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Ok ok ok.....Cowboy rides into to town on Friday, stays three days, and then leaves on Friday, how'd he do it?
PostPosted:Wed Nov 10, 2004 11:39 am
by Eric
<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>Ok ok ok.....Cowboy rides into to town on Friday, stays three days, and then leaves on Friday, how'd he do it?</div>
PostPosted:Wed Nov 10, 2004 12:01 pm
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>He was high on a really strong dose of Friday.</div>
PostPosted:Wed Nov 10, 2004 12:03 pm
by Manshoon
<div style='font: 14pt "Times New Roman"; text-align: left; '>Friday's his horse I presume.</div>
PostPosted:Wed Nov 10, 2004 12:55 pm
by Gentz
<div style='font: 11pt arial; text-align: left; '>He is John Titor, time travelling cowboy from the futurepast!</div>
PostPosted:Wed Nov 10, 2004 1:35 pm
by Zeus
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Yep</div>
PostPosted:Wed Nov 10, 2004 2:43 pm
by Agent 57
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Indeed, this is an oldie.</div>
PostPosted:Thu Nov 11, 2004 9:00 am
by Zeus
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Anyone who's seen the movie Little Big League would know it :-)</div>
PostPosted:Thu Nov 11, 2004 10:56 am
by Eric
<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>Hehe, it takes one guy 3 hours to paint a house, it takes another guy 5 hours to paint a house, how long does it take for them to paint a house together?!</div>
i think this one actually has a mathematical answer, right?
PostPosted:Thu Nov 11, 2004 11:06 am
by Flip
<div style='font: 10pt Tahoma; text-align: left; '>3 hours to paint a house means the guy gets 1/3 of the house done per hour...
5 hours to paint a house meane the guy gets 1/5 of the house done per hour...
so the answe would be [(1/3)+(1/5)]X = 1
common denominator: [(5/15)+(3/15)]X = 1
combine: (8/15)X = 1
divide each side by (8/15): X = 1.875 hours</div>
PostPosted:Thu Nov 11, 2004 1:18 pm
by Zeus
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Something like that. I think they made it easier in the film</div>
PostPosted:Thu Nov 11, 2004 3:25 pm
by Eric
<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>Way easier, 3x5/3+5.</div>
PostPosted:Fri Nov 12, 2004 3:10 pm
by Flip
<div style='font: 10pt Tahoma; text-align: left; '>well, i dont see the logic in that formula unless you just happened to know it... i'm happy with myself for breaking it down. :)</div>
PostPosted:Fri Nov 12, 2004 3:13 pm
by Julius Seeker
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>534*17(93/6 + 17)/14XY =7Y*4X</div>
I'm assuming you are trying to say there is always an easier answer and i over complicated it, but i think your example is wrong BTW
PostPosted:Fri Nov 12, 2004 3:22 pm
by Flip
<div style='font: 10pt Tahoma; text-align: left; '>lets define the variable as X=1 Y=2
the 7Y*4X would equal = 56
the other one...
534*17(93/6 + 17)/28
9078(32.5)/28
295035/28 = 10536.964</div>
PostPosted:Fri Nov 12, 2004 3:38 pm
by Eric
<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>a x b over a+b. :P</div>
You did it as a part of your example...
PostPosted:Fri Nov 12, 2004 4:34 pm
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>1/a + 1/b = 1/x
b/ab + a/ba = 1/x
(b + a)/ab = 1/x
There's not special about it, it's just a word problem that (making a lot of assumptions) is solved by this simple formula.</div>
PostPosted:Fri Nov 12, 2004 5:36 pm
by Flip
<div style='font: 10pt Tahoma; text-align: left; '>gotcha.</div>