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  1. Well, he mentioned that there were still unanswered questions..and that figuring them out would be key. So, while I agree the capital letters are probably important, I think figuring out the questions is a good idea...

    Not sure if this is one of them, but why is one of the walls missing color, and why is that "interesting"?

    What kind of publicity had he had in the past?

    What is the rest of the newspaper heading (does it matter)?

    What is he a professor of?

    Those are some of the questions that I think may help in solving this...

  2. So, is this anagram completely jumbled? or is each word its own anagram? I would guess that it's completely jumbled. If that's the case, are the word lengths at least correct?

    The topic is LAITY = ITALY???...and I noticed that EVINCE could be VENICE....but not sure

  3. So, my dad told me this little problem quite a few years ago (when I was 8 or so...took me years to figure out how to solve it). It has always stuck with me because of that...so it's just a straightforward math problem, but it's a fun one:

    There is an alley. In this alley there is a 20ft ladder and a 30ft ladder. These ladders cross over the alley from the ground to the opposite building. They cross each other 10ft above the ground. How wide is the alley?

    Here's a simple drawing to represent this problem:

    post-13141-1234298791.png

  4. Cards:

    Ace, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Jack, Queen, King

    so, the next two are q, k

    adding even numbers:

    0, 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, 42, 56, 72

    so the next two are 56, 72

  5. (6 * 8) - 2 - √4 = 44 (could also be + √4 if using the negative root)

    oops, sorry for the double post...browser messed up when submitting didn't think it posted.

  6. Well, since I solved your number sequence #4, the second sequence was pretty simple for me:

    The next number is 14.01 (depending on rounding)

    Sequence is: f(n) = f(n-1) + P(n-1)/pi (assume P(0) = 0, and f(0) = 1).

    f(1) = 1

    f(2) = f(1) + 2/pi = 1.6

    f(3) = f(2) + 3/pi = 2.55

    f(4) = f(3) + 5/pi = 4.14

    f(5) = f(4) + 7/pi = 6.37

    f(6) = f(5) + 11/pi = 9.87

    f(7) = f(6) + 13/pi = 14.01

  7. Well, finding the next number is really dependent on your rounding. it's almost easier just to give the formula used for the sequence:

    f(n) = 2pi(n(n-1)/2)

    OR

    f(n) = f(n-1) * pin-1, where f(0) = 2 (rounded to 2 decimals)

    Specifically, what I did to get the numbers close to yours, is I used pi = 3.14159...so using the second formula I got the following:

    f(0) = 2

    f(1) = f(0) * p0 = 2

    f(2) = f(1) * pi1 = 2 * pi = 6.28

    f(3) = f(2) * pi2 = 6.28 * pi2 = 61.98

    f(4) = f(3) * pi3 = 61.98 * pi3 = 1921.77

    f(5) = f(4) * pi4 = 1921.77 * pi4 = 187197.24 (this is probably just rounding "error")

    f(6) = f(5) * pi5 = 187197.24 * pi5 = 57285798.44

    or, just using the first formula, it's close enough (again depending on rounding...and obviously these are slightly different)

    f(1) = 2pi(1(0)/2) = 2pi0 = 2

    f(2) = 2pi(2(1)/2) = 2pi1 = 6.28

    f(3) = 2pi(3(2)/2) = 2pi3 = 62.01

    f(4) = 2pi(4(3)/2) = 2pi6 = 1922.77

    f(5) = 2pi(5(4)/2) = 2pi10 = 187294.51

    f(6) = 2pi(6(5)/2) = 2pi15 = 57315565.75

    So, I would say the next number is about 57285798.44 or somewhere close to there...

  8. TCNB: Trauma Center: New Blood

    PMTTYD: Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door

    GSTLA: Golden Sun: The Lost Age

    ZAMN: Zombies Ate My Neighbors!

    TOSDOTNW: Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World

    DHOD: Disgaea: Hour of Darkness

  9. Well, the first one is easy. (a-b) is equal to 0, so when you divide by (a-b), you're dividing by zero, which causes your error.

    I'm not sure about the second one, but I think the error for the third one lies in the infinite series. Basically you started with a finite series of zeros, then treated it as an infinte series later.

    yes on the first one!

    yes and no on the third one: Yes it has to do with the infinite series...but 0 does equal 0 + 0 + 0 + ... as an infinite series...so, there's something else wrong with it...

  10. It's been a long time since calculus...

    an error with the derivative. the derivative of x^2 isn't 2xdx but 2dx. You're treating 2*dx as 2*x*dx.

    I think???

    nope, the deriviative of x2 is in fact 2x dx. getting somewhat closer though.

  11. I've seen all of these "proofs" being added recently for 2 = 0, 1 < 0, etc, etc...so I figured I'd add my two proofs for 2 = 1, and proof that magic exists...

    I apologize if these have already been posted...I haven't seen them yet though, so I thought I would put them up. These aren't difficult, and I fully expect them to be solved very quickly, but they're fun.

    This first one is the golden oldie (I learned this one quite a few years ago and still like it):

    let a = b

    a2 = ab (multiply both sides by a)

    a2 - b2 = ab - b2(subtract b2 from both sides)

    (a + b)(a - b) = b(a - b) (factor)

    (a + b) = b (divide both sides by (a - b) )

    b + b = b (substitution)

    2b = b

    2 = 1

    Then this following one uses calculus (fun one at first when learning calculus):

    x = 1 + 1 + ... + 1 (x times)

    x2 = x + x + ... + x (multiply through by x)

    2x dx = (1 + 1 + ... + 1) dx (take deriviative of both sides)

    2x = (1 + 1 + ... + 1)

    2x = x

    2 = 1

    and my last one is to show that something TRULY can come from nothing:

    0 = 0 + 0 + 0 + ...

    0 = (1 - 1) + (1 - 1) + (1 - 1) + ... (since 0 = 1 - 1)

    0 = 1 + (-1 + 1) + (-1 + 1) + (-1 + 1) + ... (associative law of addition)

    0 = 1 + 0 + 0 + 0 + ... (since -1 + 1 = 0)

    0 = 1

    So, as if by magic something appeared out of nothing! YAY!

  12. Here are all of the answers that follow the example given:

    3 69258/714

    81 5643/297

    81 7524/396

    82 3546/197

    91 5742/638

    91 5823/647

    91 7524/836

    94 1578/263

    96 1428/357

    96 1752/438

    96 2148/537

    I wrote a small Java program to find them all for me :c) Don't know if that's cheating, but I think it was a completely valid way to solve that riddle.

    Great riddle, it was fun.

  13. I figured this one out last night actually...

    I actually got it after I had a drink or two at a bar

    :D

    You can also start a similar sequence with 18 13 10 2...

    Good sequence riddle. I liked it. I'm amazed I actually figured it out...

  14. So, I don't know if there is enough information to solve this puzzle completely...however I got this far with it:

    SIR GOOD:

    1 - Harl

    2 - Gort or Kal

    3 - Gort or Kal

    4 - Lok

    5 - Jol

    SIR PURE:

    1 - Gort, Harl, or Jol

    2 - Kal

    3 - Gort, Harl, or Jol

    4 - Gort or Jol

    5 - Lok

    SIR NOBLE:

    1 - Gort or Jol

    2 - Kal

    3 - Gort or Jol

    4 - Harl

    5 - Lok

    SIR WISE:

    1 - Gort or Kal

    2 - Harl

    3 - Gort or Kal

    4 - Lok

    5 - Jol

    SIR BLACK:

    1 - Gort

    2 - Harl

    3 - Lok

    4 - Kal

    5 - Jol

    Basically Lok has 21 total points (duh)...Jol COULD have up to 22...Kal and Gort COULD have up to 14...and Harl COULD have up to 12. You can arbitrarily assign the points that are still in question to the squires and not violate any of the clues...

  15. This is my first post on Brainden!!

    My guess is RH stands for Robin Hood...so stealing from the rich to give to the poor...some somehow this company probably rigs online blackjack games to steal rich people's money and give it to poor people....

    That's just my guess, could be way off.

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