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You have a string-like fuse that burns in exactly one minute. The fuse is inhomogeneous, and it may burn slowly at first, then quickly, then slowly, and so on. You have a match, and no watch. How do you measure exactly 30 seconds? |
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A roominator. 
That's so bad that I'm not sure if I get it or if I just think I get it. |
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You have a string-like fuse that burns in exactly one minute. The fuse is inhomogeneous, and it may burn slowly at first, then quickly, then slowly, and so on. You have a match, and no watch. How do you measure exactly 30 seconds?
light both ends at the same time. |
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That's so bad that I'm not sure if I get it or if I just think I get it.
A ruminator is a cud-chewing animal (hence the cow). |
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oh okay.. yeah I didn't get it. I imagined a stampeding cow in a room (roomintator) full of people... terminator, roominator... well I laughed anyway  |
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You're a farmer. You're going to a market to buy some animals. On the market there are 3 types of animals for sale. You can buy:
Horses for £10 each, goats for £1 each and ducks, you get 8 of these per bunch and each bunch costs £1.
The aim is to acquire 100 animals at the cost of £100, what is the combination of horses, goats and duck that allows you to do this? (You must buy at least one of each.) |
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oh okay.. yeah I didn't get it. I imagined a stampeding cow in a room (roomintator) full of people... terminator, roominator... well I laughed anyway
Thats just what I thought too.... |
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You're a farmer. You're going to a market to buy some animals. On the market there are 3 types of animals for sale. You can buy:
Horses for £10 each, goats for £1 each and ducks, you get 8 of these per bunch and each bunch costs £1.
The aim is to acquire 100 animals at the cost of £100, what is the combination of horses, goats and duck that allows you to do this? (You must buy at least one of each.)
Do you all give up........cmon you mathematicians |
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I'm actually too lazy to start working on it. Let this be a lesson to the people currently in school. Not only do you not need anything above basic maths for most occupations, but you also can get through life being too lazy to use your brain overall. |
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I had a go..but keep spending too much money |
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I just can't be bothered. I've given up on maths the second I left high school. |
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I just can't be bothered. I've given up on maths the second I left high school.
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You have a 3 and a 5 litre water container, each container has no markings except for that which gives you it's total volume. You also have a running tap. You must use the containers and the tap in such away as to exactly measure out 4 litres of water. How is this done?
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Okay... fill the 3 litre and put it in the 5. fill the 3 litre and overflow the 5. fill the 3 litre from the 5, leaving 2 litres in the 5 container. Empty the 3, pour the 2 litres in the 3 container. Make a line on the container to mark the spot. Pour the 2 litres back in the 5 container, fill the 3 up to the mark, pour that into the 5 container. You now have 4 litres in the 5 container.
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