Stupid Math riddle thingy...

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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2 queens of Egypt from history were Queen Anoxmon and Queen Sixton. Anoxmon
died 120 years after Sixton was born their combined ages when they died was
100 years. Sixton died in the year 40 BC .

In what year was Anoxmon born???

Well??

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S[sub]birth[/sub] + 120 years = A[sub]death[/sub]
S[sub]death[/sub] = 40BC
S[sub]death[/sub] - S[sub]birth[/sub] + A[sub]death[/sub] - A[sub]birth[/sub] = 100 years

Substituting…
40BC - S[sub]birth[/sub] + S[sub]birth[/sub] + 120 years - A[sub]birth[/sub] = 100 years

So…
40BC + 120 years - 100 years = A[sub]birth[/sub]
= 40BC + 20 years
= 20BC

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Interesting…
you’re right. It’s kinda stupid, but interesting.

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Wow, here I was doing it out on paper, when I could have been solving superstring theories like Punoqllads there.

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Increasin’ my post count one algebra problem at a time…

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Perhaps if you stuck to addition it would be bigger:D

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Here’s another one:

Four guys want to go from A to B. They only have a two-seat car and although all are under the legal limit and able to drive, each person has a maximum speed over which they will demand to stop the car and walk as per this chart.
eunoia: 60mph
dude A: 30mph
dude B: 15mph
dude C: 10mph

The distance from A to B is one mile. How soon can all four meet at B?

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eunoia, I like the prisoner bridge problem a lot better than this one. If you haven’t heard it, don’t worry about it. But in this one, you can throw in all sorts of superfluous things, like
[ul]
[li]how fast can each person walk? (there’s nothing stopping them from walking partway)[/li][li]is it a straight line, with no acceloration time for the cars?[/li][li]any stoplights?[/li][/ul]
and so on

But…here’s the answer you’re looking for. A and B go together, taking 2 minutes. A comes back (1 minute) and C and D go (6 minutes). B comes back (2 minutes) and A and B go (2 minutes).

Total time: 13 minutes.

Total time to walk 1 mile at 5MPH: 12 minutes.

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Aack! Math! Algebra! Getitaway!

::hides in a corner and cries::

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O.K. so maybe we’re a little drunker than we thought. It’s Canada Day you know. Now we can head over to B!
Too easy, eh?