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#1001 2012-11-23 19:52:51
- bobbym
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Re: Bafflers?
Hi;
I have missed your solutions and if you notice I have been training young anonimnystefy and others to follow in our footsteps!
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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#1002 2012-11-23 20:08:05
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Re: Bafflers?
Hi,
Yes, I too miss math. I need to find a way which can give me plenty of time!
I have noticed it, you are doing a good job.
It's nice to get hold of computers and math early.
See you later.
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense" - Buddha?
"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."
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#1003 2012-11-23 20:10:41
- bobbym
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Re: Bafflers?
Thanks, he is a good student so it is easy.
See you later.
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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#1004 2012-11-25 05:08:12
- anonimnystefy
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Re: Bafflers?
Thanks, he is a good student so it is easy.
See you later.
Ahahahahahahaha... This is so funny, my tummy hurts!
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#1005 2012-11-25 05:13:19
- bobbym
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Re: Bafflers?
Hmmmm, why is that such a reason for extreme jocularity?
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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#1006 2012-11-25 05:17:26
- anonimnystefy
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Re: Bafflers?
You got it!
New problem:
A die is rolled 20 times. What is the probability that the maximum value of the faces is 3?
A says) I still think it is:
B says) Nope!
C says) Seems impossible.
D says) I agree.
E says) I got it!
What is you answer?
Hi bobbym
Last edited by anonimnystefy (2012-11-25 09:52:45)
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#1007 2012-11-25 05:20:15
- anonimnystefy
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Re: Bafflers?
Hmmmm, why is that such a reason for extreme jocularity?
It is very funny. Me a good student!
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#1008 2012-11-25 06:10:02
- bobbym
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Re: Bafflers?
Hi;
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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#1009 2012-12-04 17:57:19
- bobbym
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Re: Bafflers?
New Problem:
Baffler #222
The line y = x + 5 intersects the curve y = x^2 - 2x at points A and B . If we place Point C on the curve ( beneath A and B ) what is the maximum area of triangle ABC we can make? ( see the diagram )
A says) 20.
B says) That is close, the real answer is (7 +
C says) 20 sounds about right to me.
D says)C, why do always interrupt B before he can put his answer down? You know he is always wrong.
E says) I think he was right, I am getting that too.
What is the maximum area that can be attained?
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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#1010 2012-12-04 20:55:37
- anonimnystefy
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Re: Bafflers?
Hi bobbym
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#1011 2012-12-04 21:00:48
- bobbym
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Re: Bafflers?
Hi;
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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#1012 2012-12-04 21:02:51
- anonimnystefy
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Re: Bafflers?
Hi
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#1013 2012-12-04 21:05:32
- bobbym
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Re: Bafflers?
Hi;
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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#1014 2012-12-04 21:10:17
- anonimnystefy
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Re: Bafflers?
Ahahahahahahahaha!
Btw, for a moment there I thought that D would actually realize the truth!
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#1015 2012-12-04 21:14:17
- bobbym
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Re: Bafflers?
He will catch on eventually.
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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#1016 2012-12-04 21:27:38
- anonimnystefy
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Re: Bafflers?
Can't wait!
On the other hand, it seems that A and C will never catch on!
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#1017 2012-12-04 21:29:37
- bobbym
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Re: Bafflers?
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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#1018 2012-12-04 21:31:54
- anonimnystefy
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Re: Bafflers?
Hi
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#1019 2012-12-04 21:40:31
- bobbym
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Re: Bafflers?
Hi;
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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#1020 2012-12-04 21:55:29
- anonimnystefy
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Re: Bafflers?
Hi
Thanks!
I will post my solution during the weekend if I remember! 
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#1021 2012-12-04 22:02:36
- bobbym
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Re: Bafflers?
Hi;
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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#1022 2012-12-06 10:23:51
- bobbym
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Re: Bafflers?
New problem:
Baffler #223
A circle of unknown diameter has two perpendicular chords drawn in it. They are of the sizes given in the drawing. Find the area of the circle.
A says)290 sqr whatever.
B says) Nope.
C says) 3.14159... sqr units
D says) What are we talking about.
E says) I got it and it only took 5 minutes!
Find that area!
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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#1023 2012-12-06 10:57:48
- anonimnystefy
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Re: Bafflers?
Hi bobbym
It's okay.
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#1024 2012-12-06 10:58:18
- White_Owl
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Re: Bafflers?
The more I think about the problem #1 in this thread, the less I believe in the answers given to it in this thread
I do not think we can talk about percentage of white marbles in the jar at all. We can talk only about probabilities.
At the beginning we have 50 blue and 50 white.
On a first step we can remove 25 blue, 25 white or any number of blues and white (up to 25). So after putting 25 blue ones back into the jar we can have either:
50b+50w, or 75b+25w, or some numbers in between.
After repeating this process the second time, numbers can become 50b+50w, or 100b+0w, or some numbers in between.
In other words, after 10 steps we can have 50% marbles in the jar are white, or 0% (possibly even after the second step) or any number between 0 and 50.
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#1025 2012-12-06 11:01:52
- bobbym
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Re: Bafflers?
Hi anonimnystefy;
Hi White_Owl;
What problem are you talking about?
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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