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  1. in New Logic/Math Puzzles

    Posted · Edited by Thalia

    Oops. I forgot to type base 3 after the answer. 12111 (base 3) :). Now that I think about it, there wouldn't be a need for 3-0. I don't know if this will mean anything to you but think about this. In base 10, we have 10 digits (0-9). After 9, we go to 10. In base 3, we have 3 digits (0-2). After 2, we don't go to 3, we go to 10 because two is the highest digit in base 3. Here is what I did.

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  2. in New Logic/Math Puzzles

    Posted · Edited by Thalia

    I have never worked with base 3 before but this is what I am getting.

    2 1 0 1 0(base 3)

    - 1 1 2 2(base 3)

    -----------------

    1 2 1 1 1

    Since the last digit of the top number is 0, you borrow from the 1 like in regular subtraction. However, the 0 becomes a 3, not a 10, so 3-2=1. You do the same for the other digits. As I said, I have never done this before so this is my theory. I have no idea how a 3-0 would work but fortunately, that isn't necessary for this one. I checked with a base calculator and it seems to work. Good luck!

  4. The Green Glass Doors

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    aardvark

    intransigent

    persuaded

    desperate

    synergy

    terror

    marmalade

    chronic

    flatulence

    superb

    nebulae

    bulbous

    suspicious

    insipid

    aerobic

    tyranny

    panacea

    vitriol

    rhizome

    shampoo

    rhubarb

    superb

    bulbous

    suspicious

    panacea

    rhizome

  9. in New Logic/Math Puzzles

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    1. Offer Greg some wine and hope he gets drunk.

    2. Try to launch the wine into his gun to get the powder wet so it can't be fired. Not sure if it works that way.

    3. Offer Greg some wine and hit him over the head with the bottle.

    4. Attempt to shock him by arranging certain electronics on the floor along with the wine in front of the door.

    I'm in favor of just hitting him over the head with the bottle.

  12. The Green Glass Doors

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    IDEAL

    PIOUS

    SPIEL

    RADII

    OVOID

    POTOO

    GYPSY

    BUOYS

    COYPU

    YOUNG

    AEGIS

    AROMA

    KRAAL

    RADII

    LEVEE

    ENEMA

    USUAL

    QUEUE

    COYPU

    LYMPH

    Ideal

    Pious

    Spiel

    Buoys

    Coypu

    Young

    Aegis

    Aroma

    Kraal- This works for British but maybe not for American English. That may have been tmi.

    Levee

    Queue

    Lymph

  20. in New Logic/Math Puzzles

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    Point taken. Either way, 56 is not anywhere near the greatest value. So as curr3nt has put it, the highest value is greater than or equal to 40321.

    @curr3nt: Any idea how to prove what the greatest value is?

  22. in New Logic/Math Puzzles

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    I made a table of squares. Starting from the bottom (44^2), I subtracted and looked for two squares that would fit the remainder. 44^2=1936. 1989-1936=53. 53=49+4. 44, 7, 2. I found that going down by twos worked. 42^2, 40^2, 38^2, etc. 42^2=1764. 1989-1764=225. Find two sqares that equal 225.

    1 1

    2 4

    3 9

    4 16

    5 25

    6 36

    7 49

    8 64

    9 81

    10 100

    11 121

    12 144

    13 169

    14 196

    15 225

    16 256

    17 289

    18 324

    19 361

    20 400

    21 441

    22 484

    23 529

    24 576

    25 625

    26 676

    27 729

    28 784

    29 841

    30 900

    31 961

    32 1024

    33 1089

    34 1156

    35 1225

    36 1296

    37 1369

    38 1444

    39 1521

    40 1600

    41 1681

    42 1764

    43 1849

    44 1936

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