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[emiC]

Re: sequence hah

Please read my PS edit from previous post, I don't have a calculator, is it 395. If I crunch it wrong so what, I already weasled my way through all the math courses that I needed.

May I still claim a prize on behalf of my most fav skater. You need to send her a birthday gift for 7/7, may I suggest a 24K heart pendant from Tiffany's.

 

[mathman444]

Re: sequence hah

emiC -- How about this: (click on "enlarge"):

www.tiffany.com/shopping/...rchType=2&

OK, it's only 18k gold, but at $6300, what a steal!

Mathman

 

[mathman444]

Re: sequence hah

Heyang -- OK, it's on you. Find two numbers x and y such that

1/2 + 1/3 + 1/11 + 1/x + 1/y + 1/(2*3*11*x*y) = 1 exactly.

Hint: x and y are both primes less than 40.

Mathman

 

[mathman444]

Re: My worst subject.....

<blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>"If the judge were to take horses instead of adding the one,..." -- GSK8[/quote]Hmmm. Very interesting....

Old Ben dies and leaves an estate of 31 horses to divide among his three heirs in the ratios 1/2, 1/3 and 1/5. Along comes the judge. She takes one horse away as her fee, then divides up the remaining 30 according to the provisions of the will.

1/2 of 30 = 15 to Adam
1/3 of 30 = 10 to Hoss
1/5 of 30 = 6 to Little Joe.

This makes a total of 31, so the Ponderosa boys got all 31 after all. What happened to the one that the judge set aside?

Yet another joint paper!

Mathman

 

[Ptichka]

Re: sequence hah

2, 3, 11, 23, 31

I'll admit, I totally cheated -- I wrote a little program to do this. I know it defeats the purpose, but still...

 

[mmandel]

Re: sequence hah

What...no nursing questions? :lol:

 

[emiC]

mmandel you asked for it

mm,

Here is a brain related vingette:

The ambo brought in Mr. John Doe who was in a motor vehicle accident. Mr Doe sustained multiple bone fractures, that required emergency surgery. Pre surgery labs including tox screen and blood ETOH levels were within normal limits.

Post op hospital day 1 - 3 : Mr. Doe was recovering nicely. There were no signs of infection or any surgical complication, vitals were stable. Post op hospital Day #4, Mr. Doe's vitals were elevated, he was disoriented, hallucinating, and had a clouded sensorium.

What is the most likely cause of his change of mental / brain status. (or if you prefer, give a list of possibilities, and name the most likely one).

The other Mm,
1/2 +/3 + 1/5 = 31/30
Mathman, care for some half life riddles?

 

[mmandel]

Re: mmandel you asked for it

<blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>mm,

Here is a brain related vingette:

The ambo brought in Mr. John Doe who was in a motor vehicle accident. Mr Doe sustained multiple bone fractures, that required emergency surgery. Pre surgery labs including tox screen and blood ETOH levels were within normal limits.

Post op hospital day 1 - 3 : Mr. Doe was recovering nicely. There were no signs of infection or any surgical complication, vitals were stable. Post op hospital Day #4, Mr. Doe's vitals were elevated, he was disoriented, hallucinating, and had a cloud sensorium.

What is the most likely cause of his change of mental / brain status. (or if you prefer, give a list of possibilities, and name the most likely one).

The other Mm,

Mathman, care for some pharmacokinetic riddles?[/quote]

Based on the information that is given, there could be several things wrong.

1 Lack of Oxygen
2. Pulmonary Emboli - Fat vs. Blood
3. Septic Shock vs. Hypovolemic Shock
4. ETOH Withdrawal vs. Drug Withdrawal
5. Medication Reaction

 

[emiC]

Re: mmandel you asked for it

mm

No ICU psychosis?

 

[mmandel]

Re: mmandel you asked for it

<blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>mm

No ICU psychosis?[/quote]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
:rollin: :rollin: :rollin: :rollin: :rollin: :rollin: :rollin:

 

[mathman444]

Re: You asked for it,

I can't believe anyone is actually reading this thread, must less reponding, much less solving all of my cherished puzzles as fast as I can post them!

OK, wise guys, now I take the gloves off.

The Ponderosa was the <strong>biggest ranch in the whole state of Texas.</strong> In actuality, when father Ben died he left an estate of

420001794970774706203871150967065663240419575375-
1630609228764416142557211582098432545190323474819

horses. He was survived by his ten biological children: Adam, Hoss, Little Joe, and 7 others that they didn't like to talk about on TV because, well, you know, a family show and all...: Ben Jr., Eve, Mare, Big Josephine, Sleepy, Grumpy, and Doc, The estate was divided according to the proportions:

1/2 + 1/3 + 1/11+ 1/23 + 1/31 + 1/47059 + 1/2217342227
+ 1/1729101023519 + 1/8491659218261819498490029296021
+ 1/58254480569119734123541298976556403.

The judge took away one horse and divided up the rest. How many did the least favored heir (Doc) get? (Computers are permitted :lol: )

Mathman

PS. Puzzles of this sort exist for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 10 heirs. There are no known solutions for 9 heirs. That is, there are no known sets of nine prime numbers n1,...,n9 for which

1/n1 + 1/n2 + ... + 1/n9 = 1 + 1/(n1*n2*...*nk).

It is an unsolved problem in number theory whether such a set of 9 primes exists. (Watch this space. )

 

[emiC]

Hop Sing to the rescue again

Computers shouldn't be allowed, only abacus.

www.asianideas.com/abacus.html

Mm, how did you solve this one with an abacus? (not with a calculator, mentally, long hand or computer)

We would only play if:

1. There is legit prove that Ben really had 7 addition children.

2. Mm you need to provide the logicstics of how they manageed to count

420001794970774706203871150967065663240419575375-
1630609228764416142557211582098432545190323474819

horses.

 

[Emmy]

Re: Hop Sing to the rescue again

<img src="http://www.bonanzaworld.net/iwin.gif" style="border:0;"/> (Oops, sorry! maybe not!)

I won't even BEGIN to try and solve the latest equation but what I will tell you is that your premise is flawed. Everyone knows Ben loves his sons equally (yes, loves, not loved, since in our world Ben never dies) and there is NO WAY he would leave Little Joe such a paltry percentage of his estate in his will. Nor would he have, ahem, unaccounted-for heirs. <img src="http://home.golden.net/~gshoe/quizzical.gif" style="border:0;"/> <img src="http://home.golden.net/~gshoe/nod.gif" style="border:0;"/>

Sigh....the Bonanza neophytes....sigh....


TTFN
Emmy
Bonanza World Administrator

 

[eltamina]

Emmy

Bonanza world administrator

One more question for you, does (not did) Hop Sing's beautiful daughter play the piano or the violin?

 

[JOHIO2]

Re: You asked for it,

Hi mathman,

Texas, huh? All this time I thought the Ponderosa was in Nevada!

 

[Emmy]

!!! How did I miss that one ?!?

Oy!!! Yes, NEVADA....how did I miss that one?!? :lol: And it was only a territory during the timeframe of the show. As far as Hop Sing's daughter....that's a new one to me.

 

[mathman444]

Re: !!! How did I miss that one ?!?

Ha ha, now I see what it takes to lure you back to this board, Emmy. From now on I'll make sure that there is at least one Bonanza discussion going on at all times. Let's see ... "Who's cuter, Michelle Kwan or Little Joe?"

NEVADA? Are you sure? But I don't think there ARE that many horses in Nevada.

420001794970774706203871150967065663240419575375-
1630609228764416142557211582098432545190323474819,

that's a lot of horses. Texas, well, sure, there are LOTS of horses in Texas. Everybody knows that.

Eltamina -- The problem as stated CAN be solved on an abacus (better, on a series of several of them in a line). I'll get back to you after I figure our how many "moves" is required. Maybe an hour or so of work. As contrasted with the four YEARS of running this problem in the background on my computer to come up with the numbers in the first place. (Yes, that's where your tax dollars go )

emiC -- I'm having second thoughts about the necklace. $6300 on a teacher's salary ... I mean, it's not like I'm some big hockey player making millions per year. What would you think of the idea of just faxing this information to Brad itstead?

www.tiffany.com/shopping/...u=13747814

Ptichka -- Computers allowed!

 

[mmandel]

Re: You asked for it,

I knew that I should have paid attention in my high school math classes. :x :lol:

 

[eltamina]

The gift of music is priceless

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<span style="font-size:xx-small;">"Eltamina -- The problem as stated CAN be solved on an abacus (better, on a series of several of them in a line). I'll get back to you after I figure our how many "moves" is required</span>.
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Mathman why spend time lining up the abacus, shouldn't you be reviewing the Shostakovich cto instead? Maybe I shouldn't participate in this thread, since I know nothing about numbers or solving inheritance problems.
___________
<span style="font-size:xx-small;">"Maybe an hour or so or work"</span>
___________

See, in an hour or so (74 minutes) I would have finished listening to Mahler #9. I don't have much interest in abacus, computers are more efficient right? Here is my interest in Chinese culture:

www.bigskymusic.com/b-world.htm

Erhu: the Chinese 2 string violin

www.arcosound.com/erhu.htm

Guzheng: Chinese table harp

www.philmultic.com/guzheng/

and

Pipa: Chinese lute

www.philmultic.com/pipa/

BTW, I read the previous page, and IMHO, emiC should be able to claim a prize for Michelle, I don't think a ruby heart from Tiffany's is the perfect birthday gift for Michelle though. Think <span style="colorrange;font-size:medium;">Music!!</span>

 

[emiC]

Re: The gift of music is priceless

<blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>The gift of music is priceless[/quote]

OK, I agree

<blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Think Music!![/quote]

I don't think music. I like brain. I think I will cut out half of my senile brain and send that to Michelle for her birthday. :rollin: