Guest Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 if you had nine boxes and you had to fit ten horses in them how would you do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 if you had nine boxes and you had to fit ten horses in them how would you do it? You put eight of the horses in the eight boxes, and two horses in the ninth box ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 Why not put 10 horses in five boxes and hire out the others... $$$$$$$$$ - makes cents to me (LOL) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 you can't have two horses in one box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 You could arrange them to make a pseudo-box (highlighted in red.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 you can't have two horses in one boxOk then, put three horses in one box and then have a box left over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Now that I call thinking inside and outside the box, but you would have to use the ninth for the top - and that still leaves the bottom ????? Unless onw accepts "boxed in." Which frankly, I do. Good answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 You could arrange them to make a pseudo-box (highlighted in red.) good guess but no, come on people think about it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 I don't know why I would be putting horses in boxes, but based on what the question says, I would have to say let two double up. After all, the problem doesn't restrict the sizes of the boxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 good guess but no, come on people think about it! Will think over night - put nine horses in nine boxs and let one go, come to think of it - let them all go, it's the way nature intended. G'night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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0 Guest Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 if you had nine boxes and you had to fit ten horses in them how would you do it? At first you put 2 horses in box 1, horse No 3 in box 2, horse 4 in box 3, horse 5 in box 4, ........, horse 9 in box 8. There remains box 9 empty, and you take one of the 2 horses (let's call it horse 10) from box 1 and put it there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 |t|e|n|h|o|r|s|e|s| yup you're both right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 At first you put 2 horses in box 1, horse No 3 in box 2, horse 4 in box 3, horse 5 in box 4, ........, horse 9 in box 8. There remains box 9 empty, and you take one of the 2 horses (let's call it horse 10) from box 1 and put it there. What about horse #10? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 I think zoris has the best solution because it brings up another riddle. Ingenious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 dude you can't take horse #2 and make him horse #10 as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 dude you can't take horse #2 and make him horse #10 as well. In fact it was a weird solution. You got it right, azrael. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 In fact it was a weird solution. You got it right, azrael. ...Did everyone not notice i said 10 was missing first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 Ten_horses does not allow for palce holder (space ) or is that double dutch EG if it was two numbers it would look like one longer number Betting this is the answer though Goed aantword. tot text! or is it tottext! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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