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#176 2006-01-03 16:19:05
- Jai Ganesh
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Re: Cow Bull 1
Cow Bull # 10
Guess 1 : 1437 : cc
Guess 2 : 2589 : cc
Since both the guesses haven't got any bulls, I give a clue.
Clue # 1 :- The number is not a prime.
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#177 2006-01-04 02:33:40
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Re: Cow Bull 1
Guess 3: 8914
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
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#178 2006-01-04 02:40:18
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Re: Cow Bull 1
Guess 4:2537
IPBLE: Increasing Performance By Lowering Expectations.
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#179 2006-01-04 02:54:26
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Re: Cow Bull 1
Guess 5: 7938
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#180 2006-01-04 16:09:42
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Guess 3: 8914 : c
Guess 4:2537 : ccc
Guess 5: 7938 : c
Still no bulls!
Clue # 2 : The number has 5 factors including 1 but excluding itself.
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#181 2006-01-04 16:30:15
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Guess 6: 3125
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#182 2006-01-04 18:17:52
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Excellent, justlookingforthemoment!
I guess that clue helped a lot, nevertheless,
you deserve this 
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#183 2006-01-04 18:47:32
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Thank you! I'll think of a number for the next game...
My number isn't completely random, there is a connection between it and the game.
Did we ever find out this connection? The number was 4536.
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#184 2006-01-04 19:20:30
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Did we ever find out this connection? The number was 4536.
I guess not. Lets wait for mathsyperson to post his reply.
Guess 1 : 9012
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#185 2006-01-04 19:22:49
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Guess 1: 9012 ccc
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#186 2006-01-04 19:31:14
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Guess 2 : 1029
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#187 2006-01-04 19:36:09
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Guess 2: 1029 bcc
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#188 2006-01-04 21:31:17
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g3-3209
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#189 2006-01-05 04:40:09
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mathsyperson wrote:My number isn't completely random, there is a connection between it and the game.
Did we ever find out this connection? The number was 4536.
I posted the connection a few pages ago. Basically, 4536 is the amount of possible numbers when you haven't made any guesses or been given any additional clues.
Well done for getting ganesh's number, though.
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
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#190 2006-01-05 08:18:42
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guess 4: 6548
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#191 2006-01-05 12:08:27
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Guess 3: 3209 bb
Guess 4: 6548 c
I posted the connection a few pages ago. Basically, 4536 is the amount of possible numbers when you haven't made any guesses or been given any additional clues.
Oh, thanks. I see. Found it on page six. I must not have looked hard enough.
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#192 2006-01-05 16:17:13
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I posted the connection a few pages ago. Basically, 4536 is the amount of possible numbers when you haven't made any guesses or been given any additional clues.
Oh Yes, mathsyperson did! I forgot!
4536 = 9 x 9x 8 x 7
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#193 2006-01-05 16:19:22
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Guess 5 : 5109
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#194 2006-01-05 16:57:08
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Guess 5: 5109 bc
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#195 2006-01-05 17:32:15
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Guess 6 : 1289
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#196 2006-01-05 20:38:13
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Guess 6: 1289 bb
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#197 2006-01-05 21:27:15
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Guess & : 1204
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
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#198 2006-01-06 01:10:29
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Re: Cow Bull 1
Guess 9:4219
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#199 2006-01-06 06:19:46
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mathsyperson wrote:I posted the connection a few pages ago. Basically, 4536 is the amount of possible numbers when you haven't made any guesses or been given any additional clues.
Oh Yes, mathsyperson did! I forgot!
4536 = 9 x 9x 8 x 7
Thats because you can't use 0 as first digit.
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#200 2006-01-06 06:24:07
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siva must be right.
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