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01-28-2005, 05:45 AM
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Re: Cool Math/Logic Problem
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Solution in white: <font color="white"> 1440 </font> [/ QUOTE ] logic please [/ QUOTE ] Wait to see if that is the right answer first. [/ QUOTE ] does it matter if he is right? he used some sort of logic to arrive at an answer. [/ QUOTE ] Yeah I guess, I just want to keep thinking about it. He can tell us. 
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#12
01-28-2005, 05:45 AM
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Re: Cool Math/Logic Problem
Nope!
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#13
01-28-2005, 05:46 AM
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Re: Cool Math/Logic Problem
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The two piers are directly across from each other [/ QUOTE ] wouldnt they just crash into each other? if not then they would have to travel along some kind of arc, and unless they travelled along the same arc each time i don't see how to solve the problem...i suck at math...and logic... you are all gonna have to help me with my logic class next semester [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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#14
01-28-2005, 05:46 AM
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Re: Cool Math/Logic Problem
</font><blockquote><font class="small">In risposta di:</font><hr />
I prolly shoulda just copied the problem word for word from the book, but its not that complicated. Yes, for these two trips Ferry1 is traveling at a constant speed X and Ferry2 at constant speed Y, but that's not the key to it. It's not a per se math problem. [/ QUOTE ] <font color="white"> so is it a trick question like that monopoly joker? if not, it's impossible. the boats would always meet each other 720 yards from ONE of the piers, and it would alternate, so if you say they met 720 yards from A the first time, they would meet 720 yards from B the second time. but you say 400 from B.. breakdown.....</font>
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#15
01-28-2005, 05:47 AM
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Re: Cool Math/Logic Problem
Yeah Im thinking it can't be a math problem, because thinking purely mathematically, its impossible. Adding other factors that I have yet to figure out Im sure its possible and the answer will make sense.
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#17
01-28-2005, 05:51 AM
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Re: Cool Math/Logic Problem
No, no, the pier placements and speeds of the ferrys(other than each being a constant) don't matter. Maybe one ferry loads & unloads on the north side of each pier and the other on the south side! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
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#19
01-28-2005, 05:53 AM
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Re: Cool Math/Logic Problem
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No, no, the pier placements and speeds of the ferrys(other than each being a constant) don't matter. Maybe one ferry loads & unloads on the north side of each pier and the other on the south side! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] is that a clue?
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#20
01-28-2005, 05:53 AM
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Re: Cool Math/Logic Problem
</font><blockquote><font class="small">In risposta di:</font><hr />
No, no, the pier placements and speeds of the ferrys(other than each being a constant) don't matter. Maybe one ferry loads & unloads on the north side of each pier and the other on the south side! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] very stupid problem if so. maybe one ferry just unloads 15 ft before it gets to the pier.. just throws all cargo into the ocean. maybe the other ferry runs aground before it unloads. there are an infinite number of sulutions then, if anything can be done.
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