bonanova
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The 6 inches is along the axis of the hole - the height of the cylindrical part of what's removed. All as you say. And JK "got the idea" of how a 6" hole could be drilled thru the earth. He labeled it wrong, but he got the idea.
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Sorry - typo. Of course it's 26. 5M+50=180 10M+100=360 M+10=36 M=26
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Be nice. He got the picture. You got the dimensions.
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That's the idea...
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Hi Chuck, You have some interesting objections. I'll try to explain. Obviously. And he doesn't need for that to happen. Alex gets paid if it occurs as [1,2] or as [2,3], ... or as [51,52]. That's 51 equally likely winning situations. If 51 events have equal probabilities pi, 1=1, 51, the probability of [event 1 or event 2 or ... or event 51] happening is 51p1. Well let's think about that. If the aces occur in the [2,3] position, for example, the probability that they do not occur somewhere else is unity. Obviously. Fortunately, nothing in the bet requires impossible situations to occur. Alex gets paid if he has SH or SC. That's not really an issue. The bet states that Alex gets paid if he cuts consecutive aces. The odds of that happening - whether or not it happens again or a 3rd time - is 3/13. According to the bet, he should never be paid double or triple.
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Well it would be less, not more, right? Why I asked. But the explanation provided an answer, above.
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On the last pour, how do you know when to stop? If you know when to stop, why not just pour 3 immediately?
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Don't get it. Four times as many minutes ... compared to what?
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05. Clarence: Harry is well. 07. Bervin: Alan is sick. Please see the OP for this fix:
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How many typists?
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After the hole is drilled completely through the sphere, not just part way into the sphere, the height[*] of the remaining part of the sphere is 6 inches. [*] assuming the drill was vertical. That's what's meant by drilling a 6" [long] hole thru a sphere. If the sphere was the earth, the drill's diameter must have been just less than the earth's diameter, leaving a 6" wide bracelet of earth that includes the equator and 3" either side of it. In the above quote, visualize the drill that went only 6" into the earth. Now use that drill to go all the way through the earth. Measure the length of that hole. If it's not 6", the drill has the wrong diameter. I'm estimating that sometime, perhaps around Valentine's Day, the sound of a forehead slap will echo through the hole.
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A moment's reflection shows the fool's answer is incorrect.
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Could a sick Knave claim to be a Knight? I think what you say is true of Harry, but not of Alan.
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Care to give me a clue? Thanks for a good puzzle bonanova! Off to the gym; will check back later.
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Touche! You're right. And the 90-year old wife is sighing relief!
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On the other hand, if it does NOT take a man a week to walk a fortnight, then any answer makes a valid implication. Three apples, or none at all.
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Nice job!
