Guest Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 Moving only one element, make the following expression true: DX = IX Adding one element, make the following expression true: IX = VI In both cases exclude the obvious method of transforming the equal sign into the inequality sign. My friend Jacques solved the first one, my friend John solved the second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 Moving only one element, make the following expression true: DX = IX take away = DXIX .. that's a true "statement" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 take away = DXIX .. that's a true "statement" Good try LIS, but I wrote moving, not removing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 Moving only one element, make the following expression true: DX = IX Are you allowed to introduce other mathematical operators? Otherwise I don't see how the statement could ever be true with a D on only one side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 Good try LIS, but I wrote moving, not removing DXIX = true statement = moved in my opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 Are you allowed to introduce other mathematical operators? Otherwise I don't see how the statement could ever be true with a D on only one side. You're not allowed to introduce other math operators. But please consider the meaning of the Hint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 DXIX = true statement = moved in my opinion I understand your point, you may be right, but your solution is not in accordance with the given hint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 1 = Merci Beaucoup 2 = Gratzie I like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 You're not allowed to introduce other math operators. But please consider the meaning of the Hint. Well I've been considering away for a good 20 minutes now, and you've got me stumped. I concluded that there must be something more to it than just roman numeral math, since there aren't any standard solutions to the problems, as far as I can tell (there's really only one right way to write any given roman numeral, so no matter how you rearranged the figures, it would be impossible to end up with a correct solution, if that's all this is to it). Besides, your hint suggests something more outside the box in nature anyhow. So, I've been playing with measurement and monetary conversions used in France, Italy, the UK, and the U.S., to no avail. I tried time zone conversions, since one might argue that 500=100 if you look at the numbers as indicators of time, but I still can't make anything work out of that. Hopefully, if nobody figures it out in the next day, you can provide a bit more revealing clue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 Moving only one element, make the following expression true: DX = IX Adding one element, make the following expression true: IX = VI In both cases exclude the obvious method of transforming the equal sign into the inequality sign. My friend Jacques solved the first one, my friend John solved the second. X = DIX in French dix = ten SIX = VI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 Good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 Moving only one element, make the following expression true: DX = IX Adding one element, make the following expression true: IX = VI In both cases exclude the obvious method of transforming the equal sign into the inequality sign. My friend Jacques solved the first one, my friend John solved the second. Pretty easy once I read the hint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 unreality Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 Moving only one element, make the following expression true: DX = IX Adding one element, make the following expression true: IX = VI In both cases exclude the obvious method of transforming the equal sign into the inequality sign. My friend Jacques solved the first one, my friend John solved the second. the first problem: DX = IX think of them as variables, not as roman numberals dx = ix can be rearranged to: d = ix/x to simulate that fraction, move the X underneath the other X the second problem: IX = VI you didnt specify what sorts of elements you can add. I'm adding a letter: SIX = VI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 roolstar Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 (edited) Not so Roman after all: DIX = X (=10 in french) SIX = VI Edited March 4, 2008 by roolstar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 Well here is another version! Whirlpool 520 ix http://www.ciao.co.uk/click.php/c2pid/4817523 i know it too dos'nt have an equal sign. I'm working on the basis it has been mooved out of sight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 Nice. Yeah, I'm kicking myself. Unfortunately, I spent almost all my thought on the first one, rather than the second, but I don't know a bit of French, so I wasn't getting anywhere. If I had started with the second one, perhaps I would have figured it out. Yeah, I'll just keep telling myself that until I feel better. 5 stars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 roolstar Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Actually, the second one can also be solved in French! Six is 6 in french too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Moving only one element, make the following expression true:
DX = IX
Adding one element, make the following expression true:
IX = VI
In both cases exclude the obvious method of transforming the equal sign into the inequality sign.
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