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Hi;
In order for me to check the answers I will need the positions of the poles too. Remember the distance between the poles count too!
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Hi Bobby,
"The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do." - Ted Nelson
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Hi phrontister;
Hi anonimnystefy;
I guess you are saying that the biggest pole is 484 ft high the ant travels 2 * 484 +1 =969 ft and then the next pole is at least 485 ft. away so we have 969 + 485 = 1454 and you can arbitrarily fit 6 small poles in the remaining 114 ft.
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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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Hi bobbym
Why would it need to be 485 ft away?
But, yeah, that's the idea...
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Hi anonimnystefy;
The next pole always needs to be further away than the height of the pole before it.
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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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Yeah, but it could be an yoctometer further away than the height of the pole.
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That is true, but to simplify calculations I used an integer.
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Well, you didn't state that the distance must be an integer, so you cannot assume it to be true...
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I did not say it was. But it could be true! Anyway it was for illustration only.
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But then my solution is correct!
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Yes, I would think it is true.
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Okay then. Thanks for the problem. I just don't understand why you made it so that it has so many solutions (knowing mine and phro's aren't the only ones...)
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Bafflers are not that tough of a problem. Like in the real world, you never know about a problem until you solve it.
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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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There is a collection of 12 balls of same color and weight except one ball of different weight. By using only a weighing balance ( with two pans) without weights,find the odd ball from the lot.Also determine if the odd ball is heavier or lighter than the rest.Only three weighments are allowed.
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Ok... But we still need more expectation problems...
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There is a collection of 12 balls of same color and weight except one ball of different weight. By using only a weighing balance ( with two pans) without weights,find the odd ball from the lot.Also determine if the odd ball is heavier or lighter than the rest.Only three weighments are allowed.
Do you need help with that or are you posing it as a problem?
In either case, is a solution.
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I know everything about expectation, or at least I did. I can give you plenty of them if you want to learn it. Start a new thread.
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Okay.
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But be aware that they are generally very tough.
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Better working on tough problems than on ones I cn solve easily, eh?
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
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Hmmmm, well that sounds like pretty tough talk but if I remember correctly there is still that 1000 die thrown problem...
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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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So? It doesn't mean that I didn't gain anything from working on that problem...
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
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I know... But before you took a trip in to expectation land it would have been more productive to have learned the techniques of solving that one.
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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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We can do that as well in the gf thread.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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Though it is being set up using gf's it is best solved by other means.
Do you remember the Colonels major criticism of bobbym, well pappym said another one? Between the two you could see how he was doomed to failure before he even started.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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