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#1 2005-04-18 03:03:44

Roraborealis
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The four shops

Four shops stand in a town very close to each other. They want to combine together to make a huge supermarket.

They stand like this.

                       ____       ____
                      l        l      l        l
                      l____l      l____l

                       ____       ____
                      l        l      l        l
                      l____l      l____l

However, they can only afford to move only one wall to only one place to combine the four shops into one. The wall must not be rotated or enlarged, only translated.

How do they do it?

Last edited by Roraborealis (2005-04-23 05:52:56)


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#2 2005-04-18 10:53:46

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Re: The four shops

Is a wall short like "____", or long like "____       ____" ?


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#3 2005-04-19 04:00:42

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Re: The four shops

Ummmmmm..........all the shops are square.


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#4 2005-04-19 08:42:41

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Re: The four shops

Are they all attached to each other, or are they seperated by a backstreets?


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#5 2005-04-20 04:27:37

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Re: The four shops

No, they're completely separated from each other.
With backstreets.

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#6 2005-04-20 05:40:01

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Re: The four shops

ooh ooh ooh. i know... Morrisons buys them out and knocks the shops down before building a new morrisons


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#7 2005-04-20 08:31:53

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Re: The four shops

I agree with the Morrisons idea.


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#8 2005-04-20 10:51:41

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In My Humble Opinion, it can't be done in any straight-forward way. Must be a trick.


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#9 2005-04-20 22:34:32

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Re: The four shops

it cannot be done the only thing is morrisons  or that stup[id tesco coz every little helps and its well dear and they have made over 8.6billion in profits in 2004 so they dont need 2 worry about cash


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#10 2005-04-21 03:46:33

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Re: The four shops

I'll tell you.


                       ____       ____
                      l               l        l
                      l____       l____l

                       ____       ____
                      l        l      l        l
                      l____l      l____l
                                     l
                                     l

The co-op.

Last edited by Roraborealis (2005-04-22 21:10:53)


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#11 2005-04-21 05:57:20

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Re: The four shops

ok. i need another medal for my genius breakthrough


I come back stronger than a powered-up Pac-Man big_smile
I bought a large popcorn @ the cinema the other day, it was pretty big...some might even say it was "large
cool Fatboy Slim is a Legend cool

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#12 2005-04-21 06:23:40

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Re: The four shops

But you didn't tell me the answer!


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#13 2005-04-21 06:53:22

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i don't hav a co-op near me. i do hav a halal meat shop though!


I come back stronger than a powered-up Pac-Man big_smile
I bought a large popcorn @ the cinema the other day, it was pretty big...some might even say it was "large
cool Fatboy Slim is a Legend cool

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#14 2005-04-21 07:03:41

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Re: The four shops

We have a sun tanning shop. And a library. And a newsagents. That's it.


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#15 2005-04-21 10:33:01

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LOL - well done Rora.


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#16 2005-04-21 11:26:56

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Re: The four shops

well i new that of course * blank stare* yeah i was testing you * didnt really know*
hey the earth may end in 2037 so there!


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#17 2005-04-22 04:18:02

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Re: The four shops

Heh, it's very cool, isn't it? Nobody's ever got it before.


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#18 2005-04-22 07:01:30

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Pft.... Cheater.


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#19 2005-04-23 05:53:44

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Re: The four shops

How? It's a brain teaser thingy, isn't it?


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#20 2005-04-24 22:27:39

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Re: The four shops

does any body care that the world itself may become into unexistance in the year 2037
ahh well lets eat jelly babies till then
* note to self* ( stop trying to make home made jelly babies)
and if any body wants the ingrediants for this here it is:
1 baby
1 sachet of jelly
mix!!!!!!
eat when chilled
mmmm i like pie


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#21 2005-04-25 04:08:45

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Re: The four shops

ok...i hav 2 B ova der now....*legs it in2 da distance*


I come back stronger than a powered-up Pac-Man big_smile
I bought a large popcorn @ the cinema the other day, it was pretty big...some might even say it was "large
cool Fatboy Slim is a Legend cool

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#22 2005-04-25 21:54:20

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Re: The four shops

hey come back dont you want the bowl *to lick*


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#23 2005-05-04 07:43:49

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Re: The four shops

eeeeeee! baby licker!


HAPPY HAPPY, JOY JOY  big_smile
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#24 2005-05-10 09:38:22

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eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! baby licker! indeed.


I come back stronger than a powered-up Pac-Man big_smile
I bought a large popcorn @ the cinema the other day, it was pretty big...some might even say it was "large
cool Fatboy Slim is a Legend cool

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#25 2005-06-06 22:47:19

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Re: The four shops

a man walks in to a bar and says aaaaaa

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