1 posted on
12/08/2010 5:22:12 AM PST by
Palter
To: SunkenCiv
2 posted on
12/08/2010 5:22:45 AM PST by
Palter
(If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us do it. ~ Mark Twain)
To: Palter
I thought the point of that problem was how to read the question. One was going to St. Ives.
To: Palter
FWIW, the St. Ives conundrum isn’t a numbers problem, it is a logic problem.
One.
4 posted on
12/08/2010 5:36:25 AM PST by
Jemian
To: Palter
“Accurate reckoning. The entrance into the knowledge of all existing things and all obscure secrets.” Ahmes the scribe, 1650 B.C..
The Ahmes scroll had 84 problems and their solutions.
“A heap and it's 1/7th part become 19.” for example. The solution suggested was “regula falsa” assuming a (likely) wrong answer and ‘correcting’. Today we would use algebra.
11 posted on
12/08/2010 6:56:37 AM PST by
allmendream
(Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
To: Palter
Can't lose sight of the big picture...
and verifying how much bread to exchange for beer.I have been performing that transaction pretty much as a daily ritual.
15 posted on
12/08/2010 8:05:16 AM PST by
going hot
(Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
To: Palter
If only you and dead people can read hex, how many people can read hex?
17 posted on
12/08/2010 8:08:17 AM PST by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Palter
I got 16,807 (7*7*7*7*7) for the Egyptian House Question. How did she come up with 19,607?
27 posted on
12/08/2010 5:43:48 PM PST by
1010RD
(First Do No Harm)
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