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Ernie loves cooking and it's always worth the wait as he follows his curiously precise recipe to make Ginger Crunch Cookies. So I was happy to drop around when he invited me to help test his latest invention - a pneumatic cookie-cutter.
I've made two of them" said Ernie. "They use a pneumatic actuators to transfer... |
The census taker has arrived at yet another house, and is greeted by a busy housewife. This woman poses a new riddle: "2 of my girls have red hair, the rest are brunettes. All 8 of my boys have black hair. What percentage of my children are girls?" she asks. The census taker is stumped, and instead decides to help her ... |
Let's say I have a puzzle like this:
![Ice puzzle][1]
The idea is that since you're on ice, once you start moving you can't stop until you hit a rock. If you treat the red/blue patches as paint that leaves trails when you move, then collecting all the coins spells out a word.
However, as you can see, this puzz... |
OK, well first, it would be useful to calculate the dimensions of the cutters. The area of each cookie, square or triangular, is 10000 mm^2, or 100cm^2. That's easy enough for the square; the cutter is 10cm (100 mm) on a side. The triangle's a bit trickier; an equilateral triangle is basically two adjacent 30-60-90 tr... |
Let's say I have a puzzle like this:
![Ice puzzle][1]
The idea is that since you're on ice, once you start moving you can't stop until you hit a rock. If you treat the red/blue patches as paint that leaves trails when you move, then trying to collect all the coins in the fewest number of moves spells out a word.
... |
OK, well first, it would be useful to calculate the dimensions of the cutters. The area of each cookie, square or triangular, is 10000 mm^2, or 100cm^2. That's easy enough for the square; the cutter is 10cm (100 mm) on a side. The triangle's a bit trickier; an equilateral triangle is basically two adjacent 30-60-90 tr... |
Let's say I have a puzzle like this:
![Ice puzzle][1]
The idea is that since you're on ice, once you start moving you can't stop until you hit a rock. If you treat the red/blue patches as paint that leaves trails when you move, then trying to collect all the coins in the fewest number of moves spells out a word.
... |
OK, well first, it would be useful to calculate the dimensions of the cutters. The area of each cookie, square or triangular, is 10000 mm^2, or 100cm^2. That's easy enough for the square; the cutter is 10cm (100 mm) on a side. The triangle's a bit trickier; an equilateral triangle is basically two adjacent 30-60-90 tr... |
OK, well first, it would be useful to calculate the dimensions of the cutters. The area of each cookie, square or triangular, is 10000 mm^2, or 100cm^2. That's easy enough for the square; the cutter is 10cm (100 mm) on a side. The triangle's a bit trickier; an equilateral triangle is basically two adjacent 30-60-90 tr... |
After several hours of looking at this riddle, here is a possible answer. It could be way off.
>! The knight is **oxygen** and the girl is **hydrogen**. The children would then be **water**.
*Father sits on his horse in his shining armor, lonely. His **soft** heart led him to take in a young and sickly girl, her ... |
Just a guess...
>! The knight is **oxygen** and the girl is **hydrogen**. The children would then be **water**.
*Father sits on his horse in his shining armor, lonely. His **soft** heart led him to take in a young and sickly girl, her jaundice a blemish on her wispy, **light** face.*
>! What's softer than Oxyg... |
### Three Ideas ###
1. It seems a bit unimaginative, but why not eliminate the paint blotches and replace them with "glow" tiles that change state from glowing to non-glowing and back (or perhaps switch to glowing and remain glowing) when the puck passes over them? Divide the puzzle into a series of "rooms", with on... |
This should be an easy one if you have a Bible handy:
> My name is Kether Torah,
> the Crown of the Torah.
>
> I am a pillar of righteousness,
> and a foundation stone of mercy.
>
> I am four, and three, and two, and one;
> and beside me there is none other.
>
> Those who hear me have life;
> th... |
Create the pattern shown in the picture below using the set of standard tetris blocks.
![enter image description here][1]
*This is a rectangular arrangement of 6×5 squares where the first and third squares have been removed from the second row.*
Each tetris block is available only once, blocks can be rotated b... |
That was a very, very nice puzzle! Solved this with a lot of help from @grc
Here's a step-by-step walkthrough of how we solved it — if you want to try this puzzle yourself (which I certainly recommend!), you can treat these as hints :)
Working out some clues
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>!We figured that `(#X of Y)` probably meant th... |
Suppose a captain is in charge of a mining site with 5 workers and he has a total of 50 units of gold. Each worker is able to mine for him 40 units of gold per minute.
The general is able to employ new workers for a total one of cost of 50 gold units (creating a worker takes 17 seconds and each mining site can on... |
Suppose a general is in charge of a mining site with 5 workers and he has a total of 50 units of gold. Each worker is able to mine for him 40 units of gold per minute.
The general is able to employ new workers for a total one of cost of 50 gold units (creating a worker takes 17 seconds and each mining site can on... |
Is it..
>! Words ?
I am something that everyone needs.
>! technically doesn't fit since you can be alive without needing Words but i'd say its fairly nessesary in everyday Life. even mute people can use Words with sign language, Stephen Hawking has a computer etc.
You use me many times in different ways.
>... |
Should the general build additional bases?
>! No. A single base is the way to go. The general should just save up to 800 gold units and build both bases at once.
How many workers should the general build?
>! Five workers, to get a total of 10.
When will the general have completed three bases?
>! 295.5 se... |
Should the general build additional bases?
>! No. A single base is the way to go. The general should just save up to 800 gold units and build both bases at once.
How many workers should the general build?
>! Five workers, to get a total of 10.
When will the general have completed three bases?
>! 295.5 se... |
It must be:
>! Money
I am something that everyone needs.
>!Do I need to explain more?.
You use me many times in different ways.
>!You spend money to buy whatever you need (in different ways).
Sometimes you only use part of me,
>!You spend part of your money.
Others you only use most of me.
>!You sp... |
> 1. You're in a country which contains thousands of soldiers whom never fight.
> 2. You take the 1st number of the name of this country, and subtract lines of 7.
> 3. Under the square tree's stump.
> 4. You take this number and find a corresponding key.
> 5. You go down soh, left stx and concatenat... |
The simple solution to more freedom is just that, give them more freedom. Add intersections, and forks.
Wanna make it harder? That's possible too. Add special blocks if I've that give way when used # times. Make each paint color have a special effect when you cross them, like Blue turns you around, Yellow spins you ... |
The simple solution to more freedom is just that, give them more freedom. Add intersections, and forks.
Wanna make it harder? That's possible too. Add special blocks if that give way when used # times. Make each paint color have a special effect when you cross them, like Blue turns you around, Yellow spins you 90° c... |
I am one of many siblings in a great family.
>! The narrator is x -> e ^ x (e is the [Euler–Mascheroni constant][1]), and the family is the set of all [exponential functions][2], x -> a ^ x, a is real.
We are the most perfect of our race,
>! Race means the set of all functions.
Because each of us has a clea... |
I am one of many siblings in a great family.
>! The narrator is x -> e ^ x (e is the [Euler–Mascheroni constant][1]), and the family is the set of all [exponential functions][2], x -> a ^ x, a is real.
We are the most perfect of our race,
>! Race means the set of all functions.
Because each of us has a clea... |
I am one of many siblings in a great family. <br>
We are the most perfect of our race, <br>
Because each of us has a clear worst enemy. <br>
My foe - I know him well - is much like me, <br>
But we continually fight each other; <br>
We never hide our hatred for each other.
Wave at my eldest brother and he become... |
The general from http://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/5105/optimal-building-strategy-puzzle is in a conflict with another general. This general is from another faction with 3 major differences in his technology:
1. Instead of the worker having to be present during the building process, the worker instead just... |
I am one of many siblings in a great family.
>! The narrator is x -> e ^ x (e is the [Euler–Mascheroni constant][1]), and the family is the set of all [exponential functions][2], x -> a ^ x, a is real.
We are the most perfect of our race,
>! Race means the set of all functions. Perfect because of the nice prop... |
STORY
He awakes, covered in quite a thick layer of dust. Quite clearly suffering from some form of memory loss, this man begins to look around, eyes blurry almost sticky in feeling. There's bodies around the town, hot but cloudy confusing him further. His last memory being that of America, talking to a friend called... |
One I made myself. Have fun!
*You need me. You need me in many ways. Yet, I'm slowly losing my family.*
*You can count on me as you always did!*
*The sound of an explosion, transferred to the orange land.*
*I can stop the darkness!*
*If you want, I can even stop the bitter cold!*
*I bring you life as ... |
Who or what are we? |
Without a moment's hesitation, I answer:
>! **8**.
Reasoning:
>! The host is a famous spaghetti chef, so of course he must be Italian. The guard gives the guests numbers and the correct answer for each is their letter count when translated to Italian. For 22, the translation is "ventidue" which has eight lette... |
>! Maybe it are Molecules? It does make sense in almost every sentence. |
>! Maybe it are Molecules? It does make sense in almost every sentence.
>!
>!You need me. You need me in many ways. Yet, I'm slowly losing my family.<br>
>!**You need molecules for everything.**<br>
>!
>!You can count on me as you always did!<br>
>!**You always count on the molecules otherwise you couldn't even e... |
Have You Tried Turning It Off And On Again? |
I managed to write a rhyming one this time!
*I sound like a sieve, <br>
But knowledge I give. <br>
I change when to where; <br>
Just find the right square.*
*A cycle moves me to the right, <br>
But never entirely out of sight. <br>
Seven by four, or usually more, <br>
Betwixt the ceiling and the floor.*
... |
>! Maybe it is a MatchBox.
You can count on me as you always did!
>! to light a fire.
The sound of an explosion, transferred to the orange land.
>! this is how a matchstick lights up and fire color is orange.
I can stop the darkness!
>! creates light so stops darkness
If you want, I can even stop the... |
Thus is a multi-part party installment.
A famous host is storing his party recipes on a data server, and rumor has it that the passwords are in his house. He has another party today without his famous recipes, but it gives you a chance to steal the password. You and your friend start spying on the guests. Both of yo... |
>! Maybe it is a MatchBox.
You can count on me as you always did!
>! to light a fire.
The sound of an explosion, transferred to the orange land.
>! this is how a matchstick lights up and fire color is orange.
I can stop the darkness!
>! creates light so stops darkness
If you want, I can even stop the... |
>! The blackboard
I sound like a sieve,
>! For the sound of the chalk
But knowledge I give.
>! I'm used for teaching
I change when to where;
Just find the right square.
>! The tool to wipe
A cycle moves me to the right,
But never entirely out of sight.
>! Less clear to me, but perhaps it refers to... |
I interpret
>I bring you life as in 2 bound circle-like shapes!
as
>! DNA, chromosomes, or genes - the double helix. Since they are made of proteins, you could also try proteins or molecules here, except that the OP has said molecules is not the intended answer.
How to make it fit the other clues?
You n... |
I think you are
>!**A compass**
I sound like a sieve,
>!used to distinguish directions (North, East, West, South).
But knowledge I give.
>!give knowledge about locations and how to reach a place.
I change when to where;
>!is used to find the answer for 'where?'. That is, to find locations.
J... |
The sky is dark, filled with black clouds. The sun, high in the sky, still shining, trying to cut through the dark, thick, black clouds. The moon, slowly turning red, slowly taking over. You hear a howl, it seems to be coming from the thick forest that is not too far in the distance, holding on tight to her hand, tryin... |
Father sits on his horse in his shining armor, lonely. His soft heart led him to take in a young and sickly girl, her jaundice a blemish on her wispy, light face. Though father has said he can't be alone, it's an exaggeration. He simply loves her, and it is a love eternal. Out of their love, we are born beyond count. A... |
It claws at me. Ha! There is work to be done, but the pale lands have thorns growing from its roots. Work to be done, but my eyes cannot look away. Is a fish a trout? Can it swim to Prometheus? For, four, floor? More? Is the attempt a virtue and the vice failure or is the attempt an exercise in frivolity that the overs... |
Sounds like it could be a
>!Calendar
I sound like a sieve
>! Maybe a sieve is a grid
But knowledge I give
>! Calendar can be an external brain for keeping track of everything
I change when to where
>! As an appointment time approaches, it will tell you where you need to be
A cycle moves me to the righ... |
STORY
He awakes, covered in quite a thick layer of dust. Quite clearly suffering from some form of memory loss, this man begins to look around, eyes blurry almost sticky in feeling. There's bodies around the town, hot but cloudy confusing him further. His last memory being that of America, talking to a friend called... |
The murderer is
>! Walt D Esnie
I chose options: Aggressive, Main Street, Clues 1, 3, 4, 6, and Object 1
Clues 1 and 3, along with the mouse picture imply
>! Mickey Mouse. He wears white gloves and large yellow shoes and is a mouse.
Clues 4 and 6, along with the dog picture imply
>! Goofy. Most of the det... |
This one was slightly easier than the last two. The murderer is clearly
>! Walt D Esnie.
I have to admit, the evidence points cleverly twofold at this person, as they are the only one who could know how to effectively stage a murder. Here are my explanations along with the clue choices I used to arrive at thos... |
The sky is dark, filled with black clouds. The sun, high in the sky, still shining, trying to cut through the dark, thick, black clouds. The moon, slowly turning red, slowly taking over. You hear a howl, it seems to be coming from the thick forest that is not too far in the distance, holding on tight to her hand, tryin... |
*Nonsensical abstraction high up in the army; <br>
The woman with the wheel fires the cannon. <br>
She's very fast but only in reverse gear. <br>
Certainly a terrorist, but how to prove it?*
What word am I getting at here? |
This one was slightly easier than the last two. The murderers are
>! Walt D Esnie and Peter P Anne.
Here are my explanations along with the clue choices I used to arrive at those conclusions.
Scene 1, with the mouse calling card:
>! Dirty white gloves, and size 15 shoes that would be far too big for a shor... |
Sine waves bound in rectangles shaped into in prisms. Mass increases, position changes three times, and mass decreases. The prisms become rectangles and are either discarded or stored for later use. If that sounds exciting to you, you may have an exciting future in our field! We need as many able-bodied candidates as p... |
STORY
He awakes, covered in quite a thick layer of dust. Quite clearly suffering from some form of memory loss, this man begins to look around, eyes blurry, almost sticky in feeling. There's bodies around the town. The town is hot but cloudy, confusing him further. His last memory is that of America, talking to a fr... |
Sine waves bound in rectangles shaped into in prisms. Mass increases, position changes three times, and mass decreases. The prisms become rectangles and are either discarded or stored for later use. If that sounds exciting to you, you may have an exciting future in our field! We need as many able-bodied candidates as p... |
Who or what are we?
>! We are Brains! (I know this is far-fetched)
You need me. You need me in many ways. Yet, I'm slowly losing my family.
>! Off-course we need them and as you age the no of neurons decrease so its like losing family.
You can count on me as you always did!
>! We can take this literally as in ... |
I think it is
>! Trig functions
I am one of many siblings in a great family.
We are the most perfect of our race,
Because each of us has a clear worst enemy.
>! Worst enemies: Sine -> Cosecant, Cosine -> Secant and Tangent -> Cotangent. Perfect: describe a circle.
My foe - I know him well - is much li... |
Sine waves bound in rectangles shaped into in prisms. Mass increases, position changes three times, and mass decreases. The prisms become rectangles and are either discarded or stored for later use. *If that sounds exciting to you, you may have an exciting future in our field!* We need as many able-bodied candidates as... |
Sine waves bound in rectangles shaped into in prisms. Mass increases, position changes twice, and mass decreases. The prisms become rectangles and are either discarded or stored for later use. *If that sounds exciting to you, you may have an exciting future in our field!* We need as many able-bodied candidates as possi... |
The murderer is
>! You edited it to imply multiple murderers, so I guess it's all three? Peter P Anne = Peter Pan, a Disney movie character; Alice W Derland = Alice In Wonderland, also a Disney movie character; and Walt D Esnie is Walt Disney himself.
I chose options: Aggressive, Main Street, Clues 1, 3, 4, 6, an... |
STORY
He awakes, covered in quite a thick layer of dust. Quite clearly suffering from some form of memory loss, this man begins to look around, eyes blurry, almost sticky in feeling. There's bodies around the town. The town is hot but cloudy, confusing him further. His last memory is that of America, talking to a fr... |
I am one of many siblings in a great family. <br>
We are the most perfect of our race, <br>
Because each of us has a clear worst enemy. <br>
My foe - I know him well - is much like me, <br>
But we continually fight each other; <br>
We never hide our hatred for each other.
Wave at my eldest brother and he become... |
A party is being held at a local mansion. The host is very rich and her apparently miraculous success is entirely due to her famous recipe for spaghetti. A friend of yours gatecrashed one of the earlier parties and found where the recipe is hidden - in one of the many wardrobes in the host's bedroom - but he was caught... |
What am I? Can you figure it out? |
Is it the
>! union function?
I am one of many siblings in a great family.
>! Which would be set operation functions
We are the most perfect of our race, because each of us has a clear worst enemy.
>! Each union function has a corresponding intersection function
My foe - I know him well - is much like... |
This is the correct answer:
>! Tree(s)
*You need me. You need me in many ways. Yet, I'm slowly losing my family.*
>!Trees can be used as wood, paper, for fire, ...
*You can count on me as you always did!*
>!We can count on paper. Literally, write math on paper...
The sound of an explosion, transferred to... |
This is the correct answer:
>! Tree(s)
*You need me. You need me in many ways. Yet, I'm slowly losing my family.*
>!Trees can be used as wood, paper, for fire, ...
*You can count on me as you always did!*
>!We can count on paper. Literally, write math on paper...
The sound of an explosion, transferred ... |
This is the correct answer:
>! Tree(s)
*You need me. You need me in many ways. Yet, I'm slowly losing my family.*
>!Trees can be used as wood, paper, for fire, ...
*You can count on me as you always did!*
>!We can count on paper. Literally, write math on paper...
*The sound of an explosion, transferred... |
[Music to go along!](http://youtu.be/xeojFespmgc) The riddle is in the Film Noir style in the voice of a gruff PI. Read it aloud with the music for extra fun!
I sweated through my shirt waiting for a wrench jockey when a looker I had dealings with came through the door. She didn't seem phased by the heat or the smel... |
It claws at me. Ha! There is work to be done, but the pale lands have thorns growing from its roots. Work to be done, but my eyes cannot look away. Is a fish a trout? Can it swim to Prometheus? For, four, floor? More? Is the attempt a virtue and the vice failure or is the attempt an exercise in frivolity that the overs... |
Inspired by [Mosaic with tetris blocks][1] I was wondering if there were any generic algorithms to solve or show there was a solution to these types of problems (i.e. placing [polyominos][2] on a 2D board).
Breaking it down to the simplistic form of dominos, there's the classic puzzle of placing them a checkerboard ... |
Is it a
>! worm?
The first stanza fits, and the second stanza:
"In tapeworms I as well reside" could be wordplay since
>!"worm" is found in tape**worm**s, and a worm is "not quite" a tapeworm.
|
*Nonsensical abstraction high up in the army; <br>
The woman with the wheel fires the cannon. <br>
She's very fast but only in reverse gear. <br>
Certainly a terrorist, but how to prove it?*
What word am I getting at here?
**Hint for non-mathematicians:**
>! [Category Theory](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ab... |
*Nonsensical abstraction high up in the army; <br>
The woman with the wheel fires the cannon. <br>
She's very fast but only in reverse gear. <br>
Certainly a terrorist, but how to prove it?*
What word am I getting at here?
**Hint for non-mathematicians:**
>! First line: [Category Theory](http://en.wikipedia... |
You're sitting at home reading a magazine and you came across a cool article, but there's a misprint. Most of the page is blank. You can make out that it's someone plugging an autobiography from the scattered words that halfway made it onto the page, but you don't see a name. Can you tell who it is from the paragraph t... |
The autobiography of ___________? |
A room has n empty chairs in a row. You choose a chair and sit it in it. Now someone else comes in and sits as far away as possible from you or an arbitrary choice of furthest chair if there is more than one. This happens repeatedly with the rule that no two people can ever sit next to each other. It finishes when ther... |
Just for the record (but Leo's answer is much better), the answer I was looking for is:
>! [The Green Llama](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/14524/the-green-llama)
*My cousins have a lump or two, <br>
But I have none.*
>! The llama is closely related to the dromedary and Bactrian camels with one and two ... |
Sine waves bound in rectangles shaped into in prisms. Mass increases, position changes twice, and mass decreases. The prisms become rectangles and are either discarded or stored for later use. *If that sounds exciting to you, you may have an exciting future in our field!* We need as many able-bodied candidates as possi... |
A room has n empty chairs in a row. You choose a chair and sit it in it. Now someone else comes in and sits as far away as possible from you or an arbitrary choice of furthest chair if there is more than one. This happens repeatedly with the rule that no two people can ever sit next to each other. It finishes when ther... |
You have 12 coins which each weigh either 20 grams or 10 grams. Each is labelled so you can tell the coins apart. You have one weighing device as well. At each turn you can put as many coins as you like on the weighing device and it will tell you exactly how much they weigh.
What is the minimum number of weighings ... |
A room has n empty chairs in a row. You choose a chair and sit it in it. Now someone else comes in and sits as far away as possible from everyone in the room or an arbitrary choice of furthest chair if there is more than one. This happens repeatedly with the rule that no two people can ever sit next to each other. It f... |
I don't know who the person being referred to is, but since the question asks only "What poor decision is driving him mad?" my answer is:
>! He spent too much time on Puzzles SE.
The reason being:
First he says "It claws at me. Ha! There is work to be done, but the pale lands have thorns growing from its roots... |
You have 12 coins which each weigh either 20 grams or 10 grams. Each is labelled so you can tell the coins apart. You have one weighing device as well. At each turn you can put as many coins as you like on the weighing device and it will tell you exactly how much they weigh.
What is the minimum number of weighings ... |
You're sitting at home reading a magazine and you came across a cool article, but there's a misprint. Most of the page is blank. You can make out that it's someone plugging an autobiography from the scattered words that halfway made it onto the page, but you don't see a name. Can you tell who it is from the paragraph t... |
Let's pack copies of T hexomino and small rectangles to rectangle.
For example, I can pack copies of T hexomino and 1x1 rectangle into following rectangle:
![][1]
I can guarantee, that there exist solutions for T hexomino and following rectangles:
1x1,1x2,1x3,1x4,1x5,1x6,1x8,1x9,
2x2,2x3,2x4,2x5,2x6
#... |
A party is being held at a local mansion. The host is very rich and his success is because of one thing — his famous recipe for Spaghetti!<br/>
The only guests that may attend are people who correctly reply to the guard at the door.
Here's where you come in. You and a friend are trying to steal this recipe. You s... |
I'm a computer programmer trainer and sometimes I do some puzzle exercises with my students. Right now we did a checkers game and I would like to make them program to solve something with their checkers board. Do you know any interesting puzzle? |
Not fully reasoned out yet, but:
>! Quarter (coin)
<br />
Reasoning:
*A face for every stage*
>! It's always had a "heads" side(?)
*A fraction*
>! 1/4 of a dollar - supporting number 2 might relate to not being a full dollar as well?
*Fifty-six new roles over the next decade*
>! [The 50 state quarter... |
How about, as a suggestion:
- maximisation of possible jumps (i.e. "What is a position giving the highest possible number of jumps in one move?").
- And how many pieces are required to achieve this maximum (i.e. how many of each side)?
- Obviously, what is the number? |
Let's pack T hexominos and small rectangles to a bigger rectangle.
For example, I can pack T hexominos and 1x1 rectangles into the following rectangle:
![][1]
I can guarantee that there exist solutions for T hexominos and the following rectangles:
1x1,1x2,1x3,1x4,1x5,1x6,1x8,1x9,
2x2,2x3,2x4,2x5,2x6
#... |
Using a program, find a series of checkers turns that result in the original position, but with all kings, (use the regular setup of checkers in the start)
Use a program you made to find how many kings you can place on a checkers board where each king can legally capture exactly 2 pieces? Or is this even possible? |
Let's pack T hexominoes and small rectangles to a bigger rectangle.
For example, I can pack T hexominoes and 1x1 rectangles into the following rectangle:
![][1]
I can guarantee that there exist solutions for T hexominoes and the following rectangles:
1x1,1x2,1x3,1x4,1x5,1x6,1x8,1x9,
2x2,2x3,2x4,2x5,2x6
... |
Let's pack some T hexominoes and some small $a\times b$ rectangles to any bigger rectangle without holes and overlapping.
For example, I can pack $2$ T hexominoes and $8$ $1\times1$ rectangles into the $5\times4$ rectangle:
![][1]
I can guarantee that there exist solutions for T hexominoes and the following re... |
Let's pack some T hexominoes and some small $a\times b$ rectangles to any bigger rectangle without holes and overlapping.
For example, I can pack two T hexominoes and eight $1\times1$ rectangles into a $5\times4$ rectangle:
![][1]
I can guarantee that there exist solutions for T hexominoes and the following re... |
Heading down to the city of Thebes, you encounter a Sphinx who stops you in your journey and speaks to you. The Sphinx has a riddle for you: if you can solve it, she will let you pass; if you fail, she will devour you.
And this is the riddle the Sphinx has prepared for you:
> **If this was an answer, what would b... |
If this was an answer, what would be the question? |
OK, well first, it would be useful to calculate the dimensions of the cutters. The area of each cookie, square or triangular, is 10000 mm^2, or 100cm^2. That's easy enough for the square; the cutter is 10cm (100 mm) on a side. The triangle's a bit trickier; an equilateral triangle is basically two adjacent 30-60-90 tr... |
The first thing that comes to mind is
>!If this was the question, what would be the answer?
but that seems too easy |
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