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#1 2007-01-30 20:58:48

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Einstein's formula

This is not new, but it still may be unfamiliar to some. It was told  that Albert Einstein had a formula for everything. A couple of his students decided to come up with something they thought would be impossible for him to make a formula for and prove he had limitations. So one day after a class they approached him at his desk in front of the classroom. “Professor Einstein,” they said, “can you tell us the formula for a sniff?” He thought for a minute, then stood up, and said, “sure.” He took a piece of chalk and to their amazement began writing confidently on the blackboard. This is what he wrote: 8L + 2 dots, + 2 triangles + 2 rectangles + 8L = 1 sniff. Can anyone decipher Einstein's formula?

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#2 2007-01-30 21:16:06

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Re: Einstein's formula

What's a sniff?

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#3 2007-01-30 21:38:23

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Re: Einstein's formula

Toast wrote:

What's a sniff?

One third of a snort.


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#4 2007-01-30 23:00:49

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Re: Einstein's formula

whats  snort


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#5 2007-01-31 00:03:10

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Re: Einstein's formula

soha wrote:

whats  snort

One third of a sneeze.


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#6 2007-01-31 05:24:57

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Re: Einstein's formula

lol mathsisfun


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#7 2007-01-31 10:41:59

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Re: Einstein's formula

lol


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#8 2007-01-31 23:07:58

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This  Joke Is Not Understandable For Me


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#9 2007-01-31 23:48:46

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Re: Einstein's formula

Sorry, soha, I moved away from the original topic

A sniff is when you breathe quickly in through your nose (or the sound that makes). You sniff when you want to smell something, or when you have a cold.

A snort is a rough noise made with your nose. Pigs snort for example.

But to get back on topic ... can anyone solve helios' puzzle?


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#10 2007-02-01 01:02:52

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Re: Einstein's formula

The only bit of it that I can decipher is that the two dots might mean nostrils.


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#11 2014-07-03 01:13:05

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Re: Einstein's formula

The mathematical formula as noted above is slightly in error.  I have written the formula many times to entertain friends. It is:

2 rectangles + 2 o's + 2 triangles + 2C / 8L   -or-

2 rectangles + 2 o's + 2 triangles + 2C
----------------------------------------------
                               8L

I guess I'll have to create a graphic for it.  It's fun...

8-)

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#12 2014-07-03 22:08:52

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Re: Einstein's formula

Yes please do!


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#13 2015-01-24 02:31:51

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Re: Einstein's formula

lol =>

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#14 2015-12-14 11:27:19

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Re: Einstein's formula

mathsyperson wrote:

The only bit of it that I can decipher is that the two dots might mean nostrils.

So, "triangle" means "nose"? And since there are two triangles then they have two noses?


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#15 2015-12-19 10:28:24

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Re: Einstein's formula

My answer

Monox, you were getting warm!

Last edited by Solvitur ambulando (2016-01-09 14:33:03)

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#16 2015-12-19 23:29:14

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Re: Einstein's formula

How did you know that? It doesn't seem to be a popular riddle.


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#17 2015-12-20 08:39:56

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Re: Einstein's formula

I figured it out but I can't remember how exactly. I thought about it for some time and considered the various ways in which the formula could be interpreted.

More info

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