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#1 2006-02-26 00:06:06
- Jai Ganesh
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Testing Puzzle
Here is an interesting testing problem for you. Arranged in the three boxes are the numbers 0 through 14. The 'tester' has placed the numbers in each box according to some scheme he has made up. The problem is to reason the scheme out so that you can place the next three numbers, 15, 16, and 17, into the correct boxes. Your time limit on this test is five minutes.
0 3 6 8 9 BOX I
1 4 7 11 14 BOX II
2 5 10 12 13 BOX III
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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#2 2006-03-01 22:11:41
- Jai Ganesh
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Re: Testing Puzzle
If five minutes aren't enough, you may take ten!
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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#3 2006-03-01 23:21:14
- ashwil
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Re: Testing Puzzle
Ten days may be more useful! More to the point, did this sad individual have a practical purpose for putting numbers in boxes?
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#4 2006-03-02 00:13:06
- Jai Ganesh
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Re: Testing Puzzle
Okay, Ashwil. Take 10 days.
Here's a clue for you.
The sad individual was either a painter or a designer. 
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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#5 2006-03-02 01:09:08
- insomnia
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Re: Testing Puzzle
Leonardo Da Vinci!!! That's probably not who it was, but he was confusing
Friends are angels who lift our feet when our own wings have trouble remembering how to fly
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#6 2006-03-02 01:27:33
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Re: Testing Puzzle
Thanks. The hint did it.
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#7 2006-03-02 03:10:55
- Jai Ganesh
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Re: Testing Puzzle
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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#8 2006-03-13 11:00:58
- Ikcelaks
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Re: Testing Puzzle
I don't think I would have ever it without the hint.
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#9 2006-03-13 15:50:43
- Jai Ganesh
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Re: Testing Puzzle
Excellent, Ikcelaks! 
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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