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 Jan 30 2009, 04:30 PM
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I'm bored, so I thought I'd annoy you with a mathematical puzzle...a nice simple one though.....
Monkeyfiend has 3 boxes: 1,2 & 3. In one of the boxes is £1000000, the others contain something rubbish. You pick a box, say box No.1 and MonkeyFiend (who knows whats in each of the boxes), opens another box, say box 3, which contains a rubbish prize. Monkeyfiend then says do you want to pick box No.2 or stay with your original choice of box 1? Which should you do and why? 
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Feb 6 2009, 09:23 PM
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Security and Projects Group: Clan Dogsbody Posts: 4,687 Thank(s): 1098 Points: 2,440 Joined: 31-August 07 From: A Magical Place, with toys in the million, all under one roof Member No.: 1 |
when A and B are any (positive) number but both the same
I'll stick the number of visits for january up later  (if you have either or both numbers negative you and up with one half being -X and the other being +X) -------------------- |
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MonkeyFiend Friday Maths Problem Jan 30 2009, 04:30 PM
Magik5 ive seen 21 so i no the answer. i cant quite remem... Jan 30 2009, 04:37 PM MonkeyFiend FAIL Jan 30 2009, 04:39 PM Magik5 dvds round gfs, so cant chk Jan 30 2009, 05:02 PM =R6= Raile how long did monkeyfiend stare at the box before h... Jan 30 2009, 05:03 PM Magik5 RE: Friday Maths Problem Jan 30 2009, 05:08 PM fido77 u choose the #2 box if and only if the #1 box cont... Jan 30 2009, 05:13 PM =R6= Raile is fido's the real answer? cuz it sounds like... Jan 30 2009, 05:30 PM fido77 i doubt its the answer. it doesn't say if u sa... Jan 30 2009, 05:51 PM Magik5 you havent seen inside the boxes yet, youve just p... Jan 30 2009, 06:09 PM MonkeyFiend nope the original is phrased corretly I believe: y... Jan 30 2009, 07:14 PM foxx_in_socks I know the answer!!! muahahahah Jan 30 2009, 07:16 PM Magik6 You punch monkey in the face, steal both boxes and... Jan 30 2009, 08:34 PM =R6= Raile mmm the original did not say you pick a box and do... Jan 31 2009, 11:14 AM MonkeyFiend Equally I didn't say the boxes explode into a ... Jan 31 2009, 11:40 AM Magik6 You never said we acctually pick box, just that as... Jan 31 2009, 12:15 PM fido77 ((p=>q)&(q=>r))=>(p=>r) = ++++++++... Jan 31 2009, 01:32 PM MonkeyFiend I just don't see how a uniform (t-suf) subsitu... Jan 31 2009, 01:39 PM =R6= Raile if it isn't some trickery of words.. and you t... Jan 31 2009, 01:52 PM MonkeyFiend fraid not, old chap Jan 31 2009, 03:22 PM MonkeyFiend Anyway the correct answer to my adaptation of the ... Jan 31 2009, 03:30 PM fido77 p:takes it up the arse, q:sucks cock, r:likes assr... Jan 31 2009, 04:22 PM Magik5 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cXqDIFUB7YU&...featu... Jan 31 2009, 11:28 PM MonkeyFiend here comes another one: Feb 6 2009, 10:12 AM Magik5 cos the orange one isnt on top of the green one li... Feb 6 2009, 10:36 AM MonkeyFiend ...but how can re-arranging the blocks of the same... Feb 6 2009, 10:50 AM MonkeyFiend might be easier to produce the answer in the follo... Feb 6 2009, 10:51 AM Lawpf2001 do we need to use pythagorus' theory?? Feb 6 2009, 11:25 AM MonkeyFiend muhahah I won't giving clues or telling the an... Feb 6 2009, 12:09 PM Cobolt I know, I know XD (Well, I think I do, one of the ... Feb 6 2009, 12:43 PM Lawpf2001 think your right. if you start at the top of the t... Feb 6 2009, 01:16 PM MonkeyFiend Good Work!
The answer is because it's n... Feb 6 2009, 01:21 PM fido77 i just saw this, and i'm too late!!... Feb 6 2009, 01:49 PM Lawpf2001 as its still Friday and we've sold this one il... Feb 6 2009, 01:51 PM MonkeyFiend wooo I got 20 Feb 6 2009, 02:04 PM
Lawpf2001 QUOTE(MonkeyFiend @ Feb 6 2009, 01:04 PM)... Feb 6 2009, 02:21 PM fido77 i got a 13 Feb 6 2009, 02:31 PM Lawpf2001 I got 15 Feb 6 2009, 02:33 PM dumdum71 a man goes 2 market and buys a chicken,a fox and s... Feb 6 2009, 04:18 PM Lawpf2001 fox eats chicken eats grain Feb 6 2009, 04:21 PM MonkeyFiend QUOTE(Lawpf2001 @ Feb 6 2009, 04:21 PM) f... Feb 6 2009, 05:20 PM Magik6 The man takes the chicken over first from side A t... Feb 6 2009, 04:30 PM MonkeyFiend good to see you still on the forums dumdum Feb 6 2009, 05:21 PM dumdum71 well done 6 you probably worked it out quicker tha... Feb 6 2009, 05:57 PM Lawpf2001 oh i was convinced Gunners that did the reporting ... Feb 6 2009, 06:00 PM MonkeyFiend what's weird is that gunners visits the site m... Feb 6 2009, 06:40 PM Magik5 more then me? christ. Feb 6 2009, 07:17 PM Lawpf2001 ooh how many times do I visit?? Feb 6 2009, 07:59 PM fido77 when is it true that A - B = B - A????
and how man... Feb 6 2009, 08:39 PM fido77 lol. that was one of my math probs today. i just p... Feb 6 2009, 09:38 PM Magik6 Why thank you dumdum , you've always been my f... Feb 6 2009, 10:24 PM MonkeyFiend ooh forgot it was friday and time for another ridd... Feb 13 2009, 03:57 PM fido77 one son, one father and one grandfather. if i need... Feb 13 2009, 04:26 PM fido77 ok, now that i got the answer up there first i... Feb 13 2009, 04:30 PM MonkeyFiend good work and speedy too Feb 13 2009, 04:31 PM fido77 i'm just cool like that Feb 13 2009, 05:24 PM Lawpf2001 that was easy Feb 13 2009, 06:23 PM Magik6 Almost as easy as 5 Feb 13 2009, 07:24 PM fido77 somebody forgot about the math problem on friday... Feb 23 2009, 03:37 PM Jearik The answer to the math problem
I did horrible p... Feb 24 2009, 01:44 AM MonkeyFiend Since I couldn't think of a puzzle that people... Mar 13 2009, 12:35 PM Magik6 Pass Mar 13 2009, 12:37 PM fido77 i couldn't click on it, so i copied and pasted... Mar 13 2009, 12:54 PM Magik6 QUOTE(fido77 @ Mar 13 2009, 12:54 PM) how... Mar 13 2009, 01:14 PM fido77 QUOTE(Magik6 @ Mar 13 2009, 07:14 AM) I r... Mar 13 2009, 01:23 PM MonkeyFiend QUOTE(Magik6 @ Mar 13 2009, 01:14 PM) I r... Mar 13 2009, 03:00 PM Magik5 floating point numbers...? Mar 13 2009, 01:03 PM fido77 not floating point numbers. just .9 repeated. Mar 13 2009, 01:09 PM kermit come on guys my brain doesn't operate at this ... Mar 13 2009, 01:18 PM Magik5 lol Mar 13 2009, 01:25 PM Magik6 How can you not follow that? Its just a simple sub... Mar 13 2009, 01:26 PM fido77 um, no its not Mar 13 2009, 01:36 PM Magik6 It clearly is we need an official adjudicator Mar 13 2009, 01:40 PM Magik5 if u think you no it so well why dont you give an ... Mar 13 2009, 01:44 PM Magik6 If you start with 10X represented by the number 9.... Mar 13 2009, 01:58 PM fido77 QUOTE(Magik6 @ Mar 13 2009, 07:58 AM) If ... Mar 13 2009, 02:04 PM Magik5 lol Mar 13 2009, 02:06 PM Magik6 You still don't get it? if not you'd fail ... Mar 13 2009, 02:10 PM fido77 i think you failed!!! hehe Mar 13 2009, 02:27 PM Magik5 lol Mar 13 2009, 02:31 PM Magik5 lol Mar 13 2009, 03:09 PM fido77 well, at least that looks better than the way 6 pu... Mar 13 2009, 03:18 PM Magik5 for example Mar 13 2009, 03:20 PM fido77 for example your momma!!!
a little... Mar 13 2009, 03:28 PM MonkeyFiend dedekind cuts, cauchy sequences etc., However thes... Mar 13 2009, 03:29 PM fido77 nerds we are. lol Mar 13 2009, 03:33 PM Lawpf2001 swear I did that in my GCSE's (age 14-16 for t... Mar 13 2009, 06:32 PM Vincent Dank Gogh Monty hall problem, look it up. Or just click righ... Jul 27 2015, 11:04 PM MonkeyFiend QUOTE (Vincent Dank Gogh @ Jul 28 2015, 12... Jul 28 2015, 08:53 AM Porsuk QUOTE (MonkeyFiend @ Jul 28 2015, 09:53 A... Jul 28 2015, 02:37 PM |
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