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I just thought I'd throw these out and see if anyone can figure out the answers.
#1 A salesman is away from home on business. Unfortunately, he has lost his wallet, but still needs to pay for a week's stay at a hotel. The hotel he is staying at charges $100 a night. The only item of value he has on him is a 7 link gold chain, each link being worth $100. By only making two cuts in the chain how can he pay for his hotel room EACH night of his stay using only the gold chain. #2 Identify the pattern and repeat O T T F F S S E N T Good Luck! I'll post the answers later. |
not even gonna try, im confused just reading it.
but the first one y not cut the face off (two cuts) and have the 7 links together to pay for seven nights. i guess i just tried so ignore my first statement because im too lazy to delete it |
If the chain is arranged like this:
OOOOOOO with the links being numbered 1 through 7 from left to right, you can cut at the joint between 2 and 3, which will make a cut in each link with 1 cut. You can do the same for the joint bewtween 5 and 6. Technically that's 4 cuts, but you're only actually cutting twice. I'll take a look at the second one and get back to you. |
number two :one two three etc...
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Originally Posted by rotarychainsaw' date='Aug 15 2002, 07:31 PM
number two :one two three etc...
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Originally Posted by Turbo II' date='Aug 16 2002, 02:54 AM
[quote name='rotarychainsaw' date='Aug 15 2002, 07:31 PM']number two :one two three etc...
i think i'm halfway there. whats to repeat? |
Originally Posted by rotarychainsaw' date='Aug 15 2002, 07:13 PM
[quote name='Turbo II' date='Aug 16 2002, 02:54 AM'][quote name='rotarychainsaw' date='Aug 15 2002, 07:31 PM']number two :one two three etc...
i think i'm halfway there. whats to repeat?[/quote] You can only make two cuts to separate the chain into 7 individual links. |
Ok, I just looked at the 2nd one on paper, and I think I figured it out:
If I assign each letter of the alphabet a number from 1-26 starting with A and going alphabetically to Z then I get a pattern that looks like this: 15 20 20 6 6 19 19 5 14 20 If you extend that you get: 14 20 20 5 -->N T T E 5 19 19 13 -->E S S M 13 20 20 4 -->M T T D etc. How's that? |
Originally Posted by 13BAce' date='Aug 15 2002, 07:40 PM
Ok, I just looked at the 2nd one on paper, and I think I figured it out:
If I assign each letter of the alphabet a number from 1-26 starting with A and going alphabetically to Z then I get a pattern that looks like this: 15 20 20 6 6 19 19 5 14 20 If you extend that you get: 14 20 20 5 -->N T T E 5 19 19 13 -->E S S M 13 20 20 4 -->M T T D etc. How's that? O N M L K T T T T T T T T T T F -> E-> D-> C-> B F E D C B S S S S S S S S S S E D C B A So we're going 1 letter lower in the 1st, 4th, 5th, and 8th positions. |
Originally Posted by 13BAce' date='Aug 15 2002, 09:45 PM
[quote name='13BAce' date='Aug 15 2002, 07:40 PM']Ok, I just looked at the 2nd one on paper, and I think I figured it out:
If I assign each letter of the alphabet a number from 1-26 starting with A and going alphabetically to Z then I get a pattern that looks like this: 15 20 20 6 6 19 19 5 14 20 If you extend that you get: 14 20 20 5 -->N T T E 5 19 19 13 -->E S S M 13 20 20 4 -->M T T D etc. How's that? O N M L K T T T T T T T T T T F -> E-> D-> C-> B F E D C B S S S S S S S S S S E D C B A So we're going 1 letter lower in the 1st, 4th, 5th, and 8th positions.[/quote] still dont get it ace. |
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