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Sammy_P
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by Sammy_P » Mon Jan 03, 2011 5:58 pm
You get the idea.
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Sammy_P on Fri Jun 29, 2012 8:13 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Marinus
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by Marinus » Mon Jan 03, 2011 6:21 pm
So, what's the puzzle? And what means "pl0x"? Or is that the puzzle perhaps?
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Sammy_P
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by Sammy_P » Mon Jan 03, 2011 6:58 pm
pl0x is shorter for please.
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billy bob
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by billy bob » Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:04 pm
Sammy_P wrote:pl0x is shorter for please.
Only just. To be honest, it's probably easier to say please (as we are less used to typing numbers than letters). And how is anyone supposed to know that pl0x means please? They don't sound or look
anything like each other.
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dlcs18
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by dlcs18 » Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:06 pm
"pl0x" is the weirdest short-form of a word that I have ever heard of... I mean the word doesn't even sound or look anything close to "please".
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by dlcs18 » Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:07 pm
Wow... not only did we both post the same time, you said almost exactly the same as what I said.
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boywhoflies
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by boywhoflies » Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:58 pm
At least "Plz" makes a bit of sence.
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Marinus
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by Marinus » Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:12 pm
Yes, I knew "plz", but pl0x, plz, pleeeeeaaaase, next time say just "please", that's most clear.
OK, still waiting for a tricky puzzle.
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by maxnick » Mon Jan 03, 2011 11:12 pm
Yes, according to
this page, typing "pl0x" takes 19 units of effort whereas typing "please" takes only 15.
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billy bob
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by billy bob » Tue Jan 04, 2011 2:25 pm
This isn't that hard. But I'll post it anyway.
There are three people: A, B, and C.
After all three signing up for the job, B got the job.
After all three being told whether they got the job or not,
A was happy.
B was unhappy.
C was unhappy.
Which of the three wanted the job?
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boywhoflies
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by boywhoflies » Tue Jan 04, 2011 4:42 pm
Cool.
I got one.
2 daughters and 2 moms go out to get dresses for a wedding. They get one each, but they only bought 3. How is this possible?
Ok, this one tecnically has more that one posible anser, but I am looking for only one of them.
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by billy bob » Tue Jan 04, 2011 4:49 pm
One of them is sent as a gift?
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boywhoflies
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by boywhoflies » Tue Jan 04, 2011 5:24 pm
That works, but it was'nt the anser I had in mind.
Also, Marinus PMed me and got it.
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by Blast!10 » Tue Jan 04, 2011 8:18 pm
The people who went to buy the dresses were a grandmother, a mother, and the mother's daughter. The grandmother is the mother's mother, and the mother is the daughter's mother - 2 moms. However, the mother is the grandmother's daughter, and the daughter is the mother's daughter - therefore, 2 daughters.
Is this the solution Marinus gave?
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Marinus
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by Marinus » Tue Jan 04, 2011 8:30 pm
Yes.
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by billy bob » Tue Jan 04, 2011 8:43 pm
It doesn't really make sense though.
It is told that there are four people. If two people are the same then that means there are three. And it is said that there are four.
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by Marinus » Tue Jan 04, 2011 8:48 pm
No. Flying Boy did not mention the word or number "four" or "4".
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by billy bob » Tue Jan 04, 2011 8:58 pm
Yes, but 2 + 2 = 4.
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by tyteen4a03 » Tue Jan 04, 2011 8:59 pm
billy bob wrote:Yes, but 2 + 2 = 4.
Think out-of-the-box.
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by billy bob » Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:03 pm
What?
2 daughters.
2 mothers.
Daughters = people.
Mothers = people.
2 + 2 = 4
4 people.
Two of the four people can't be the same person otherwise there would be three people in total.
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by tyteen4a03 » Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:36 pm
That's the time to think out-of-the-box.
One people may have several identities. For example, I am Timothy Choi in real life, I am tyteen4a03 in this forum (and mostly all other forums), I am a moderator in this forum while I am an administrator on 3.studIo forums.
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billy bob
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by billy bob » Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:43 pm
And you are one person even though you have multiple identities.
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by boywhoflies » Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:48 pm
Ok, with a grandma, mom, and daughter(in the same family), the mom is a daughter of the grandma and a mom of the daughter. So the mom is a daughter and a mom.
moms-1 (1 left)
daughters-1 (1 left)
Now, the grandma is a mom and the daughter is a daughter.
moms-1 (
0 left)
daughters-1 (
0 left)
Ok?
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by Marinus » Tue Jan 04, 2011 10:26 pm
billy bob wrote:And you are one person even though you have multiple identities.
True. But BWF did
not say how many persons there were; only how many identities.
2 mothers and 2 daughters may
suggest there are 4 people, but it does not
say it.
If it was not a puzzle it may be unclear or unfair to say it that way, but since it is a puzzle that's just the trick.
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by billy bob » Tue Jan 04, 2011 10:29 pm
You said:
boywhoflies wrote:2 daughters and 2 moms go out to get dresses for a wedding.
If a daughter is also a mother then that does not mean they are two people.
And even if it did work like that then there would be
three daughters (you'd have to have two people that have two (not each) daughters that didn't come instead).
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by DEEMAN223344 » Tue Jan 04, 2011 10:42 pm
You completeley missed the point.
Just because they are listed as a Mother AND a Daughter does NOT mean they are two people.
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by Marinus » Tue Jan 04, 2011 10:48 pm
If a daughter is also a mother then that does not mean they are two people.
That is true. That person is mentioned twice, but it is still only one person.
Let's say there are 3 people. 2 of them are female and 1 is male. 2 of them wear a hat, and 1 has no hat.
Then there are 2 people female and 2 people are wearing a hat. Still only 3 people. One person is mentioned twice because it's a female person, and also a person wearing a hat.
(you'd have to have two people that have two (not each) daughters that didn't come instead).
Yes, there are 2 people (mom and grandma) that have two daughters. (mom and kittle girl) Doesn't mean there are three daughters.
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by billy bob » Tue Jan 04, 2011 11:16 pm
It could mean two things. Only one of them works for the puzzle (which adds another element).
Marinus wrote:Doesn't mean there are three daughters.
Every female is a daughter.