Re: Toughest Riddle Ever - see if you can get it
 

The German has the fish.

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Of course parens are allowed they aren't operations just a notational crutch. The only reason we even use them is because of a notational deficiency.

I'll just give my answer in reverse polish notation.
3 7 / 3 + 7 *
=24

See no parens.

ps Yes I'm a geek, but so are you if you understand my answer [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Re: Toughest Riddle Ever - see if you can get it
 

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Of course parens are allowed they aren't operations just a notational crutch. The only reason we even use them is because of a notational deficiency.

I'll just give my answer in reverse polish notation.
3 7 / 3 + 7 *
=24

See no parens.

ps Yes I'm a geek, but so are you if you understand my answer [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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Just stand back from the HP.. just back away.. It will twist your brain.

Re: Toughest Riddle Ever - see if you can get it
 

[ QUOTE ]
Of course parens are allowed they aren't operations just a notational crutch. The only reason we even use them is because of a notational deficiency.

I'll just give my answer in reverse polish notation.
3 7 / 3 + 7 *
=24

See no parens.

ps Yes I'm a geek, but so are you if you understand my answer [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[/ QUOTE ]

Parens aren't allowed if you follow the rules, they are an operation.

That said -- bravo on a great answer.

Tha

Re: Toughest Riddle Ever - see if you can get it
 

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The German has the fish.

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How'd you figure it out? I sat there for like 45 minutes drawing diagrams trying to figure it out. :/

The best I got was that I had all the houses arranged by color correctly.

Re: Toughest Riddle Ever - see if you can get it
 

I put all the conditions on little pieces of paper and then put it together like a jigsaw puzzle more or less. You should able to put the top of houses together. With the remaining pieces, I just wrote the numbers 1-5 across the top and elimated as many column numbers as I could from each piece. I got to point where I couldn't eliminate any more column numbers. From that point I just tried some combinations and finally found one that fit. It took about 45 mins while I was working.

Re: Toughest Riddle Ever - see if you can get it
 

Here's what I got:

<font color="white">
Norwegian, Yellow, Dunhill, Water, Cats
Dane, Blue, Blend, Tea, Horse
Brit, Red, Pall Mall, Milk, Birds
German, Green, Prince, Coffee, Fish
Swede, White, Bluemaster, Beer, Dogs
</font>