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#51 2005-05-23 20:09:37
- Milos
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Re: Horse race
I've got one which could be interesting.
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You are supposed to connect these dots with only 4 straight lines without lifting a pen from the paper, from the moment you put it on.
*Note - if you make a line and than go back over it, it counts as 2 lines.
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#52 2005-05-25 03:17:41
- Roraborealis
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Re: Horse race
I guess I'm stumped?
School is practice for the future. Practice makes perfect. But - nobody's perfect, so why practice?
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#53 2005-05-25 09:30:45
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Re: Horse race
"Think Outside The Square!"
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
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#54 2005-05-25 11:14:31
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Re: Horse race
yep, that's it.
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#55 2005-05-26 00:37:08
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Re: Horse race
i done this
you extend . . .
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into . . . .
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simple
one day, i couldn't find my hat
then it occured to me that i didn't have one
so i didn't where it!!!
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#56 2005-05-26 00:52:39
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Re: Horse race
Go on, draw the lines, then!
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#57 2005-05-26 20:17:52
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Re: Horse race
this is probably not very easy to understand, but here's how it's done....
._._._
\ /
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| X
. . .
|/ \
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#58 2005-05-26 21:10:27
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Re: Horse race
Faaar Out!
You showed it!
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
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#59 2005-05-27 10:28:42
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Re: Horse race
Since when where you adding more dots?
Boy let me tell you what:
I bet you didn't know it, but I'm a fiddle player too.
And if you'd care to take a dare, I'll make a bet with you.
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#60 2005-05-28 01:50:56
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Re: Horse race
?
one day, i couldn't find my hat
then it occured to me that i didn't have one
so i didn't where it!!!
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#61 2005-05-28 05:31:49
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Re: Horse race
i guess the king wont tell them tht the property will be given to the person who loses or wins.he just keeps a race and then whoever loses the race will be the owner of tht royal property,
if this is not the answer then u shud try it out first!
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#62 2005-05-30 23:42:09
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Re: Horse race
go math urself
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#63 2005-05-31 09:16:20
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Re: Horse race
i guess the king wont tell them tht the property will be given to the person who loses or wins.he just keeps a race and then whoever loses the race will be the owner of tht royal property,
if this is not the answer then u shud try it out first!
Yeah, but he told them that the last horse wins. I have already stated that the point of puzzle is to make you think in another way.
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#64 2005-05-31 10:46:47
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Re: Horse race
And we certainly DID think in different ways.
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#65 2005-05-31 23:36:58
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Re: Horse race
,yep.
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#66 2005-06-01 00:06:59
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Re: Horse race
I think in different ways, though that's sometimes not a good thing.
Boy let me tell you what:
I bet you didn't know it, but I'm a fiddle player too.
And if you'd care to take a dare, I'll make a bet with you.
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#67 2005-06-01 04:04:53
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Re: Horse race
this is probably not very easy to understand, but here's how it's done....
._._._ \ / . . . | X . . . |/ \ ^
Hm............I don't understand.........
School is practice for the future. Practice makes perfect. But - nobody's perfect, so why practice?
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#68 2005-06-01 09:32:42
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Re: Horse race
The nine dots (.) are Milos' original puzzle. justlookingforthemoment joined them up with the / lines. He went past the edge.
Start at the ^, then go diagonally to the top corner \, then go left _ then down and to the left / ( the x is where two lines cross), and then up a little | .
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#69 2005-06-01 23:36:24
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if u look at it carefully he cheated
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#70 2005-06-01 23:40:03
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Who's he?
Me? *shrugs and looks over shoulder*
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#71 2005-06-02 05:29:56
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Actually, he didn't cheat. He just didn't stop the lines at the dots.
Boy let me tell you what:
I bet you didn't know it, but I'm a fiddle player too.
And if you'd care to take a dare, I'll make a bet with you.
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#72 2005-06-02 09:47:30
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Re: Horse race
"Thinking outside the square"
The strange ability to think beyond the normal has lead to many great discoveries.
So, maths teaches us lots of definitions and rules and "this is how you do it"s, but you should always try to think strange thoughts because a) its fun, and b) you don't know where it may lead!
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
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#73 2005-06-02 11:40:10
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Re: Horse race
You lie. It's thinking outside the square.
Boy let me tell you what:
I bet you didn't know it, but I'm a fiddle player too.
And if you'd care to take a dare, I'll make a bet with you.
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#74 2005-06-19 20:57:09
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Re: Horse race
i think it is good:D
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#75 2005-06-19 21:56:29
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Thanks sarah, I agree.
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
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