The Riddle Thread

[Icewolf195]

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Actually, you answered your own riddle incorrectly XD

That does not satisfy the last constraint...

Upon further analysis and neglect of studying biology, using factoring the correct minimalist answer should be 25,201.

You screwed up somewhere ;p

Yep, you got it. I saw this on a brainteasers site

[DDR-9-Footer]

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ok that riddle above is worded weirdly, i can't even understand it lol

Here's a simpler one but I didn't figure it out when it was told to me:

Greater than god, more evil than the devil, is needed by the poor, and is not by the rich - If you eat it, you will die

What is it?

a welfare check form the government?

[Telvanni_guard]

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4) Extreme

Several straight line segments are drawn on a plane surface in such a way that their intersecting lines form 1,597 areas that are not further subdivided. What is the minimum number of line segments that must be drawn to form the described pattern?

This one makes me curious.

[Reach]

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This one makes me curious.

Someone should be able to solve it. It only took me a few minutes.

It's quite clever. Just requires a bit of 'outside the box' thinking to find a quick way to solve it.

6) So hard you will **** your pants

0 6 21 40 5 -504 ?

7) Chichi, where's my yoyo?

1 2are pieare^2 4pieare^3/3 ?

[GuidoHunter]

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Something, diameter of a circle, area of a circle, area of a sphere...

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com

[Pichu_XP]

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Something, diameter of a circle, area of a circle, area of a sphere...

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com

1DAV?
An abbreviation?

[xjohnieboyx]

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i feel like a mathematics geek for finding out that sequence, Reach.

should i answer it or let the rest ponder on it?

EDIT: nvm, i don't think i got it. i got something very similar so i might have a negative sign somewhere where it's not necessary

[spyke252]

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Expanding on Guido's
point, line, Area, Volume

And for 6)
Could the next term be 490?

[xjohnieboyx]

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my next term guess will be -4697.

if it's right, i'll tell y'all how i got it. pretty sure it's right

OK I can't wait i'm going to sleep i have classes tomorrow early in the morning.

Basically, it's simple when you have a calculator.

-(n!)+(n^3)

for example, -(6!)+(6^3) = -720+216 = -504.

[Reach]

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I didn't expect anyone to get either of those.

Brilliant, johnie.


More punishment...

7 8 5 3 9 8 1 6 3 ?

mosquito : malaria :: cannibalism : ?

[GuidoHunter]

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Have we even gotten number seven?

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com

[Reach]

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Since you didn't fill in the question mark, no.

[spyke252]

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7)1 2are pieare^2 4pieare^3/3 2pie^2are^3 .5pie^2are^4

Correct?

EDIT: OMG, Duh

More punishment:
3

[GuidoHunter]

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Asplain?

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com

[spyke252]

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7)1 2are pieare^2 4pieare^3/3 2pie^2are^3 .5pie^2are^4

Correct?

EDIT: OMG, Duh

More punishment:
3

Explanation:
For 7, 2pi^2r^3 is the 3d volume of a three-sphere.
.5pi^2r^4 is the 4d volume of a three-sphere.
I think.

For the more punishment, we just redid this exact problem in Calc the other day. Expanding pi/4.