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[Eor]

Ah, so that's why it's failing

The answer is N=5

 

[Kalmetam]

Yeah the letter one is right,Schweppes, good job, now nobody solved the number one yet.

Frankie Fly: I'm just taking a wild guess that he said "It's True"

 

[digitalmaster287]

Actually Kuriko, Im not sure if you are wrong anymore.

Check my steps to see where I went wrong because I'm not sure:

8(n^1999) < 16^1500
n^1999 < (2^6000)/2^3
n^1999 < 2^5997
n < 3

 

[Kalmetam]

Wow.....

What is the next set of numbers? .

0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,81,136
0,0,1,1,3,5,9,17,31,57,105,193,355
0,0,0,1,1,2,4,8,15,30,53,98,181

 

[Kuriko]

Actually Kuriko, Im not sure if you are wrong anymore.

Check my steps to see where I went wrong because I'm not sure:

8(n^1999) < 16^1500
n^1999 < (2^6000)/2^3
n^1999 < 2^5997
n < 3

That's correct up to the third step, but I'm getting n < 8 from your equation too. Eorlingas said that I might be hitting enter on the calculator twice, but I don't think I am .

Think I might just leave this

 

[digitalmaster287]

Bah, I just realized that I did a really stupid mistake.

n < 2^3 instead of n < 3

which is n < 8

Kuriko you were right

 

[Eor]

one moment please..

Edit: Yeah, kuriko is right.

I'm using my comp calculator, and I haven't been hitting enter. I've just been writing down what the screen says automatically, since I thought that showed the "final" amount. Guess I'm wrong, it was eight.

Easy riddle: How much dirt is in a hole 6 and a half feet wide, 8 feet deep, and 5 feet long?

And, a harder one

You appear in a hotel and have 3 links of golden rings. The first link has 4 rings, the second link has 2 rings and the third link is only a single ring. These links cannot be taken apart, exchanged for a diffrent type of currency, and the hotel clerk carries no change. You have to stay at the hotel for 7 nights, and you have to pay one gold ring for every night that you stay. You cannot pay in advance, or all at once at the end of your stay: it has to be one ring a day. How do you pay for your 7 nights at the hotel?

 

[Schweppes]

Easy answer: There's no dirt in a hole.

Harder: I've heard it before, but don't care enough to think about it right now. >_>

 

[cowboyardee]

first night - give him the lone ring
second night give him the chain of two rings, ask for the lone ring back as change.
third - give him the lone ring again.
fourth - give him the chain of four ringsm and ask for the other three as change
5th - give him the lone ring
sixth - give him the chain of two rings and ask for the lone ring back
seventh - give in the last ring

 

[Eor]

Both of you are right

 

[Doraki]

Kalmetan, did you make mistakes at the beginning of the 2nd line and all over the 3rd line ?

 

[Sandy]

The answer to the prison riddle:

He said, "You'll sentence me to six years in prison." If it was true, then the judge would have to make it false by sentencing him to four years. If it was false, then he would have to give him six years, which would make it true. Rather than contradict his own word, the judge set the man free.

Two riddles this time:

A certain investment doubles Joe's money every five years. If Joe leaves all the money invested, in 40 years he'll have 384,000. How long will it take to have $340,000 if he starts with twice as much money? How much money did he start with?

A plane travels at a speed of 400 miles per hour for 1200 miles, and then returns by the same route at a speed of 300 miles per hour. What is the average speed for the total trip?

 

[buddy9246]

What is this, math class?

riddle:

What makes metal turn to rust,
what makes dawn turn to dusk,
what makes trees grow up real tall,
what makes people big and small

^^ 1 riddle. good luck

 

[Sandy]

I'm guessing oxidation?

 

[buddy9246]

no, whatever that is?

 

[Sandy]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxidation

It's a scientific term for the oxide that is formed by open-air oxidation of iron.

 

[buddy9246]

Oh, I just turned 15 marth 17th so im not that intelligent that would almost fit with the riddle too. but not the one im looking for. please try again

 

[Kalmetam]

No Doraki, that's how it's supposed to go, I know it relates to "Something else" But i didn't make it exactly like that "Something else" On purpose. But there is a pattern that you can follow.

 

[digitalmaster287]

@Frankie, He starts off with $1500 and (I think) 34.12214217708272787335323248176 years if he starts off with 3000.

And for the 2nd riddle, his average speed is approximately 342.86 miles per hour.

 

[Sandy]

It would take 35 years if he invested twice as much. Think of it this way; in the first scenario he has twice as much in 5 years, leaving 35 more to reach $384,000. He started with $1,500. This is basic algebra: 384,000 = x (original investment) + 2x + 4x + 8x + 16x + 32x + 64x + 128x or 256x, thus 384,000/256 = 1,500.




343 miles per hour (342.857 to be more precise). Many people answer 350 miles per hour, thinking they can just average together 400 miles per hour and 300 miles per hour. However, this doesn't work, because although the distance is the same, the travel occurs for longer times at the two different speeds. Thus, 3 hours are spent going 400 mph on the first part, and 4 hours going 300 mph on the return. A total of 2400 miles are traveled in 7 hours. 2400 divided by 7 is 343 (rounded).

 

[digitalmaster287]

Frankie, in your original riddle, you asked how long it would take to get $340000 if he doubled the amount, not 384400. Thats why I got the answer that I did.

 

[buddy9246]

I can see that mine isn't important but you all can still guess.

 

[Sandy]

digitalmaster287, It had a typo. Sorry.

 

[Kragen]

What is this, math class?

riddle:

What makes metal turn to rust,
what makes dawn turn to dusk,
what makes trees grow up real tall,
what makes people big and small

^^ 1 riddle. good luck

Time

10 chars >_>

 

[buddy9246]

nicely done.

 

[digitalmaster287]

An intelligent assassin was captured by the king.
King: Give me your daggers. If you deny this request, then you will die based on the nature of your next statement. If it is true, then we will have you eaten alive by lions. If it is false, you will be impaled on a dozen spikes. If it is paradoxial in any way, you will be decapitated. If you simply do not answer, then you will be drowned. If you say a statement that is neither true nor false or both true and false, then you will be boiled in oil.

What can the assassin say that can free him?

 

[Sandy]

I wanna be drowned, he said.

 

[digitalmaster287]

I'm not really sure if that counts as a paradox or not, because it is neither true nor false. I added a new condition in the original riddle. It should say that the assassin will die if the statement is neither true or false, because im not sure if the term paradox covers it.

 

[Rici]

I will be impaled on a dozen spikes.

 

[digitalmaster287]

Nope,, thats a paradox

 

[Volrec]

What is this, math class?

riddle:

What makes metal turn to rust,
what makes dawn turn to dusk,
what makes trees grow up real tall,
what makes people big and small

^^ 1 riddle. good luck

Time, son..
Oops, didnt scroll up. D:

Easy riddle:
A farmer and his hired help were carrying grain to the barn. The farmer carried one sack of grain and the hired help carried two sacks. Who carried the heavier load and why?

Look closely.

 

[petre]

the assassin simply hands the king his daggers (that stuff only happens if he denied the request, right?)

 

[digitalmaster287]

Yup, petre got it right.
Volrec, this is just a shot in the dark but did the farmer carry the heavier load because all the help carried was 2 empty sacks?

 

[Volrec]

*ding ding ding*

Ok, stepping it up.
Where will you find roads without cars, forests without trees and cities without houses?

 

[commonyoshi]

I'm guessing the ocean.

road=currents
forests=sea weed
cities=coral reefs

 

[Volrec]

That's a very good answer.

But its wrong.

You have the best location ever, btw.

 

[petre]

on a map.

oh, i win.

 

[Volrec]

....
God dammit.

Petre wins.

 

[commonyoshi]

God dammit.

Speaking of which...
Greatest. Riddle. Evar.

 

[W4veMantis]

C'mon more riddles...
darn...by the time I finally figure one out somebody already has the right anwser.
I not giving up yet.