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  • R Rage

    1 - about seven, each first six leaving stumps 2 - This is no English to me. 3 - one. 4 - :) lol ... unless the stone comes from space, earth's mass should not vary.

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    MoustafaS
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    1 and 4 are right, the other wrong.


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    • M MoustafaS

      Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

      6 cigars.

      You know now it's wrong.:)

      Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

      Assuming it's "right", then 5.

      Wrong

      Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

      First cut into two halves, then cut into 4 quarters, then cut side-wise into 8 pieces.

      side-wise ?? how, explain please.


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      Nish Nishant
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      LongHC wrote:

      side-wise ?? how, explain please.

      Cut through the middle of the cake I mean. A lateral slice.

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        LongHC wrote:

        side-wise ?? how, explain please.

        Cut through the middle of the cake I mean. A lateral slice.

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        Right


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        • R Rage

          Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

          First cut into two halves, then cut into 4 quarters, then cut side-wise into 8 pieces

          Your last move leaves me perplex... or are they two moves ?

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          Rage wrote:

          Your last move leaves me perplex... or are they two moves ?

          No, it's just one move. You cut laterally through the 4 quarters - to get 8 pieces.

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          • M MoustafaS

            1 and 4 are right, the other wrong.


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            Colin Angus Mackay
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            Perhaps you might like to change #2 in to English so we can understand it.


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              1- A hobo who does like to smoke cigars but does not have any money, collects cigars stumps. From every six stumps he finds he can make a new cigar. One a particular day he finds 36 stumps. How many cigars can he smoke on that day? ---------- 2- What the number of characters the right answer of this question have [in English] ? ---------- 3- How is the minimum cuts with a knife a particular circular cake can be cut with into eight equal pieces ? ---------- 4- To protect his country a king decided to build a wall made out of stone along the border. The wall had to be 3 meters thick and 5 meters high. The border of the country has a length of 500 kilometers. Assuming that one cubic meter of stone weights about 3000 kg, how much heavier becomes the earth by building this wall? Very easy, I know :-D have fun. -- modified at 10:47 Thursday 10th May, 2007 -- modified at 10:52 Thursday 10th May, 2007


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              szukuro
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              LongHC wrote:

              2- What the number of characters the right answer of this question have [in English] ?

              Four.

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                1- A hobo who does like to smoke cigars but does not have any money, collects cigars stumps. From every six stumps he finds he can make a new cigar. One a particular day he finds 36 stumps. How many cigars can he smoke on that day? ---------- 2- What the number of characters the right answer of this question have [in English] ? ---------- 3- How is the minimum cuts with a knife a particular circular cake can be cut with into eight equal pieces ? ---------- 4- To protect his country a king decided to build a wall made out of stone along the border. The wall had to be 3 meters thick and 5 meters high. The border of the country has a length of 500 kilometers. Assuming that one cubic meter of stone weights about 3000 kg, how much heavier becomes the earth by building this wall? Very easy, I know :-D have fun. -- modified at 10:47 Thursday 10th May, 2007 -- modified at 10:52 Thursday 10th May, 2007


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                LongHC wrote:

                3- How is the minimum cuts with a knife a particular circular cake can be cut with into eight equal pieces ?

                The minimum cuts with a knife to put a circular cake in eight(8) equal pieces is: three (3).


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                It would not affect me or my family one iota. My wife and I are in charge of when the tv is on, and what it displays. I do not need any external input for that.

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                  LongHC wrote:

                  2- What the number of characters the right answer of this question have [in English] ?

                  Four.

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                  Nice.


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                  • N Nish Nishant

                    LongHC wrote:

                    side-wise ?? how, explain please.

                    Cut through the middle of the cake I mean. A lateral slice.

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                    The pieces won't be equal though. The bottom of a cake is flat, the top bulges in the center (unless it falls but in that case it's ruined). The 4 pieces from the top will have the bulge the 4 from the bottom will be flat on both sides.

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                    • L lost in transition

                      LongHC wrote:

                      3- How is the minimum cuts with a knife a particular circular cake can be cut with into eight equal pieces ?

                      The minimum cuts with a knife to put a circular cake in eight(8) equal pieces is: three (3).


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                      It would not affect me or my family one iota. My wife and I are in charge of when the tv is on, and what it displays. I do not need any external input for that.

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                      Right one.


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                        The pieces won't be equal though. The bottom of a cake is flat, the top bulges in the center (unless it falls but in that case it's ruined). The 4 pieces from the top will have the bulge the 4 from the bottom will be flat on both sides.

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                        Nish Nishant
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                        dan neely wrote:

                        The bottom of a cake is flat, the top bulges in the center (unless it falls but in that case it's ruined).

                        I don't think he's specified that. I am assuming it's a flat surfaced cake.

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                          1- A hobo who does like to smoke cigars but does not have any money, collects cigars stumps. From every six stumps he finds he can make a new cigar. One a particular day he finds 36 stumps. How many cigars can he smoke on that day? ---------- 2- What the number of characters the right answer of this question have [in English] ? ---------- 3- How is the minimum cuts with a knife a particular circular cake can be cut with into eight equal pieces ? ---------- 4- To protect his country a king decided to build a wall made out of stone along the border. The wall had to be 3 meters thick and 5 meters high. The border of the country has a length of 500 kilometers. Assuming that one cubic meter of stone weights about 3000 kg, how much heavier becomes the earth by building this wall? Very easy, I know :-D have fun. -- modified at 10:47 Thursday 10th May, 2007 -- modified at 10:52 Thursday 10th May, 2007


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                          MoustafaS
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                          1- 7, as the first cigs will make another 6 stumps to make another. 2- Four, is the only number that it's characters equals it's value. 3- 3 ,as Nish first got it. 4- As the rocks will surly come from earth, nothing will change.


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                          • N Nish Nishant

                            dan neely wrote:

                            The bottom of a cake is flat, the top bulges in the center (unless it falls but in that case it's ruined).

                            I don't think he's specified that. I am assuming it's a flat surfaced cake.

                            Regards, Nish


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                            Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

                            I am assuming it's a flat surfaced cake.

                            It's.


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                              LongHC wrote:

                              1- A hobo who does like to smoke cigars but does not have any money, collects cigars stumps. From every six stumps he finds he can make a new cigar. One a particular day he finds 36 stumps. How many cigars can he smoke on that day?

                              6 cigars. 0 - if you missed a "not" as in "who does not like to smoke"

                              LongHC wrote:

                              2- What the number of characters the right answer of this question have ?

                              Assuming it's "right", then 5.

                              LongHC wrote:

                              3- How is the minimum cuts with a knife a particular circular cake can be cut with into eight equal pieces ?

                              3. First cut into two halves, then cut into 4 quarters, then cut side-wise into 8 pieces.

                              LongHC wrote:

                              4- To protect his country a king decided to build a wall made out of stone along the border. The wall had to be 3 meters thick and 5 meters high. The border of the country has a length of 500 kilometers. Assuming that one cubic meter of stone weights about 3000 kg, how much heavier becomes the earth by building this wall?

                              Will do this later if no one else has yet :-)

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                              Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

                              3. First cut into two halves, then cut into 4 quarters, then cut side-wise into 8 pieces.

                              Huh, and then the first four people get most of the icing. :suss: ;P

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                              • M MoustafaS

                                Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

                                I am assuming it's a flat surfaced cake.

                                It's.


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                                If not, you could always line them up after the second cut: ---- <}<}<}<} --- cut along this line


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                                  If not, you could always line them up after the second cut: ---- <}<}<}<} --- cut along this line


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                                  OK, that right, there are exactly 3 solutions to this, I said the minimum, and the minimum is three.:)


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                                    1- 7, as the first cigs will make another 6 stumps to make another. 2- Four, is the only number that it's characters equals it's value. 3- 3 ,as Nish first got it. 4- As the rocks will surly come from earth, nothing will change.


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                                    LongHC wrote:

                                    2- Four, is the only number that it's characters equals it's value.

                                    How in the world did you get that from: 2- What the number of characters the right answer of this question have [in English] ?


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                                      LongHC wrote:

                                      2- Four, is the only number that it's characters equals it's value.

                                      How in the world did you get that from: 2- What the number of characters the right answer of this question have [in English] ?


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                                      With the answer I can translate the question into normal english. "How many characters does the answer of this question have?". The original appears to be the victim of poor translation by a nonnative speaker.

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                                        1- 7, as the first cigs will make another 6 stumps to make another. 2- Four, is the only number that it's characters equals it's value. 3- 3 ,as Nish first got it. 4- As the rocks will surly come from earth, nothing will change.


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                                        LongHC wrote:

                                        1- 7, as the first cigs will make another 6 stumps to make another.

                                        Wouldn't this be 6 because he doesn't smoke and therefore doesn't have the stumps from the first six.

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                                          LongHC wrote:

                                          1- 7, as the first cigs will make another 6 stumps to make another.

                                          Wouldn't this be 6 because he doesn't smoke and therefore doesn't have the stumps from the first six.

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                                          reread the question. He likes to smoke cigars, what he doesn't have is money to buy them.

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