Page 4 of 4 FirstFirst 1234
Results 76 to 98 of 98
  1. #76
    R.I.P. Luigi's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2014
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Abuja
    Posts
    26,213
    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    It should all be dumped onto your canoodling thread.
    Would it increase the chances of him being able to solve it?

  2. #77
    Hangin' Around cyrille's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Home
    Posts
    33,533
    Well, the New Year catering will take over now.

    Time to buy more jelly.

  3. #78
    Thailand Expat

    Join Date
    Mar 2015
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    15,541
    Quote Originally Posted by Luigi View Post
    Asks or asked means that Mrs. Methy asked after it was created
    Thanks for showing how I was correct and that your were wrong.
    Quote Originally Posted by Luigi View Post
    thus the menu was created for 2 people.
    Quote Originally Posted by Maanaam View Post
    Well, with that menu, Mrs asks if her best friend could come and of course I said yes.
    Meaning, with all that food lined up, she knew there was plenty and so asked for her friend to come. There's no "thus". Comprehension is another of your weak points.

  4. #79
    R.I.P. Luigi's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2014
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Abuja
    Posts
    26,213
    Double 2 isn't 6.



  5. #80
    Thailand Expat

    Join Date
    Mar 2015
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    15,541
    Quote Originally Posted by Luigi View Post
    Double 2 isn't 6.


    As I said, comprehension is another of your weak points.


  6. #81
    I am not a cat
    nidhogg's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    18,317
    Quote Originally Posted by Maanaam View Post
    Not at all. Simple things amuse simple minds. With twelve numbers and only the two operators, a 6 year old will get an answer soon enough. I don't suppose you by-pass the kids crossword, do you? A bit too boring to be a challenge?.
    Good try at putting up an excuse for not putting up a solution, but nobody is buying it.

    Its not really about the puzzle now, just about your creditability, or lack of it.

    Lets make it a bit more challenging for the maths teacher. Lets see the other 23 solutions that foobar says there are.

  7. #82
    Thailand Expat

    Join Date
    Mar 2015
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    15,541
    Quote Originally Posted by nidhogg View Post
    Good try at putting up an excuse for not putting up a solution, but nobody is buying it.

    Its not really about the puzzle now, just about your creditability, or lack of it.

    Lets make it a bit more challenging for the maths teacher. Lets see the other 23 solutions that foobar says there are.
    Haha. I'm not going to waste my time to prove to you what my capabilities are. I don't give a hoot what you think of me, Mr Anonymous Person on the internet.
    It's only sad insecure runts like Lu who care about reputation on the internet. Lu also cares about my reputation, thus he's out to discredit it at every opportunity. He's a sad little man. For some reason, he also wants to discredit my wife and impugn her reputation too. It's bizarre.

  8. #83
    R.I.P. Luigi's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2014
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Abuja
    Posts
    26,213
    ^ Still can't do it, eh.



    Quote Originally Posted by Maanaam View Post
    with all that food lined up, she knew there was plenty and so asked for her friend to come.
    Yeah, the food was originally for 2, not 3.


    Did a rock hit you on yer head in that Fijian cave school?

    It would explain a lot.

  9. #84
    A Cockless Wonder
    Looper's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2007
    Last Online
    Yesterday @ 10:15 PM
    Posts
    15,185
    Quote Originally Posted by Maanaam View Post
    With twelve numbers and only the two operators
    There are 3 operators. Append is a mathematical operator in this case even though it does not have a recognised sign.

    That is why there are 3^11 or 3^14 permutations instead of 2^11 or 2^14

  10. #85
    R.I.P. Luigi's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2014
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Abuja
    Posts
    26,213
    Hole Digger of the Year, was never really in any doubt.

  11. #86
    Banned

    Join Date
    Jul 2012
    Last Online
    09-05-2021 @ 03:25 AM
    Posts
    33,644

  12. #87
    R.I.P. Luigi's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2014
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Abuja
    Posts
    26,213

  13. #88
    Thailand Expat

    Join Date
    Mar 2015
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    15,541
    ^^^^Rubbish.
    There are 12! permutations of the 12 numbers, with one of two operators between them.

  14. #89
    A Cockless Wonder
    Looper's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2007
    Last Online
    Yesterday @ 10:15 PM
    Posts
    15,185
    ^In the original puzzle there were 12 numbers and 11 spaces between those numbers into which one of 3 possible operators could be placed.

    The 3 operators were '+', '-' and 'append'

    The number of permutations was therefore 3^11 = 177,147

    Quote Originally Posted by Maanaam View Post
    With twelve numbers and only the two operators, a 6 year old will get an answer soon enough
    The number of possible correct solutions is apparently 24 so only 1 in 6561 permutaions is a solution. So it would take a child with a crayon, or a shakesperean chimpanzee with a 3-keyed typewriter, quite a while to stumble upon one.

  15. #90
    Hangin' Around cyrille's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Home
    Posts
    33,533
    ^ Mekons fan?

  16. #91
    I am not a cat
    nidhogg's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    18,317
    ^ sounds good.

    The 12! gives something like 500 million combinations. Problem is, 12 factorial is the number of ways to arrange the numbers, but the order of arrangement is fixed.

  17. #92
    Banned

    Join Date
    Jul 2012
    Last Online
    09-05-2021 @ 03:25 AM
    Posts
    33,644

  18. #93
    R.I.P. Luigi's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2014
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Abuja
    Posts
    26,213
    Quote Originally Posted by Looper View Post
    So it would take a child with a crayon, or a shakesperean chimpanzee with a 3-keyed typewriter, quite a while to stumble upon one.
    A child with a crayon, a Shakespearean chimpanzee with a 3-keyed typewriter, or Manny.


    He still can't do it.

  19. #94
    A Cockless Wonder
    Looper's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2007
    Last Online
    Yesterday @ 10:15 PM
    Posts
    15,185
    Quote Originally Posted by nidhogg View Post
    Problem is, 12 factorial is the number of ways to arrange the numbers, but the order of arrangement is fixed.
    Yes, 12 factorial is the correct answer to an interesting but unfortunately completely unrelated problem!

    But in the festive spirit of charity I think Maanaam should be allowed a consolation point for mathematical tactical diversionary creativity!

    Everyone should be allowed to be a winner at Christmas time!!


  20. #95
    Thailand Expat OhOh's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2010
    Last Online
    26-03-2024 @ 08:49 PM
    Location
    Where troubles melt like lemon drops
    Posts
    25,222
    Neither a mathematician or a coder I am.

    But somebody here maybe able to understand or use this:

    "Sub k1() Dim arr(3) As String
    Dim q As String

    arr(1) = ""
    arr(2) = "+"
    arr(3) = "-"

    For i = 1 To 3
    For j = 1 To 3
    For k = 1 To 3
    For l = 1 To 3
    For m = 1 To 3
    For n = 1 To 3
    For o = 1 To 3
    For p = 1 To 3

    Cells(1, 2) = arr(i)
    Cells(1, 4) = arr(j)
    Cells(1, 6) = arr(k)
    Cells(1, 8) = arr(l)
    Cells(1, 10) = arr(m)
    Cells(1, 12) = arr(n)
    Cells(1, 14) = arr(o)
    Cells(1, 16) = arr(p)

    q = ""
    For r = 1 To 17
    q = q & Cells(1, r)
    Next r
    s = Evaluate(q)
    If s = 100 Then Debug.Print q

    Next p
    Next o
    Next n
    Next m
    Next l
    Next k
    Next j
    Next i
    MsgBox "DONE"
    End Sub

    https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/lounge...hq-puzzle.html
    A tray full of GOLD is not worth a moment in time.

  21. #96
    fcuked off SKkin's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    39.2014 N, 85.9214 W
    Posts
    7,554
    Quote Originally Posted by Luigi View Post
    Just don't ask SKKin, he doesn't seem to understand the differences either.
    I'm sorry...my first language is Amish. Don't get all the technicalities.

  22. #97
    I am not a cat
    nidhogg's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    18,317
    Quote Originally Posted by OhOh View Post
    Neither a mathematician or a coder I am.

    But somebody here maybe able to understand or use this:

    "Sub k1() Dim arr(3) As String
    Dim q As String

    arr(1) = ""
    arr(2) = "+"
    arr(3) = "-"

    For i = 1 To 3
    For j = 1 To 3
    For k = 1 To 3
    For l = 1 To 3
    For m = 1 To 3
    For n = 1 To 3
    For o = 1 To 3
    For p = 1 To 3

    Cells(1, 2) = arr(i)
    Cells(1, 4) = arr(j)
    Cells(1, 6) = arr(k)
    Cells(1, 8) = arr(l)
    Cells(1, 10) = arr(m)
    Cells(1, 12) = arr(n)
    Cells(1, 14) = arr(o)
    Cells(1, 16) = arr(p)

    q = ""
    For r = 1 To 17
    q = q & Cells(1, r)
    Next r
    s = Evaluate(q)
    If s = 100 Then Debug.Print q

    Next p
    Next o
    Next n
    Next m
    Next l
    Next k
    Next j
    Next i
    MsgBox "DONE"
    End Sub

    https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/lounge...hq-puzzle.html
    Its a program for a similar problem, but with digits 1 to 9 and total 100. Could be adapted i suppose.

  23. #98
    Thailand Expat OhOh's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2010
    Last Online
    26-03-2024 @ 08:49 PM
    Location
    Where troubles melt like lemon drops
    Posts
    25,222
    That's what I thought, you're obviously the man for the job.

    On my desk by 8am or the bears get the porridge.

Page 4 of 4 FirstFirst 1234

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •