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#1 2006-09-27 07:34:55

espeon
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function machine

function game!

just answer the questions and the first person to answer it right has to make a new question! (there has to be at least 4 examples and only do 1 question at a time)

1.

a                                                 b

9      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    27
19    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 120.3
21    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 147
3     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  3

now lets all make bets! who will do it first!

devante
mathsisfun
ganesh
patrick
zach
mathsyperson
insomnia
ricky
justlooking
or someone else i forgot!(note:this is due to my bad memory)

Last edited by espeon (2006-09-28 07:12:31)


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#2 2006-09-27 08:09:02

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Re: function machine

9      ~~~~~~~~(+18)~~~~~~~~~    27
19    ~~~~~~~~(+101.3)~~~~~~~~~ 120.3
21    ~~~~~~~~(+126)~~~~~~~~~ 147
3     ~~~~~~~~~(+0, or -0, or ÷1, or x1, or lots of other things)~~~~~~~~  3

I bet: me.

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#3 2006-09-27 09:44:29

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Re: function machine

There is a square, and a division.


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#4 2006-09-27 13:04:00

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Re: function machine

I like Devante's function better.  Less to think about wink


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#5 2006-09-27 20:45:03

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Re: function machine

MathsIsFun wrote:

There is a square, and a division.

Using your function would mean that one of your results is 1/30 away from Espeon's.


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#6 2006-09-28 03:05:53

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Re: function machine

um i mean thats the same function on all of them to make it easier for you. im doing it in 4's. and mathsisfun is right


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#7 2006-09-28 03:31:22

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Re: function machine

I'm obviously not the first to figure these out, but I just logged on, and no one has written them tongue

Last edited by Patrick (2006-09-28 03:32:04)


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#8 2006-09-28 03:35:18

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Re: function machine

MathsIsFun wrote:

There is a square, and a division.

I think that was it. wink

That is the same as yours = b = a^2(/3)

First time in a long time I have seen LaTeX in hidden tags.

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#9 2006-09-28 03:42:56

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Re: function machine

a is meant to be the start number and b is the second. and i dont understand that fraction thingy. mine isnt really that complicated...


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#10 2006-09-28 03:48:02

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Re: function machine

b = a^2(/3).
a^2(/3) = b

It's the same thing.

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#11 2006-09-28 04:06:55

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ooooo i get it the fraction thing is supposed to be a division part thingy! Yep patrick won


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#12 2006-09-28 04:10:37

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Yep. a² ÷ 3 = b.

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#13 2006-09-28 04:51:49

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Re: function machine

Does that mean that it's Patrick's turn to make a function now?


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#14 2006-09-28 04:58:07

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I guess we could make it a game tongue I'm kinda busy with school atm though, so if anyone else wants to make the next 'function-puzzle' they're welcome smile


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#15 2006-09-28 07:08:27

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ok then we can make it a game! ill edit the title. its patricks turn!


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#16 2006-09-28 07:13:17

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nope i cant edit the title but i edited thefirst post lol


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#17 2006-09-28 07:56:15

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Here we go.. As before, b is a function of a
a - b
2 - -1
4 - 2
5 - 5
10 - 35

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#18 2006-09-28 07:58:18

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ah, sorry ricky.. Guess you'll just have to answer my question fast then wink I'm pretty sure you know the function already.. hehe

edit: he deleted his post, that's why this might seem a bit weird tongue

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#19 2006-09-28 08:03:12

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Re: function machine

Yea patrick, you beat me in under a minute, little twerp lol

(a^2)/2 - 3/2 * a

Mine:

a    ->      b

1     ->     1
2     ->     4
3     ->     9
4     ->     73
5     ->     25
6     ->     36
.              .
.              .
.              .


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#20 2006-09-28 08:10:02

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Re: function machine

that's correct, and simplified:


and you'll probably recognize it as the formula for finding the number of diagonals in a polygon with a sides.


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#21 2006-09-28 09:38:56

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Re: function machine

Are we allowed any function we like, or does it have to be a nice one? Because technically, if you give any function with n examples of how it works, then there's always a polynomial of order (n-1) that will fit it.

In this case, that's 4.75n^5 - 80.75x^4 + 508.25x^3 - 1457.2x^2 + 1881x - 855.

I'm assuming Ricky thought of a nice one. He might have decided to be mean and done one of those multi-things.

          {  73            If x=4
f(x) =  {
          {   x²     Otherwise


Or it could also be some kind of sine wave, or addition of waves.


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#22 2006-09-28 13:42:37

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You're right mathsyperson.  The point being to show that not all functions have to be defined by a single formula.  But remember, when you see "..." it means that there is some pattern to follow.

It's your turn, mathsyperson.  I'll start preparing some more interesting ones.


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#23 2006-09-29 01:07:57

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Re: function machine

I'll have a go at making one then.

a  -->  b
1         3
2        -4
3        -11
4        -4
5         3


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#24 2006-09-29 03:16:38

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thats interesting.... i have absolutely no idea how to solver that. 2 and 4 come up with the same answer 1 and 5 come up with the same answer yet again and 3 is just singly. its like a pattern but still dont know how to solve it lol


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#25 2006-09-29 03:22:31

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If you plot this, it might help you realise what kind of function this might be..


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