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#1 2012-10-02 15:46:57
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Here are some more "Stephen Froggatt" puzzles:
The Mysterious Murder Of Obadiah Squelch
Who Squares Wins
Fund Raising Fun
Pure Coin-cidence
Cutting Across A Cross
Birthday Smarties
Who Weighs What
The Strange Mind Of Eureka Blip
The Magic Cakes
Eating Pies
Absolutely Christmas Crackers
12 Days Of Christmas
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
#2 2012-10-02 19:25:26
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Re: New Puzzles 2
Nice puzzles. After all those mince pies it is no wonder Horace is the heaviest of his friends... 
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
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#3 2012-10-02 19:31:11
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Hi;
Pure-Coincidence was the first problem I ever saw. My Mom showed it to me and I never forgot how amazing the solution was.
Hungry Horace reduces to three simultaneous equations.
horace = 50
tim = 25
kate = 35
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#4 2012-10-03 14:42:42
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Thanks Guys,
That was cool of your Mom, bobby. I will also add the equns to "Who Weighs What"
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
#5 2012-10-03 17:53:52
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Thanks MIF.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.