wolfgang Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 How can you get five out of four? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 always do the extra credit question Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 "Hey guys! could you please lend me 5 bucks??" Guy 1: "only got 2 bucks." Guy 2: "I can throw in an extra buck." Guy 3: "I'll let you borrow 1.50" Guy 4: "Here's the extra 0.5 that you need." I got 5 (bucks) out of 4 (guys). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 wolfgang Posted June 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 "Hey guys! could you please lend me 5 bucks??" Guy 1: "only got 2 bucks." Guy 2: "I can throw in an extra buck." Guy 3: "I'll let you borrow 1.50" Guy 4: "Here's the extra 0.5 that you need." I got 5 (bucks) out of 4 (guys). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 IV minus the "I". IV=4 V=5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Peekay Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 \ / \/ (4 slashes making 5) A family of 4 with a pregnant mom will soon be 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 peace*out Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 have someome give you an extra/always have a spare? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 preflop Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 How can you get five out of four? f. i. v. e. five out of 4 letters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 Kinda vague... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Molly Mae Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 (edited) Yes Edited June 17, 2011 by Molly Mae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Aaryan Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 4= IV. Take away the I and you get V (V=5) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Aaryan Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 (edited) edit for double post Edited June 17, 2011 by Aaryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 superprismatic Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 Here's a four: /| ¯|¯ Take the five line segments which make this figure and arrange them this way: _ | ¯| ¯ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 wolfgang Posted June 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 f. i. v. e. five out of 4 letters. well done.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 wolfgang Posted June 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Here's a four: /| ¯|¯ Take the five line segments which make this figure and arrange them this way: _ | ¯| ¯ nice... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 (edited) 4 = (2 + 2) define a = b = 2, so 4 = (a + b) 4 = (a + b) x 1 4 = (a + b) x (1 / 1) 4 = (a + b) x [ (c - d) / (c - d) ] note that this would hold regardless of the value of c and d, but to make things simple I'll also make c = d = 2 4 = (a + b) x (c - d) / (c - d) 4 = [ a(c - d) + b(c - d) ] / (c - d) 4 = [ a(c - d) + b(c - d) + 0 ] / (c - d) 4 = [ a(c - d) + b(c - d) + (c - c)] / (c - d) since c = d we can substitute the last c in the numerator with a d 4 = [ a(c - d) + b(c - d) + (c - d)] / (c - d) 4 = [ (a + b + 1) x (c - d) ] / (c - d) 4 = (a + b + 1) x [ (c - d) / (c - d) ] 4 = (a + b + 1) x [ 1 / 1 ] 4 = a + b + 1 4 = 2 + 2 + 1 4 = 5 edit: put everything in a spoiler, although I'm not exactly sure why given the nature of this riddle Edited June 20, 2011 by plasmid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 wolfgang Posted June 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 (edited) 4 = (2 + 2) define a = b = 2, so 4 = (a + b) 4 = (a + b) x 1 4 = (a + b) x (1 / 1) 4 = (a + b) x [ (c - d) / (c - d) ] note that this would hold regardless of the value of c and d, but to make things simple I'll also make c = d = 2 4 = (a + b) x (c - d) / (c - d) 4 = [ a(c - d) + b(c - d) ] / (c - d) 4 = [ a(c - d) + b(c - d) + 0 ] / (c - d) 4 = [ a(c - d) + b(c - d) + (c - c)] / (c - d) since c = d we can substitute the last c in the numerator with a d 4 = [ a(c - d) + b(c - d) + (c - d)] / (c - d) 4 = [ (a + b + 1) x (c - d) ] / (c - d) 4 = (a + b + 1) x [ (c - d) / (c - d) ] 4 = (a + b + 1) x [ 1 / 1 ] 4 = a + b + 1 4 = 2 + 2 + 1 4 = 5 edit: put everything in a spoiler, although I'm not exactly sure why given the nature of this riddle as: c=d=2 so c-d=0 and you can not devide on 0 Edited June 23, 2011 by wolfgang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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