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Posted by Masonious on Jun-20-2007 02:02:

quote:
Originally posted by Lilith
Hope your pretty then, otherwise you might have a fine career lined up as a stripper.

you're*

:*)

Posted by Psy-T on Jun-20-2007 03:48:

quote:
Originally posted by eRRaTiK
congrats, you just graduated grade 3 maths

wonder if anybody else worked it out.

next question!

not necessarily.

quote:
Originally posted by eRRaTiK
alright you maths lovers try this...

Each child in a family has at least 3 brothers and 2 sisters. What is the smallest number of children the family might have?[/SIZE]

the correct answer is either 0 or 7. the ackward phrasing of the question doesn't explicitly state that the family does have children, it only establishes a set of conditions under which the family would have children.

Posted by Psy-T on Jun-20-2007 03:58:

this is the 1st number of a sequence: 1

this is the 2nd number of the same sequence: 2

this is the 15th number of the same sequence: 3078281734093318688459300007823719828521854630505113020933460422206697013398219579016739551162884034
43801781174272

this is the 16th number of the same sequence: 4249103942534136789516705625241974901863674494181625538559555310560322847888681794191330001812183428
535111463588997200812277263470122165791527615983013269881555065016668314575225382502

what sequence are these numbers from?

answer in words rather than in numbers please.

Posted by Omega_M on Jun-20-2007 04:01:

random sequence.

Posted by Psy-T on Jun-20-2007 04:03:

quote:
Originally posted by Omega_M
random sequence.

nope (just edited it to make it easier)

Posted by Floorfiller on Jun-20-2007 04:11:

quote:
Originally posted by Psy-T
nope (just edited it to make it easier)

n to the power of n-1 ?

Posted by Omega_M on Jun-20-2007 04:13:

i don't think so.

Posted by Psy-T on Jun-20-2007 04:16:

quote:
Originally posted by Floorfiller
n to the power of n-1 ?

i've no idea how that can be correct, but i wouldn't rule it out due to my own ignorance.

i can only positively fault that answer because it uses numbers in it, while i asked for an answer in words.

a series with a very similiar priniciple to that one is probably the most famous series known to the general public.

Posted by Floorfiller on Jun-20-2007 04:35:

quote:
Originally posted by Psy-T
i've no idea how that can be correct, but i wouldn't rule it out due to my own ignorance.

i can only positively fault that answer because it uses numbers in it, while i asked for an answer in words.

a series with a very similiar priniciple to that one is probably the most famous series known to the general public.

it was just a guess...i figured 1^(1-1)=1, 2^(2-1)=2...i don't have a good calculator handy or i woulda tried a little harder hehe

what sequence is it?

Posted by Psy-T on Jun-20-2007 04:50:

multilplication fibonacci

1
2
2
4
8
32
256
8192
2097152
17179869184
....

Posted by glass on Jun-20-2007 06:14:

19, dirty kittens.

Been a while but I believe if two sides of a triangle have the same distance the third side must share. Also I'm to lazy right now to be arsed with proving this on paper.

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