Finally, we have a winner :D
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Finally, we have a winner :D
Actually, it's not, since it's actually twenty-one, with a hyphen, so it actually counts as only 1 word. Thus, one hundred thousand is actually the first one.
I said 21000 simply because I figured you were counting 21 as twenty one not twenty-one.
You need to be more clear next time.
You tell that to the actuarys that came up with the problem then :D (and it might depend on your location as to your outlook on the wording)
twenty one hundred is 2100, both ways of saying it are correct.Quote:
Originally Posted by XplosiV
and whole numbers are 'natural numbers'
How many diagonals can you make out of a 24 sided figure?
OK, here's another classic.
You have two pieces of string of different, length, and a box of matches. Each piece of string takes one hour to burn, but the burn rate is constantly changing. This means that it could take 59 minutes to burn the first 1⁄4, and 1 minute for the rest. The strings have different burn rates, and you don't know that the rates are.
Using only the matches and the strings, measure 45 minutes.
string A -------
String B -------------------
light both ends of string A and one end of string B at the same time...
when the 2 lit ends of A reach each other, you have had 30 mins...
at that point light the other end of B and when these 2 lit ends reach other you have had another 15 mins, totalling 45 mins
:D
Ding, we have a winner. :)
What else ya got for us then?
There are two guards guarding two gates. One leads to Heaven, the other leads to Hell... :)
Ok, ok, we all know that one, here's a new twist.
There are three guards guarding two gates. One gate leads to Heaven, the other leads to Hell. You know that one guard always lies, one always tells the truth, and one shifts from lying to telling the truth. He can start on either one. Assuming you want to go to Heaven... what questions do you ask?