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09-09-2005, 08:04 PM
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Re: Toughest Riddle Ever - see if you can get it
The German has the fish.
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09-09-2005, 08:05 PM
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Re: Toughest Riddle Ever - see if you can get it
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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#53
09-09-2005, 08:14 PM
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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 ] Just stand back from the HP.. just back away.. It will twist your brain.
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#54
09-09-2005, 09:01 PM
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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] [/ QUOTE ] Parens aren't allowed if you follow the rules, they are an operation. That said -- bravo on a great answer. Tha
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#55
09-09-2005, 09:25 PM
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Re: Toughest Riddle Ever - see if you can get it
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The German has the fish. [/ QUOTE ] 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.
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#56
09-10-2005, 05:30 PM
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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.
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#57
09-10-2005, 07:38 PM
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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>
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