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my coworker (the fc) gave us this puzzle. i think i amazed everyone by solving it so fast. i think people forget that under this girly facade is someone that did get a degree in math and let's not forget that letter in math team.
you have $100 and you need to buy exactly 100 chickens. hens cost $1, roosters cost $5 and chicks cost $.05. You must use up all your money. (oops, i forgot this) You must buy at least one of each type. how many of each do you end up with?
also, someone come to quangs with me, i am craving an S5 so much right now.
you have $100 and you need to buy exactly 100 chickens. hens cost $1, roosters cost $5 and chicks cost $.05. You must use up all your money. (oops, i forgot this) You must buy at least one of each type. how many of each do you end up with?
also, someone come to quangs with me, i am craving an S5 so much right now.
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you have to buy at least one of each.
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20 chicks $1
89 hens $89
aren't there quite a few solutions to this? were we supposed to find the number that would give us the most chickens altogether or something?
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:)
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Maybe I'm going down the wrong path.
Is this impossible?
If we look at it like this:
COST -- NUMBER WE GET
i.e.
$01 -c- 20
$02 -r- 10
$30 -h- 30
Then we want both sides to equal 100. Since C(h) = N(h), we don't really have to worry about that part, as long as we keep N(c) + N(r) < 100 AND C(c) + C(r) < 100. We need to find a point where C(c) = N(r) and C(r) = N(c)
The smallest N(c) we can have is 20, since we are spending a whole dollar amount and none of the other animals are less than $1, and C(20c) = $1
With N(c) = 20, we need C(r) = 20, so N(r) = 4, but C(c) = 1, so N(r) != C(c).
N(c) = 40, C(r) = 40, N(r) = 8, C(c) = 2
N(c) = 60, C(r) = 60, N(r) = 12, C(c) = 3
So you can see for every for every 20 unit increase in N(c), C(r), there's a 1 unit increase in C(c) and there is a 4 unit increase in N(r), so N(r) will never equal C(c) while N(c) = C(r)
Am I missing something?
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at least until the realize that means i know math better than them.
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it is almost as good as the "i have a greatview of downtown from my bedroom"
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i did have a greatview of downtown before abbot expanded. now a have a great view of abbot.
i am hoping the sears tower looks good when it is done
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also, the sears tower is in chicago, not phillips.
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everything ON lake street is powderhorn. i think. LOL.
see how your line doesn't work as well? it is a good thing you won't have to use it.
anyways, the "great view of downtown" worked when i was the-chick-that-hasn't-cleaned-her-apartment-and-you-have-to-crawl-over-a-pile-of-clothes-to-see-it-so-you-might-as-well-stay.
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You have $100 and need to buy exactly 20 items of food. S5s cost $7, shrimp yam balls cost $4, bubble tea is $4.50, and taro pops are $1.
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it is fun!
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aww my co-worker asked me to share her sandwich with her, i turned her down cuz i'm going to eat lunch with my dad soon. ehh, it probably had meat on it anyway.
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yeah, i have to drive to work and it is so expensive.
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