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Subscribe(#5636956) Re: Tennis
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(#5636805) Tennis
Posted by Jools on 10 Oct 2024 at 12:12AM
Jane & John played tennis fora bet of £1 a game.
Jane won 3 games. John came away winning £5.
How many games did they play?
Jane won 3 games. John came away winning £5.
How many games did they play?
(#5636804) Re: can you name this?
Posted by Jools on 10 Oct 2024 at 12:10AM
As BGH says. It's the bay of Biscay, it's sea not a country.
(#5636431) Re: Who's looking at who?
Posted by Dragon Jr on 8 Oct 2024 at 6:59AM
I proved, using inference rules I learned in college, that the following argument is valid. Jim is looking at Jane. Jane is looking at John. Jim is married; John is single. Everybody is either married or single. Therefore, somebody who is married is looking at somebody who is single.
(#5636220) Re: Who's looking at who?
Posted by Big Giant Head on 7 Oct 2024 at 8:07AM
C might well be true from a purely personal point of view.
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Posted by Big Giant Head on 7 Oct 2024 at 6:48AM
A
If Jane is married, then she is the married person looking at a single person.
If Jane is single, then Jim is the married person looking at the single person.
If Jane is married, then she is the married person looking at a single person.
If Jane is single, then Jim is the married person looking at the single person.
(#5636192) Who's looking at who?
Posted by Jools on 7 Oct 2024 at 5:03AM
Jim is looking at Jane.
Jane is looking at John
Jim is married, John is single.
Q: Is a married person looking at a single person
A) Yes
B) No
C) Insufficient information
Jane is looking at John
Jim is married, John is single.
Q: Is a married person looking at a single person
A) Yes
B) No
C) Insufficient information
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(#5635685) Re: Chickens and eggs
Posted by Jools on 5 Oct 2024 at 5:16AM
correct.
The half chicken is a distraction, it takes 1.5 days for a chicken to produce an egg, so 2 eggs in 3 days. So 6 chickens produce 12 eggs in 3 days
The half chicken is a distraction, it takes 1.5 days for a chicken to produce an egg, so 2 eggs in 3 days. So 6 chickens produce 12 eggs in 3 days
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Posted by Jools on 4 Oct 2024 at 12:29PM
Correct.
Now one a bit harder.
If it takes a chicken & a half, a day & a half, to lay an egg and a half.
How long does it take half a dozen chickens to lay a dozen eggs?
Now one a bit harder.
If it takes a chicken & a half, a day & a half, to lay an egg and a half.
How long does it take half a dozen chickens to lay a dozen eggs?
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(#5635511) Re: How old?
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(#5635494) Chickens and eggs
Posted by Jools on 4 Oct 2024 at 9:09AM
If it takes 1 hen, 1 day to lay 1 egg, how long to it take 6 hens to lay 6 eggs?
(#5635493) How old?
Posted by Jools on 4 Oct 2024 at 9:07AM
John is 40 years older than Jane.
Together they have a combined age of 50 years.
How old is Jane?
Together they have a combined age of 50 years.
How old is Jane?