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This puzzle is for those who are aware of the "Mock Turtle"
This is the story of a squid called Sebastian, who ran out of ink. He called his friend, Archibald, who was an octopus, and asked him to buy some more Ink from the printers. So along went Archibald. "That will be 67 pence," said the shopkeeper, as he handed over the bottle of sea blue Ink. Archibald got out his wallet, counted out the money, and handed it over. But at the end of the day, when the printer counted up his change, he found he was short by 12 pence. "I've been robbed," he cried! A Mock Turtle from the local constabulary was called in, but entertained grave doubts as to whether Archibald really was a thief. "I was at school with the old fellow," he said, "and he never could get the hang of different branches of Arithmetic."
As everyone knows, the different branches of Arithmetic are Ambition, Distraction, Uglification and Derision.
But was the Mock Turtle right about Archibald? Or is his information just a red herring?
Editor's note: There are indeed some red herrings
* And yes Archibald is not a thief
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An old Man has some savings X.
He has 7 sons.
When he divides the Money equally between two sons one dollar is left
If he divides between three sons equally then too one dollar note is left
Similarly if he divides it equally between four, five and six sons, one dollar is left.
BUT if he divides it between seven sons equally then nothing is left.
And the obvious question is, how much money he had in the savings ?
Not interested? Too easy? Then try this and weep.
Four guys are standing at the four points of a Square of length 1 mile (each side)
If they start to move towards each other at the same time.
how much distance they have to travel to meet, ofcourse what else?
WELL AND YES TOWARDS EACH OTHER MEANS
Guy 1 is moving towards Guy 2, Guy 2 toward guy 3, Guy 3 moving towards guy 4 and guy 4 towards guy 1 with a constant speed
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hi,
is there an update for the File Directory Browser control of yours?
thanks
B.
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Quartz... wrote: how much money he had in the savings ?
91 dollars.
Quartz... wrote: how much distance they have to travel to meet
They will never meet.
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LongHC wrote: 91 dollars.
will not work for 4 sons
They will definetly meet
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Quartz. wrote: will not work for 4 sons
301 ?
Quartz. wrote: They will definetly meet
This is by differentiation ?
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Hey Guys just wanted to know what all blogs you guys read now a days ?
I think, a blog is like watching the market, current trends,
Whats coming next makes it exciting
Here is what i subscribe
Fabulous Adventures In Coding - By Eric lippert - current Favorite here[^]
Nikhil Kothary my current favorite here[^]
Articles by Juval Lowy here[^]
Scott Gu very cool, here[^] i think everybody read
Scott Hanselman also very cool,here[^]
Gregg m weblog here[^]
i used to read - Duncan Mackenzie Code,Tea,etc i used to read these but not anymore lot of outside links which becomes annoying here[^]
and last not the least
Scott Adams which i never miss  here[^]
What about you guys?
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puzzle of the day
This is a "simple" age problem
One evening in 1932 while sitting on the porch with my grandpa i suddenly remarked that
This year i was as old as the last two digits of my year of birth.
when i told this to my grandpa he astonished me by saying the same applied to him too.
Well that was one hell of a surprise for me...
pray say in 1932:
my age was:_________
implies my year of birth is:________
my grandpa's age was:_________
implies his year of birth was:__________
??? What confused thats why the name is "puzzle"
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Quartz... wrote: my age was:_________
implies my year of birth is:________
my grandpa's age was:_________
implies his year of birth was:__________
16
1916
66
1866
Regards,
Nish
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perfect
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Can You Find
ROOT of a number on a standard calculator
WITHOUT touching the root sign or power sign a power sign also acts like a root sign
and believe me you can
Easy huh! try it ? tell me the EXACT steps
* Easy looking problems are sometimes the most challenging ones
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I spent a while trying to figure this out - when you posted this on the Lounge. Could you post the solution here please?
Regards,
Nish
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Hey Nish thats great,
you are a mathematician i always knew that
Here is the solution by using Bakhshali's Formula
sqrt(q) = sqrt(A^2 + b) = A + b/(2A) - (b/(2A))^2/[2(A + b/(2A))]
which comes down to
Sqrt(q) = sqrt(A^2 + b) = A + b/(2A) - (b/(2*A))*(b/(2*A)) / (2*(A + b/(2*A)))
sqrt(41)[^] = 6 + 5/(2*6) - ((5/(2*6))*(5/(2*6)))/(2*(6 + 5/(2*6)))[^]
Mathematical operations used = /, * , + , -
actually i posted the solution that day here[^]
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Given a number, how do you pick values for A and b?
Say you need the square root for 308,197, now what would A and b be in this case?
Thanks.
Regards,
Nish
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Hey Nish
only thing you need to do is divide the number into two parts
Q = (A^2 + b)
the only constraint here is
The Greater the A the better the Bakhshali Formula's result
So in this case if you take A = 550,
because A^2 = 30,2500 < 30,8197
so b = 308197 - 302500 = 5697
sqrt(308197)[^] =
550 + (5 697 / (2 * 550)) - (((5 697 / (2 * 550)) * (5 697 / (2 * 550))) / (2 * (550 + (5 697 / (2 * 550))))) [^]
This is accurate upto 5 decimal places
Even if you take
A = 500 , A ^ 2 = 25,0000 less than 30,8197
b = 58197
sqrt(308197)[^] = 500 + (58 197 / (2 * 500)) - (((58 197 / (2 * 500)) * (58 197 / (2 * 500))) / (2 * (500 + (58 197 / (2 * 500)))))[^]
This is accurate upto 2 decimal places
The Greater the A the better the Formula's result
So, it is simillar to the newton theory of approximation which is a iteration , but its one shot formula and gives much better result if A and b are properly chosen.
it was very recent that i also discovered about this formula and knew about Bakshali's manuscript you won't believe Bakshali's Manuscript were written on a Birch Bark and was found in a village in punjab (Bakshali is the name of the village) in 1881
i was totally amazed by the finding ,here[^] The manuscript is in oxford now
Raj
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Thanks - now I get it
Regards,
Nish
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i am going on the vacation so i thought i will put the solution here
anybody who can dig till here, can post the solution
Question was will the SUM of the following series ever reach 100
SUM of the series: 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/4 + 1/5 + 1/6 + 1/7 + 1/8 . . .
(10 to the power 44) - 1 terms. The sum is 100 + 0.891 when n = 10^44
if somebody reaches here , please leave a note
hint for solution : If you add 1 to both sides ; the series becomes 1 + 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/4 + . . .
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you mean infinite is the answer to the question ?
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Quartz... wrote: you mean infinite is the answer to the question ?
Yes!
"It diverges, albeit slowly, to infinity." --- Harmonic series (Wikipedia)[^].
Maxwell Chen
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Sorry if i got you confused
my question was, Will the SUM of the following series ever reach 100 and at what value ?
1/2 + 1/3 + 1/4 + 1/5 + 1/6 + 1/7 + 1/8 ....
definetly it will diverge to infinity since its sum is increasing
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People who are trying to decide whether to create a blog or not go through a thought process much like this:
1. The world sure needs more of ME.
2. Maybe I'll shout more often so that people nearby can experience the joy of knowing my thoughts.
3. No, wait, shouting looks too crazy.
4. I know - I'll write down my daily thoughts and badger people to read them.
5. If only there was a description for this process that doesn't involve the words egomaniac or unnecessary.
6. What? It's called a blog? I'm there!
The blogger's philosophy goes something like this:
Everything that I think about is more fascinating than the crap in your head.
Disclaimer: by scott adams when he first started his blog..
"Not everything that counts can be counted..."
-Albert Einstein
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Quartz... wrote: I know - I'll write down my daily thoughts and badger people to read them.
Funny, I was just thinking along the same line. Except my thought was how would I prevent people from seeing anything I wrote?
Quartz... wrote: People who are trying to decide whether to create a blog or not go through a thought process much like this:
I use my blog mostly for venting, now that’s not to say its full of rant and rave but there are times when I need to write something down and don’t have VS near to do it. So I blog…
Question is why do you blog?
ZeePain! wrote: This seems like one of those programs that started small, grew incrementally, building internal pressure, and finally barfed all over its source code sneakers. Or something.
thedailywtf.com[^]
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sfdougl wrote: how would I prevent people from seeing anything I wrote?
why do you want to have a online blog then ! may be go for a private blogspace
sfdougl wrote: Question is why do you blog?
for me i think
=> Its more of an opportunity to connect with like minded people online
=> collect something interesting in a single place online could also be a reason.
sfdougl wrote:
I know - I'll write down my daily thoughts and badger people to read them.
But definetly not this one , for me it should be a very personal place and experience
"Not everything that counts can be counted..."
-Albert Einstein
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Quartz... wrote: why do you want to have a online blog then ! may be go for a private blogspace
That’s what Im eventually going to do, my server has IIS running already figured why not do some work. The only bad aspect to that is its one more thing that will need to be backed up.
Quartz... wrote: Its more of an opportunity to connect with like minded people online
That's cool and understandable; one thing great about the modern age is the communication infrastructure. Suddenly the planet isn’t such a large place any more. I just don’t have anything interesting to write about. 
ZeePain! wrote: This seems like one of those programs that started small, grew incrementally, building internal pressure, and finally barfed all over its source code sneakers. Or something.
thedailywtf.com[^]
-- modified at 0:14 Tuesday 22nd November, 2005
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