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I don't think it works. Line is infinite, whereas you used line segments. In my thinking above lines create 8 square. I agree though, Pickett's answer appears to give 8 squares.

I don't think it works. Line is infinite, whereas you used line segments. In my thinking above lines create 8 square.

but not the complete perimeter. A to B to C (not back to A).

shhhh i like to add context. lol

The one that Harold refused to build with more elevator doors lol, no....i mean, i don't believe you gave a formal answer.

Thank you for the question. I meant to state that each town is equal distant to the park and equidistant to each other but the towns may not be the same distance to the park as they are to each other. The trip to the towns is one way A to B to C while going to the park is there and back.

three towns are located such that they are equal distant to the center of a park. What is longer, walking from one city to the other two or walking to the park and back? note: by taking straight paths

Bonus points for Pickett though for awesome programming talents!

Phil1882 do you still want to make your desired purchases?

A couple notes about day 2: notice that the long and short derivatives change to reflect the updated days. Molly's price is locked in at the price they purchased (ASRE at $.28). only 2 more days (day 2 and day 3) left to purchase a derivative. dee_tot you could not afford both purchases as Kooc took all 10,000 of your dollars (5.00 * 2000). Let the trading begin!

brilliant idea. only 1 more hour until the stockmarket updates to day 2!

fourth hotel?

remember, only 10,000 shares of a single stock is available. So i will sell all that i can in a first come first serve manner. Sorry

for this simulation we will excuse all players from having a conflict of interest

no derivative Kingofpain?

The owner of the Party Hotel chain, Happy Harold, enjoyed a very good business, renting his entire hotel for group parties. Harold also owned an elevator business and (of course) supplied his hotel with his own elevators. Harold was a bit frugal, however, and only put six elevators in his hotel. To make matters worse, his elevator designers hadn't passed the demonstration phase of their designs before Harold put them to use and each elevator could stop at only five floors. Harold's guests found it an intriguing aspect of the hotel that no more than two elevator rides were needed to reach any floor of the hotel. What was the maximum number of floors in the hotel? Can you show a possible configuration for the elevators? Harold's guests said it sometimes took too long to wait for an elevator on the floors that only had one elevator stop. Harold built his next hotel such that every floor had two elevators stop at it, and no two elevators stopped at the same two floors. Again, no more than two elevator rides were needed to reach any other floor. What is the maximum number of floors in this new hotel? Can you show a possible configuration for the elevators? Although the guests found the multiple elevator rides unique, they eventually tired of needing to switch. Harold built his next hotel such that only one elevator ride was necessary to reach any other floor. What is the maximum number of floors in this new hotel? Can you show a possible configuration for the elevators? Harold realized that his profits kept getting smaller, but he never invested in more elevator doors. How many elevators would he need to build to the height of his first hotel, but meet the requirements of the last?

Alice and Bob play a number game. Starting with a positive integer n, they take turns changing the number with Alice as the first player. Each player in turn may change the number n to a new positive integer k or zero. either by k -1 or k/2. The person who changes 1 to 0 wins. For instance, when n = 3, the players have no choice, k proceeds from 3 to 2 to 1 to 0, and Alice wins. When n = 4, Alice wins if and only if her first move is to change 4 to 2. For which initial n does Alice have a winning strategy?

Day 1 (a little early) Day 2 won't (shouldn't) start until 6/10/2013. Noted the added rows "Project High" and "Project Low". This is the indicated range of how the next market price (the price you buy the stock at) could fluctuate between. Of course the market price could significantly exceed or under perform the stated range but for the most part, it should be withing that range. Now buying, selling, the ownership of derivatives, and randomness affect the price of the stock. I also changed the wording from the market purchase price to "Market will pay", to hopefully clear up that this is the price the market buys the stock back from you at.

I am adding a simplified version of derivatives as well. Within the first three weeks, one may buy either long or short derivatives. These options can be purchased in units. There are strike long derivatives and strike short derivatives. If you buy a long derivative then you are betting that the stock will exceed the long listed price. If you buy a short derivative then you are betting that the stock will fall below the short listed price. Derivative options will only be available from day 1 through day 3. Derivatives are paid out on day 10 by the market. it costs $4,000 to purchase a single derivative. If you guess correctly then the absolute value of the amount over (or under) times 10 times your option(s) (of $4,000) will be what you make off your derivative. If you guess incorrectly, then your derivative is worthless. Derivatives may be traded with other people for money, stock, or other derivatives before the posting of day 10. Ex. Strike Long Derivative projection 4.06 Final Stock Price 4.36 4.36 - 4.06 = 0.30 0.30*10*4000 = 12,000

Just a quick reminder of some rules Ten stocks are advertised for sale on the opening day. There will be a sale price and a purchase price. The sale price is the price it costs to buy the stock and purchase price is the price to sell back to the market. Each stock has a maximum cap of stocks that can be sold so trading among the participants typically happens once stocks become few. Some participants may work out deals to trade with each other that may be more financially advantageous than buying directly from the market. The stocks values are updated daily so that each person can determine their total wealth. Stocks may be bought or sold to an individual or to the bank. Stock sales or trades to individuals must be set at a mutually agreed upon quantity (and price if applicable). Stock sales to the market will be at the seller's discretion of quantity but at the advertised market (purchase) price After ten days, the individual with the most wealth is the winner. All players start with $10,000 No one has to send all or any of their money Deficit spending is not permitted

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