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Fire - Student  |
My friend came up to me with this problem and it pretty much stumped me as I performed miserably in Geometry back in 8th grade. Here's how the problem goes... There was a knight and he had to rescue a fair damsel that was being held hostage by an evil knight. His obstacle was a notorious evil knight and his castle that held the damsel. The castle had no drawbridge and had a moat that was 20 feet across and full of piranhas and alligators. Upon arriving at the castle spot, the knight found two sturdy beams made of wood suitable for walking across but lacking sufficient length. Alas, the moat was 20 feet across, but the beams were each only 19 feet long and 8 inches wide. He had no nails, screws, saws, Superglue, or any other method of joining the two beams to extend their length. What to do? What to do? Fortunately, the damsel, after a suitable amount of time to allow the good knight to attempt to solve the puzzle on his own, called to the knight and gave him a few hints that enabled him to rescue her. What was the maiden's suggestion? So that's pretty much the problem, any help would be GREATLY appreciated, thanks again. This post was edited by Fire on Sep 29 2005 03:35am. |
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Awww, me too... Darn 3th! _______________ |
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Flash - Student 
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Awww, I knew how to do this too. Darn you 3th!  |
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Quote: 3th, I got this Advanced Calculus problem going on here, was wondering if you could help me with it for a littl.... now ya see, the main problem with graphing differentials that involve the square root of imaginary numbers, it's a little like trying to parry a wiggle with a blue stance backslash. moral of the story...calculus is like exploitz for math _______________ this is the internet, be serious damn it! |
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Fire - Student 
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Thanks a ton 3th! |
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Janus - Retired
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3th, I got this Advanced Calculus problem going on here, was wondering if you could help me with it for a littl.... _______________ Be honorable, be friendly, be trustworthy. Show respect to all whom you meet. Don't forget you learn when you win AND when you lose. Be the first to admit mistake AND the first to correct it. Be the shoulder for someone to lean on. Always remember those that sacrificed time to help you. Thank you Odan Wei, Vladarion, 3th, Moridin, n00b, Motrec, Faded, Leif, and Tido, you will not be forgotten as the ones to make you remember, it's all about fun... |
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3th you freakin genius! _______________ Find out more about the Jedi Academy Aurochs here and more about Masta here! Married to Kain. |
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R2D2 - Staff 
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Yup Mr. 3th stole the fun from this problem Didn't notice this thread until now _______________ "Do or do not, there is no try" Jedi Master Yoda Dual Saberist |
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3th - Retired 
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the answer involves taking one of the boards and laying it diagonally (45 degree) across a corner of the moat and that allows the other board to be laid (perpendicular) from the first board across the moat. make sense? here's a crude diagram that might help... -----------\-| }}}}}}}}\| }}}}}}}/}\ _____/}}| :::::::/:|}}| :::::::::|}}| the }} is water and the :: is castle btw _______________ this is the internet, be serious damn it! This comment was edited by 3th on Sep 29 2005 04:26am. |
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Fire - Student 
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Nope. |
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DarthMike - Student 
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There's tons of non-geometry related solutions i can think of............so do you know that the answer does have something to do with geometry? _______________ "You can't get Windows on a Mac because the drivers are not compatible." --- Some dude from the Geek Squad "So if you have quad-core, you have four times the RAM, right?" --- Some guy at Best Buy |
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Fire - Student
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Thanks for the help though. Yeah, this problem is really strange. |
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Senor Hat - Student 
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well that wouldn't work, he needs to step on the boards Leif i have absolutly no idea whow to answear it _______________ I have beaten The Internet. The end guy was hard. |
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DarthMike - Student 
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well, if its a moat filled with water, you could just float the boards........i'll let ya know if i think of anythihg else _______________ "You can't get Windows on a Mac because the drivers are not compatible." --- Some dude from the Geek Squad "So if you have quad-core, you have four times the RAM, right?" --- Some guy at Best Buy This comment was edited by DarthMike on Sep 29 2005 02:59am. |
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