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oops. I meant to also state that the business is 1000 miles away. How does that qualify as local? it is all a matter of scale, semantics, and poor translations.

i think, therefore I am; but I am, because of he; and he, is he, who thinks.

Lackluster trading on day 8 caused many stocks to drop. Only two more days of trading left. The derivatives will not be calculated until after the close of day 10 based on day 11 numbers where a winner will be declared.

He needs to deliver 3000 apples from some unlimited supply of apples eating as few of them along the way as possible.

oops. I meant to also state that the business is 1000 miles away.

A truck driver needs to transport 3000 apples to a local business. His truck can only hold 1000 apples. However, complicating the apple delivery is the drivers habit of eating his delivery apples while driving. If there are any apples in the truck, the driver will manage to eat 1 apple per mile. What is the best means for the driver getting the apples to the market (eating the fewest apples while making the delivery)? Assume that there is a safe fruit storage points along the way and that time or gas is of no issue.

nice work Pickett! When i originally did the problem, i extended the pattern through to 14 and 15 giving me the wrong numbers. I should have checked it to make sure it was actually true It is funny and fascinating to me that the triples continue after the jump at 1, 14, and 26 and then stops completely at around 30.

There may be better, but I was at least able to get each number 1-15 using the number of (infinite) lines as I said originally...That's kind of neat, considering the square constructions had to be completely different than what I doing using line segments...but still got the same numbers...

I don't know how to answer your question without giving away the answer. If you use the previous fact i mentioned, i think you will discover your answer.

as stated in the OP: if a switch turns on a light-bulb, that switch must be on to turn it on again so for example....if switch 1 turns on light-bulb A, to turn on light-bulb A again in conjunction with other light bulbs, switch 1 must be in the 'on' position again in conjunction with other switch(es).

As a side not please ignore that bit about what ones were probably selected in the first round. It was late and I wasn't tired. Please excuse the brain fart. and then what happened in the next round? and so on? i don't need a specific box for an answer.

testing the 2 combos won't tell you which single switch turns on a single light-bulb and which three switch turns on which three switch combo.

yes, of....sorry

nice work! Please elaborate on your answer.

This is a modified version of the famous light-bulb problem. There are three switches in the hallway. turning on the switches in different combinations cause different light-bulbs in the room to turn on. There are six light-bulbs and from turning on all of the possible combinations, each light-bulb is turned on at most twice (in other words there are only two ways to turn on a light-bulb). We need to map the switches to the light-bulbs. The only things we know is that flicking 1 switch causes 1 light-bulb to turn-on, flicking 2 switches causes 2 to turn-on, and flicking all 3 cause three light-bulbs to turn-on and if a switch turns on a light-bulb, that switch must be on to turn it on again (even if flicking 2 switches). What is the fewest number of 'tests' needed to effectively map the light-bulbs to the switches?

How much does the baby weigh if the mother weighs 100 pounds more than the combined weight of the baby and the dog, and the dog weighs 60 percent less than the baby?

The Basics of Modified Deal or No Deal: There are ten boxes labeled 1 through 10. The boxes have a check in them worth from .01 to 10,000,000 dollars as such $.01, $.10, $1.00, $10.00, $100.00, $1000.00, $10,000, $100,000, $1,000,000, and $10,000,000). The amounts are randomly placed in the marked boxes. The player first selects their chosen box. The game proceeds as folllows: Round 1: The player select 2 boxes to be revealed --An offer is made to the player, if the player agrees, the game is over. Round 2: if not- the player selects 2 boxes to be revealed --An offer is made to the player, if the player agrees, the game is over. Round 3: if not- the player selects 2 boxes to be revealed --An offer is made to the player, if the player selects, the game is over. Round 4: if not- the player selects 2 boxes to be revealed --An offer is made to the player, if the player selects, the game is over. Round 5: if not- the player's chosen box is revealed and they take the prize. The individual making the offer to the player is known as the banker. It is well-known, in this game, that the banker offers 85% below the median of the boxes for the first round and increases that percentage by 5% of the median of the remaining boxes each later round. A player was made the following offers Round 1: 4,675.00 Round 2: 4,950.00 Round 3: 5,225.00 Round 4: 5,500.00 What boxes were chosen each round? Should the player take the offer?

Update on everyone's wealth at current market purchase prices (including if the derivatives were cashed in) KingOfPain 19,425.55 Panther 25,881.38 dee_tot 5,271.50 Molly Mae 146,244.47 Flamebird 10,000.00 Looks like some of you guys have some catching up to do!

Day 5

No more derivative purchases!