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Q: card(N) != card(N)

JimThe link below connects to a proof with an error in it. Identify the step(s) where the error occurs, and describe why the step(s) is/are wrong. Proof containing error Problem will require knowledge of set theory. I'm not sure this is the correct place to post this; it would have gone into rec.puz...

 
1:35 AM
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Q: How to solve the attached sudoku?

user2543622Please explain the logic. I am not trying to solve it using trial and error or using any software. I am just looking for the next step. This sudoku is from apple 'Sudoku King' app.

 
1:58 AM
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Q: Grids with tiles of two colors and connectors

Vassilis Parassidis Make a square grid with an even side. Make a continuous trail which passes through all small squares; the trail ends where it started. Where there is an angle you can put a red or a blue tile. On the small squares with no tiles place connectors to ensure the continuity of the trail remains i...

 
2:46 AM
Requesting close-votes as "mathematics problem not puzzle" here; I would myself but I accidentally chose the "lacking attribution" close reason and only realized the error once I had voted. So I have retracted, but I cannot vote again.
 
3:37 AM
Seems like a fine puzzle to me. It's a puzzle about mathematics, but still could be puzzly enough to stay.
 
Huh, the impression I got from the comments was that it just required knowing a math thing
 
the commenters are wrong - that's not the error
they were confused by the notation
 
I defer to your greater mathematics knowledge
 
i believe i know what the actual error is, though i don't have the time at the moment to write it up (because i'm doing actual math homework)
 
 
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4:52 AM
as expected, someone just posted today's "daily challenge" (screenshot with "please solve this for me")
i suspect this will be a daily occurrence from now on
 
ughhhhhh
 
you know it's bad when deus puts a six-h ugh in the cat
 
or the chat
 
damn keyboard
 
that was just a zero-h "chat"
 
5:05 AM
yeah i'm not going to edit that
but honestly. autocorrect is stupid sometimes
 
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Q: Your typical math sequence

IsaacRoan Sison 1, 2, 16, 4, 16, 16, 52, ?, 52, 16, 52, ?, 40, 52, ? What are these question marks? a) 8, 16, 160 b) 16, 8, 190 c) 52, 16, 160 d) 8, 25, 90 e) Impossible to determine

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Q: Difficult question .. Plzzzz solve this question

Hammad Shaikh It's question image plzz answer this question Very difficult question

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Q: prove/disprove that B and C have a sound strategy

Hemant AgarwalSource : I created the question below while trying to find an answer to this question A, B and C are about to play a game. There are thirteen numbers from 1 to 13 . 'A' will choose 2 different numbers from these 13 numbers and tell them to B. B needs to then call out any one number from 1 to 13 b...

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Q: The shortest puzzle (part 2)

IsaacRoan SisonYou see a scrawled message on your table: ....................!?.?...?.......?...............?....................?.?.?.?.!!?!.?.?.?!.................!.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...........!. Question: What is the 4-letter "word" hidden in this sentence? Hint 1:

 
5:34 AM
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Q: Finding the root of a basic sequence

BubblerThe sequence starts with the following: a1 = 1, a2 = 2, a3 = 5, a4 = 4, a5 = 6, a6 = 10, a7 = 9, a8 = 8, a9 = 21, a10 = 12, a11 = 13, a12 = 20, a13 = 33, a14 = 15, a15 = 42, a16 = 16, a17 = 19, a18 = 63, a19 = 34, a20 = 24, ... Identify the rule of this sequence and the next five terms. The same...

 
HTM
6:00 AM
Regarding the C4: The only 8-letter queen written by Haggard I could find is Nyleptha, from this novel of his. I strongly suspect the definition is actually "beau," but I haven't been able to parse the wordplay
A MACARONI is an attractive young man, and it contains ON = "about" and I = "current," but I can't get the rest of the wordplay to work
 
HTM
6:27 AM
(BTW, I'm still trying to construct HNQCCs, will share some once I've got enough I'm satisfied with)
 
6:49 AM
I now commented on puzzles from Isaac 3x in a row telling them why I think they need improvement. It 1) doesn't seem to do anything, since the user made another puzzle with the exact same mechanism we criticised and 2) I probably just come off as a hater or something at this point, lol :)
 
HTM
7:01 AM
I can't see their most recent posts, but I know what you're talking about. They definitely seem eager to contribute to the site though, so I think it would be good to provide resources for creating good puzzles (I know there's a question about that right here on PSE) as well as examples of good cipher, pattern, etc. puzzles to model off of
(If you've already done that - I can't access PSE rn - then hopefully they'll respond to the feedback and come back with better stuff!)
Also, you can't be a HATER without some HEART :)
 
Good idea, I linked them to our sequence puzzle guide but to nothing else so far. BTW, if you don't mind me asking, why can't you access PSE? Did your workplace block it?
 
HTM
@LukasRotter I set the limit myself, PSE is one of my major timewasters currently
Like I would be on the site just mindlessly refreshing and reading my past questions for no good reason
So I've decided that I have to restrict when I can be on here, otherwise I won't be able to get any productive work done
 
7:43 AM
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Q: Mathematics based question

Hammad ShaikhVani meam has three Tatva books, one for chemistry, physics and biology. The chemistry book had 120 pages, the physics book has 10% more pages and the biology book has 10% fewer pages. In a class, she went through 2.5%, 25% and 50% of the pages in the chemistry, physics and blology books respecti...

 
8:09 AM
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Q: How many two wheelers did Tommy served?

MeowsticTommy has an automobile repair service, which caters to four-wheelers and two-wheelers. In the first week of April, Jimmy repaired 120 tyres and 58 engines. How many two-wheelers did he serve in that week? The 58 engines implies that 58 vehicles were repaired but should we consider that they were...

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Q: Which die should you choose?

Dmitry KamenetskyYou are playing a game with dice. You have a grid with 13 cells shown below. A token starts in the left-most cell (start). Each turn you roll an $n$-sided die and get a number $x$ between $1$ and $n$, inclusive. If you can move the token $x$ cells to the right without going outside the grid then ...

 
 
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9:55 AM
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Q: What is the highest number of times he will have to try to get back his secret pin?

MeowsticGolam had a secret vault in a secret treasure land. To enter the magical vault, he has to enter a secret pin, which was made of four digits from 0 to 9. As time passed, Golam went to his secret vault lesser. And one fine day, when he went to the vault, he couldn't enter the vault. He realized tha...

 
10:42 AM
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Q: How many journeys to take?

MeowsticIn a large orchard, there are three kinds of bees, Bumblebees, Dumbbell bees, and Humble bees. 4 Dumbbell bees can carry as much nectar as 7 Humble bees. 3 Bumblebees can carry as much nectar as 2 Dumbbell bees and 1 Humble bee combined. If 7 Bumblebees, 15 Dumbbell bees, and 4 Humble bees each v...

 
11:12 AM
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Q: Todays best question

Indu MishraIn the kingdom of underwaters, there was a game that all the nymphs liked to play. In four chests, four different coins gold, Silver, Copper and Bronze were kept in the underwater fountains. One day, 123 nymphs came to play 'Guess what's in which box?' While all the 123 nymphs were done guessing,...

 
12:11 PM
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Q: Best question to solve...try this out

Indu MishraIn four chests, four different coins gold, Silver, Copper and Bronze were kept in the underwater fountains. One day, 123 nymphs came to play 'Guess what's in which box?' While all the 123 nymphs were done guessing, the officials opened the box to check who all got what all correct. 43 nymphs coul...

 
 
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2:02 PM
PSE seems to have been discovered by students using www.vedantu.com, an Indian online learning platform. I think the last four questions here are all from there, as are several other recent ones. I expect everyone here in TSL is already well aware, but just in case: When you see people trying to get us to do their homework for them, please don't comply.
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Should "no attribution" be prioritized over "duplicate" as a close reason?
As linking to a duplicate does give them an answer
 
2:17 PM
Oh, that's probably a good thought.
(Though in some cases the duplicate question has itself been closed for want of attribution, without an answer.)
 
In that case only a mod could close. Us lowly community members can only dupe-close if the dupe target has upvoted or accepted answers.
Should I add an answer about "no attribution > duplicate" to your meta question?
I've ben thinking over a few other answers for a while, including encouraging quicker closing of questions by just telling people to not worry about the consequences of closing (because we can always reopen etc.), and strongly discouraging answers by commenting and/or downvoting (this proposal seems much more potentially disagreeable)
@bobble *I've been
 
 
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3:45 PM
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Q: hat is the highest number of times he will have to try to get back his secret pin?

MeowsticGolam had a secret vault in a secret treasure land. To enter the magical vault, he has to enter a secret pin, which was made of four digits from 0 to 9. As time passed, Golam went to his secret vault lesser. And one fine day, when he went to the vault, he couldn't enter the vault. He realized tha...

 
 
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HTM
5:25 PM
@GarethMcCaughan Should we tell Vedantu about this? I would imagine they don't want their students cheating like this
 
What could they actually do about it?
I'm not 100% clear whether it's actually their students or whether these questions are something to do with the "V.O.T.E.", the Vedantu Online Talent Exam, which I think is separate. The next V.O.T.E, the last one for the year IIUC, is three days from now, which seems rather soon even if somehow they could do something.
 
HTM
I think it would be better for them to be aware about this than not, just in case something like this happens again in the future
They don't necessarily have to do anything, they just have to reaffirm that they don't want their questions being shared on the Internet, or that they don't want students cheating on their homework, or whatever policy they want to adopt
I know on Math.SE, whenever there's an active contest, sometimes there will be a call to watch out for questions on that contest
Perhaps we can do something similar here on PSE
 
6:33 PM
Well, I sent 'em an email.
(We don't have much concrete evidence that all the recent flurry of obvious cheating attempts are on Vedantu questions. But we suspect that's what they are, and we know that some recent obvious cheating attempts are on Vedantu questions.)
 
HTM
Cool, let's see if our suspicions are right...
 
Sid
7:20 PM
@HTM but it's not like they can do much about it.
 
HTM
7:32 PM
2 hours ago, by HTM
They don't necessarily have to do anything, they just have to reaffirm that they don't want their questions being shared on the Internet, or that they don't want students cheating on their homework, or whatever policy they want to adopt
 
7:54 PM
Any way we can all get a heads-up each day as to which question text to look out for?! ;-)
 

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