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Topic: Think You Are A Genius? Solve This: (Read 1165 times)

newbie
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January 05, 2015, 08:55:18 AM
#16
Semi-serious at best  Smiley

I do find the whole idea of multiple, closed universes absolutely fascinating and thinking about them is loads of fun. And inspires many possible plots for potential sci-fi stories  Grin
newbie
Activity: 12
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January 05, 2015, 07:12:37 AM
#15
Anthropic principle might mean it can never be solved.

Not even by observers outside this universe. Because they are part of THEIR universe and as such unable to comprehend ours. Nor could we observe and understand theirs.

vip
Activity: 1428
Merit: 1145
January 03, 2015, 03:50:25 PM
#14

A couple were locked in an unlocked closed. Upon being rescued, copper scouring pads and human feces, sometimes used to get high, were found. Question: Who's entitled to the Noble Prize for solving the Schrödinger's cat paradox?


"Why didn't they just ring the bell?"
hero member
Activity: 686
Merit: 500
January 02, 2015, 08:17:26 AM
#12
Boy, an old problem in different words.
Don't expect that only geniuses can solve this one.

My question to ya:
A clerk in the butcher shop is 3' 13'' tall. He has a pet cat. He is wearing ordinary clothes. What does he weigh?

Ca. 72 kg.
He's 3' 13" tall (4' 1"). At 72 kg, that would make him a morbidly obese dwarf, and therefore unable to wear ordinary clothes. Roll Eyes

Obese or not, as a clerk in a butcher shop, he weighs meat.

Right. Smiley

I am collecting questions right now (Obviously not these stupid ones). Planning to hold a competition. I think the giveaway section is the one where I should hold it?

I think this would be fun. Cheesy Did you go through with the idea?
sr. member
Activity: 378
Merit: 250
Knowledge could but approximate existence.
January 02, 2015, 04:48:55 AM
#11
Boy, an old problem in different words.
Don't expect that only geniuses can solve this one.

My question to ya:
A clerk in the butcher shop is 3' 13'' tall. He has a pet cat. He is wearing ordinary clothes. What does he weigh?

Ca. 72 kg.
He's 3' 13" tall (4' 1"). At 72 kg, that would make him a morbidly obese dwarf, and therefore unable to wear ordinary clothes. Roll Eyes

Obese or not, as a clerk in a butcher shop, he weighs meat.

The styling of the clothes could be so mundane as to render them “ordinary” besides. As well, he could serve in alternative capacities such that he does not “weigh[] meat.”
hero member
Activity: 840
Merit: 524
Yes!
January 02, 2015, 04:48:02 AM
#10
Boy, an old problem in different words.
Don't expect that only geniuses can solve this one.

My question to ya:
A clerk in the butcher shop is 3' 13'' tall. He has a pet cat. He is wearing ordinary clothes. What does he weigh?

Ca. 72 kg.
He's 3' 13" tall (4' 1"). At 72 kg, that would make him a morbidly obese dwarf, and therefore unable to wear ordinary clothes. Roll Eyes

Obese or not, as a clerk in a butcher shop, he weighs meat.

Right. Smiley

I am collecting questions right now (Obviously not these stupid ones). Planning to hold a competition. I think the giveaway section is the one where I should hold it?
legendary
Activity: 4494
Merit: 3178
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January 02, 2015, 04:45:10 AM
#9
Boy, an old problem in different words.
Don't expect that only geniuses can solve this one.

My question to ya:
A clerk in the butcher shop is 3' 13'' tall. He has a pet cat. He is wearing ordinary clothes. What does he weigh?

Ca. 72 kg.
He's 3' 13" tall (4' 1"). At 72 kg, that would make him a morbidly obese dwarf, and therefore unable to wear ordinary clothes. Roll Eyes

Obese or not, as a clerk in a butcher shop, he weighs meat.
hero member
Activity: 840
Merit: 524
Yes!
January 02, 2015, 04:39:11 AM
#8
Boy, an old problem in different words.
Don't expect that only geniuses can solve this one.

My question to ya:
A clerk in the butcher shop is 3' 13'' tall. He has a pet cat. He is wearing ordinary clothes. What does he weigh?

Ca. 72 kg.

Wrong. Nowhere near. Tongue
hero member
Activity: 840
Merit: 524
Yes!
January 02, 2015, 04:34:30 AM
#7
Boy, an old problem in different words.
Don't expect that only geniuses can solve this one.

My question to ya:
A clerk in the butcher shop is 3' 13'' tall. He has a pet cat. He is wearing ordinary clothes. What does he weigh?

sr. member
Activity: 378
Merit: 250
Knowledge could but approximate existence.
January 02, 2015, 04:16:00 AM
#6
In this problem, the “balance of the account” (i.e., “the [$1.00]”) is treated as if it were a credit thereto (i.e., it is effectively added to the principle of the loan [the only true credit to the account])—leaving the account unbalanced thereby.

Code:
∀𝑥 ( Account(𝑥) ∧ Credit-to($100.00, 𝑥) ∧ Debit-from($97.00, 𝑥) ∧ Debit-from($2.00, 𝑥) ∧ Balance-of($1.00, 𝑥) )  ⇒  ( $100.00 − ($97.00 + $2.00) = $1.00 )
hero member
Activity: 518
Merit: 501
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January 02, 2015, 04:10:16 AM
#5
Debits go in one column and credits in another. In the problem, a credit (the $1.00) was mixed with the debits (the $2.00).

Code:
$100 − ($97 + $2) = $1  ⇔  $100 ≔ credit ∧ ($97 ∧ $2 ≔ debit) ∧ $1 ≔ balance
Genius No 3!
hero member
Activity: 518
Merit: 501
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January 02, 2015, 03:52:16 AM
#4
The following represents the losses of each party as the problem (implicitly) relates them:
Code:
( (100 + 1) − (97 + 2) = 2 )  ⇒  ( 100 = 97 + 2 − 1 = 98 )

The following represents a more accurate portrayal thereof:
Code:
( 100 − (97 + 2) = 1 )  ⇒  ( 100 = 97 + 2 + 1 = 100 )
Genius Number 2! Congrats!  Tongue
hero member
Activity: 518
Merit: 501
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January 02, 2015, 03:31:14 AM
#3
So here is the question you need to solve:
  Suppose , you want to buy a T-shirt and you have no money with you (Don't say "I have BitcoinsBTC"!) .You       ask your father and mother for $50 each. They give you the money ( Kind parents Grin).
So In total you've got ($50+$50=$100).
 Now you buy a T-sirt worth $97!
Money left =($100-$97)=$3
Then with the remaining 3 dollars, you pay $1 to your Father and $1 to your mother and keep 1$ yourself!
Now, Money left to pay Father = Money left to pay Mother = $49
Adding both :
($49+$49)=98$
Adding the 1$ you had ($98+$1)=$99
Now, Where is the 1$ ? Huh

You're not suppose to add your $ but subtract it. That's an old one already.
Genius! xD
legendary
Activity: 1135
Merit: 1001
January 02, 2015, 03:29:33 AM
#2
So here is the question you need to solve:
  Suppose , you want to buy a T-shirt and you have no money with you (Don't say "I have BitcoinsBTC"!) .You       ask your father and mother for $50 each. They give you the money ( Kind parents Grin).
So In total you've got ($50+$50=$100).
 Now you buy a T-sirt worth $97!
Money left =($100-$97)=$3
Then with the remaining 3 dollars, you pay $1 to your Father and $1 to your mother and keep 1$ yourself!
Now, Money left to pay Father = Money left to pay Mother = $49
Adding both :
($49+$49)=98$
Adding the 1$ you had ($98+$1)=$99
Now, Where is the 1$ ? Huh

You're not suppose to add your $ but subtract it. That's an old one already.
hero member
Activity: 518
Merit: 501
Error 404: there seems to be nothing here.
January 02, 2015, 03:16:01 AM
#1
So here is the question you need to solve:
  Suppose , you want to buy a T-shirt and you have no money with you (Don't say "I have BitcoinsBTC"!) .You       ask your father and mother for $50 each. They give you the money ( Kind parents Grin).
So In total you've got ($50+$50=$100).
 Now you buy a T-sirt worth $97!
Money left =($100-$97)=$3
Then with the remaining 3 dollars, you pay $1 to your Father and $1 to your mother and keep 1$ yourself!
Now, Money left to pay Father = Money left to pay Mother = $49
Adding both :
($49+$49)=98$
Adding the 1$ you had ($98+$1)=$99
Now, Where is the 1$ ? Huh
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