen Vertigo, you've seen one. If you haven't, go see it.
Your paragraph has no 'e's, and e is the most commonly used letter in English. There are a lot of variations on that paragraph, but they all start with the same sentence.
I'm also from Upstate, MTM. It does feel that way.
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mmm, there are also a lot of variations of the entire book.
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Ok, anyone wanna take another crack at this or do you want me to post the answer?
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is it because the number names are in alphabetical order?
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nice one i think thats correct.
heres one (should be quite easy) -
A woman shoots her husband.Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together.
How can this be?
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Yup you got it, that's exactly right. Here's the rundown:
Spell out the names of the numbers in 8,549,176,320 and you get the following...
Eight- Five- Four- Nine- One- Seven- Six- Three- Two- Zero
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nice one i think thats correct.
heres one (should be quite easy) -
A woman shoots her husband.Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together.
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Did she shoot him with a camera and then develop the film?
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yep! 1000 points for you!
heres another easy one:
What cheese is made backwards?
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yep! 1000 points for you!
heres another easy one:
What cheese is made backwards?
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I have no freaking idea LOL! What does that even mean? How do you make cheese 'backwards'?
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Edam?  I wonder if that's even correct.
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yep 100% correct. happens to be my favourite cheese aswell!
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PST is not allowed to answer this one:
What is the opposite of "if?"
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Man, I get real sweaty after I wack my dong. Yeah, cause I headbang while I do, and I can't really "Jump" (haha ) like VanHalen in a dorm room, so I just walk back and forth....haha a couple days ago I was jumping up and down on my bed, with my pants down and my roommate came in when I wasn't looking, hahaha.
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When?
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Wait! "When" is not right! It has to be "if not"....
Which is actually "Unless"!
For instance... "I will shred IF I practice" is the opposite of "IF I practice NOT, I will not shred" which is like "I will not shred UNLESS I practice!"
Is that right? Damn, my head's spinning? Maybe it's the 
Never mind, I'm probably on the wrong track here. Going for another beer. Cheers!
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hehe, you were right the second time. It's "unless."
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--a little harder
My first is in endurance but not in health
My second is in richer but never in wealth
my third is in beggarwood but not in oak
my fourth is in neighbour but not in folk
my fifth is like a ring, going where it came
and my sixth is the second, exactly the same.
What am I?
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Man, I get real sweaty after I wack my dong. Yeah, cause I headbang while I do, and I can't really "Jump" (haha ) like VanHalen in a dorm room, so I just walk back and forth....haha a couple days ago I was jumping up and down on my bed, with my pants down and my roommate came in when I wasn't looking, hahaha.
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2004-12-15, 18:35
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Damn, thats a tough one...
My first thought was that somehow each of the numbers (my first, my second, etc.) represent a letter in a word. It seems to make sense when it says fifth is like a ring. That could be an 'o'. Sixth is my second probably means the sixth letter is the same as the second... so....here is what I came up with as far as available letters, but I still can't make much sense of it. Maybe someone else can....
First letter could be: N, D, U, R or C
Second letter could be: R, I, C or H
Third letter could be: B, E, G, R, W or D
Fourth letter coule be: N, E, I, G, H, B or R
Fifth letter is most likely: O
Sixth letter is most likely: the same as the second letter
Am I even on the right track here?
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2004-12-15, 18:38
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I am a tax on the world..
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nope.
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Man, I get real sweaty after I wack my dong. Yeah, cause I headbang while I do, and I can't really "Jump" (haha ) like VanHalen in a dorm room, so I just walk back and forth....haha a couple days ago I was jumping up and down on my bed, with my pants down and my roommate came in when I wasn't looking, hahaha.
This is my band's page
http://www.myspace.com/ferocitydentontx
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2004-12-15, 18:41
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Shit, never mind then. Brainfart. 
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2004-12-15, 18:42
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Requesting hint because I'm so lame...
Ummm. If not letters, does it have to do with numbers then?
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2004-12-15, 18:45
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yup.
I put the answer somewhere in my sig. DON'T look until you're absolutely farted out. 
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Man, I get real sweaty after I wack my dong. Yeah, cause I headbang while I do, and I can't really "Jump" (haha ) like VanHalen in a dorm room, so I just walk back and forth....haha a couple days ago I was jumping up and down on my bed, with my pants down and my roommate came in when I wasn't looking, hahaha.
This is my band's page
http://www.myspace.com/ferocitydentontx
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2004-12-15, 22:08
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Dude I have no clue. And I don't even see it in your sig. Me personally... I give up!
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2004-12-15, 23:10
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Haha, that's because I made it green at the end of my sig after the "Peace...." ...and since no one else is guessing I'll just show the answer.
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Man, I get real sweaty after I wack my dong. Yeah, cause I headbang while I do, and I can't really "Jump" (haha ) like VanHalen in a dorm room, so I just walk back and forth....haha a couple days ago I was jumping up and down on my bed, with my pants down and my roommate came in when I wasn't looking, hahaha.
This is my band's page
http://www.myspace.com/ferocitydentontx
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2004-12-15, 23:13
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Haha ok - that's pretty crafty. 758905, eh? Still not sure I have any clue what it means, but ok! Works for me...
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2004-12-15, 23:19
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My first is in endurance but not in health
My second is in richer but never in wealth
my third is in beggarwood but not in oak
my fourth is in neighbour but not in folk
my fifth is like a ring, going where it came
and my sixth is the second, exactly the same.
for the 1st, there are 7 *different* letters in "endurance" but not in "health".
for the 2nd, there are 5 "" "" in "richer" but not in "wealth"
for the 3rd, there are 8 "" "" in "beggarwood" but not in "oak"
for the 4th, there are 9 "" "" in...........
for the 5th, it is 0, because "0" looks like a ring
for the 6th, it is the same as the 2nd.
so the answer is "758905."
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Man, I get real sweaty after I wack my dong. Yeah, cause I headbang while I do, and I can't really "Jump" (haha ) like VanHalen in a dorm room, so I just walk back and forth....haha a couple days ago I was jumping up and down on my bed, with my pants down and my roommate came in when I wasn't looking, hahaha.
This is my band's page
http://www.myspace.com/ferocitydentontx
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2004-12-15, 23:33
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LOL, I really never would have come to that conclusion on my own w/o your help. That's a pretty squirrely riddle!
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2004-12-16, 03:44
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ohmygawd what a random "riddle" that was powersoft !!!!!
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2004-12-17, 16:43
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Originally Posted by johnmansley
Imagine the 6 digit number without the 5 at the front or the end so that it becomes a 5 digit number. Call this N'. Now, if we place a 5 at the front this is equivalent to adding 500'000 to the 5 digit number. If we place a 5 at the end this is equivalent to multiplying the 5 digit number by 10 and adding 5. Incorporating the reduction of 20% we get an equation:
500'000 + N' = 0.80[(10xN') + 5]
=> 500'000 + N' = 8N' + 1
=> 499'999 = 7N'
=> N' = 71428 (to the nearest dollar)
So we have the original price of N = 714'285 and the reduced price, N - 20% = 571'428.
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I've found another way to figure this out.....i spent most of thursday morning at work on this. Math rules!
N5 = original number
5N = new number
N = ? (what we're looking for)
Therefore, from the information given, we can make 3 equations:
N5 = N x 10 + 5 (original number equals N multiplied by 10, then add 5)
N5 = 10*N + 5 (the * means it's N multiplied by 10)
N = N5 - N5/5 (new number equals the original number minus 20%)
N = 5N - 500 000
Now just subsitute and solve for N
N = 5N - 500 000 (sub for 5N)
N = (N5 - N5/5) - 500 000 (sub for N5)
N = (10*N - (10*N + 5)/5) - 500 000 (expand)
N = 10*N - 2*N + 1 - 500 000
N = 8*N - 499996
-7*N = -499996
N = 499996/7
N = 71428 (no rounding, the division equals this amount exactly)
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2004-12-18, 10:47
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Yeh, I made a mistake when I was typing the solution:
=> 500'000 + N' = 8N' + 1
should have been:
=> 500'000 + N' = 8N' + 4
Everything else from then on leads to the exact answer. I posted my corrected workings on the previous page.
It's an interesting problem and I presume most people who don't care for applying mathematics to problems would fail to see the solution. I had a really good riddle/problem to do with time/timezones - I was told it by my lecturer in Mechanics & Special Relativity in my second year - but I seem to have misplaced it or simply didn't write it down. If I find it I'll post it but I don't know whether I will have the solution at hand.
EDIT: Can't find the damn thing!
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It's not really a riddle but here's an interesting quote from English mathematician G H Hardy on the famous Indian mathematician Ramanujan:
'I remember once going to see him when he was lying ill at Putney. I had ridden in taxi cab number 1729 and remarked that the number seemed to me rather a dull one, and that I hoped it was not an unfavourable omen. "No," he replied, "it is a very interesting number; it is the smallest number expressible as the sum of two cubes in two different ways."'
What are the two ways?
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2005-01-03, 17:17
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OK, while you play around with trial and error on that last one ( ) here's another good mathematical riddle:
You have two sandglasses, one which measures 7 minutes and one which measures 11 minutes. How can one use them to measure 15 minutes?
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2005-01-03, 19:07
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You start with both sandglasses. Start again the 7-minutes glass, when it's done. When the 11-minutes-glass is done, stop the 7-minutes glass and put the sand from the fuller site of the 7-min-glass (= 4 minutes) into the 11-min.-glass, so you've got 15 minutes. Hopefully the glass is big enough.
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2005-01-03, 19:41
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Correct, Poldi.
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2005-01-03, 19:50
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2005-01-03, 20:26
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Haha! There's a similar problem in Die Hard 3 when Bruce Willis and Samuel L Jackson have to fill 4 gallons of water using a 5 gallon jug and a 3 gallon jug.
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2005-01-03, 20:32
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Yeah, it reminded me of that.
I was first confused, because i thought a sandglass is a glass fillled with sand. And it confused me more that it is measured in minutes. Then i thought:" Well, he's british. They've got some strange measures over there." Then i realized what a sandglass is. In german literally trasnlated it's "sandclock".
But i did it still correct although of these confusions. Now i'm god with an IQ of 5.000.000.000 or anybody knows how dumb i am.  |
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2005-01-03, 20:36
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Hahaha, here's to the IQ
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2005-01-03, 22:07
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2005-01-04, 10:50
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Originally Posted by johnmansley
It's not really a riddle but here's an interesting quote from English mathematician G H Hardy on the famous Indian mathematician Ramanujan:
'I remember once going to see him when he was lying ill at Putney. I had ridden in taxi cab number 1729 and remarked that the number seemed to me rather a dull one, and that I hoped it was not an unfavourable omen. "No," he replied, "it is a very interesting number; it is the smallest number expressible as the sum of two cubes in two different ways."'
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not much of a riddle...its known for a fact and 1729 is called the Ramanujan number. its:
a. 1 cubed + 12 cubed, and,
b. 3 cubed + 10 cubed.
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2005-01-04, 11:30
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Corroded! I am disappointed! You've got one right. I'm assuming it's a typo though
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