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Math game
#41
RE: Math game
(October 8, 2023 at 3:17 pm)Ravenshire Wrote:
(October 7, 2023 at 3:03 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: Not exactly math but more of a logical problem

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I'm fairly sure it's lucky number 13.

I'm curious as to what makes you fairly sure it's 13. It's a long way to get there compared to 4. And it also has two other openings the liquid could exit through.

But I'm also not sure where the liquid is more inclined to go once it drops underneath bucket 2, and whether that uphill battle to Bucket 3 is a bigger barrier than I'm thinking.
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#42
RE: Math game
(October 13, 2023 at 2:46 pm)GrandizerII Wrote:
(October 8, 2023 at 3:17 pm)Ravenshire Wrote: I'm fairly sure it's lucky number 13.

I'm curious as to what makes you fairly sure it's 13. It's a long way to get there compared to 4.

But I'm also not sure where the liquid is more inclined to go once it drops underneath bucket 2.

The opening is at the bottom of #2, there's a shorter distance to (top to bottom) to #8 than to make it back and up to #3.

Fluid could run equally left and right under #2 but would dump out into #8 before it could ever back up to #3.
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#43
RE: Math game
(October 13, 2023 at 2:52 pm)arewethereyet Wrote:
(October 13, 2023 at 2:46 pm)GrandizerII Wrote: I'm curious as to what makes you fairly sure it's 13. It's a long way to get there compared to 4.

But I'm also not sure where the liquid is more inclined to go once it drops underneath bucket 2.

The opening is at the bottom of #2, there's a shorter distance to (top to bottom) to #8 than to make it back and up to #3.

Fluid could run equally left and right under #2 but would dump out into #8 before it could ever back up to #3.

The distance to 8 may be shorter (and easier as it's not uphill), but I still don't see how therefore ultimately 13 is the bucket that will be filled first. Unless Bucket 3 never gets touched until Bucket 8 is completely filled? If that's the case, then I have a visualizing problem here, because I'm thinking that some liquid will seep up towards 3 while Bucket 8 is still not completely filled.
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#44
RE: Math game
Flow is 1 -> 2 -> 8 -> 7 -> 6 -> 5 -> 13. 13 fills completely and does not empty into 12, 11, or 10. 12 is uphill of the top of 13.

This assumes, ofc, that there are more coffee pots.
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#45
RE: Math game
(October 13, 2023 at 3:10 pm)GrandizerII Wrote:
(October 13, 2023 at 2:52 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: The opening is at the bottom of #2, there's a shorter distance to (top to bottom) to #8 than to make it back and up to #3.

Fluid could run equally left and right under #2 but would dump out into #8 before it could ever back up to #3.

The distance to 8 may be shorter (and easier as it's not uphill), but I still don't see how therefore ultimately 13 is the bucket that will be filled first. Unless Bucket 3 never gets touched until Bucket 8 is completely filled? If that's the case, then I have a visualizing problem here, because I'm thinking that some liquid will seep up towards 3 while Bucket 8 is still not completely filled.

Liquid will always flow down, following the path of least resistance. It will flow down from 1 to 2 to 8, until 8 fills to the level of the lowest opening. It will then continue down, backfilling the pipe that's closed off at 9. Once the liquid reaches the pipe into 7 it will fill 7 to the same level as the bottom of the highest section of outflow pipe. After that it fills 6 to the level of the outflow pipe, which in turn fills 5 to the level of it's outflow pipe. After leaving 5, the liquid flows to 13 and the only pipe not blocked is the pipe to twelve who's highest point can't be reached because 13 will overflow before liquid can flow into 12.

4 will never get wet.

This is, of course, assuming zero back-pressure and open topped tanks (as they are shown).

It's the same reason the upstairs bathroom sink will never get drain back flow from a clogged sewer main, even if the basement's flooded.
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#46
RE: Math game
(October 13, 2023 at 2:21 pm)GrandizerII Wrote:
(October 12, 2023 at 12:29 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: [Image: Cats.jpg]

Full cat = 10 since 10 + 10 + 10 = 30
Cat head = 5 since 10 + 5 + 5 = 20
Pair of paws = 2 since 5 + 2 + 2 = 9
Paw = 1

Therefore, 5 + 1 x 10 = 15

I completely missed the multiplication!
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#47
RE: Math game
Here's a new one. Don't miss anything this time

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#48
RE: Math game
(October 14, 2023 at 3:57 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: Here's a new one. Don't miss anything this time

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F = Frog
S = Sheep
H = Horse

F+H=20 and S+H=24

S+H-F-H=24-20 => S-F=4 => the difference in kg between the sheep and the frog is 4

So F+S=10 => F + F+4 = 10 => 2F+4=10 => 2F=6 => F = 3

F = 3 => S = 7 => H = 17

Answer is 27 (you can also deduce this without ever knowing the horse's weight just by comparing the pictures).
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