One for the mathematical genuises out there!!

Bogball XV · July 04, 2007, 08:31:00 PM

Cheers all, I found a visual basic programme on the net (an excel language), between my own eliminations and that I was able change it around a bit to suit my needs, I was able to reduce the variable numbers to 16 - the VB programme was able to calculate all the possible combinations for those 16 and I was able to get sorted.
Thanks again.

lynchbhoy · July 04, 2007, 10:18:21 PM

take some sleeping tablets and get a life Bogball !

heading up this weekend?

Bogball XV · July 04, 2007, 11:04:09 PM

Quote from: lynchbhoy on July 04, 2007, 10:18:21 PM
take some sleeping tablets and get a life Bogball !

heading up this weekend?

Not to worry, wasn't for pleasure.
Re the weekend, probably not going up as I hear there's not much point - but I might anyway.

Orior · July 05, 2007, 12:27:57 AM

Proof that 1 = 0.9999999....

Consider that 1/3 = 0.333333....

then multiply each side by 3

3 * 1/3 = 3 * 0.333333...

and so, hey presto!

1 = 0.99999....

Q.E.D.

FL/MAYO · July 05, 2007, 01:33:45 AM

34 X 4 =136 probably wrong though

ONeill · July 05, 2007, 07:52:20 AM

There's a TV crowd out there who deal with these types of problems Bogball and I've never known them to fail. They're called Numberjacks. If you email them I guarantee you they'll sort you out: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/grownups/about_cbeebies/shows/numberjacks_about.shtml

phpearse · July 05, 2007, 08:22:36 AM

ever try beatin' nails into a metal plate FL/Mayo

Hound · July 05, 2007, 08:26:55 AM

Quote from: phpearse on July 05, 2007, 08:22:36 AM
ever try beatin' nails into a metal plate FL/Mayo

In any event the answer would be 132

34x2 + 32x2

only count the corner nails once

Bogball - well done on finding your answer, but you made some ballix of explaining whatever the question was!

Bogball XV · July 05, 2007, 08:59:31 AM

Quote from: ONeill on July 05, 2007, 07:52:20 AM
There's a TV crowd out there who deal with these types of problems Bogball and I've never known them to fail. They're called Numberjacks. If you email them I guarantee you they'll sort you out: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/grownups/about_cbeebies/shows/numberjacks_about.shtml

That could have saved me 3 days work!!

Quote from: Hound on July 05, 2007, 08:26:55 AM
Bogball - well done on finding your answer, but you made some ballix of explaining whatever the question was!

That's the problem with trying to get subbies in to do your work - you can't let them see the full picture (or else they'd be running off with the full job at half the price).