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#1 2014-08-23 04:10:44
- allan1085
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Progressive dinner scheduling
20 couples go to 5 progressive dinners, 4 courses at each dinner. What is the formula so that no 2 couples are together more than 1 time, and no couple serves a course more than 1 time?
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#2 2014-08-23 12:48:55
- bobbym
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Re: Progressive dinner scheduling
You have already asked this question and it has been answered,
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#3 2014-08-23 13:30:14
- allan1085
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Re: Progressive dinner scheduling
PLEASE answer it again. I could not find it.
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#4 2014-08-23 13:33:34
- bobbym
- bumpkin
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- Registered: 2009-04-12
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Re: Progressive dinner scheduling
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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