I wonder a shorter solution for Robozzle puzzle number 132, "Split."
Puzzle is shown below. I have solved it but I'm wondering shorter solution for this and there many exist.
Basically, the rocket has to collect stars.
You give certain commands to the rocket and it obeys them. The less command, ...
Today, I was in Rome for a vacation. The most peculiar thing happened. A gnome walked up to me. Uttering no words, it handed me a slip of paper.
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 5, 5, 5, 9, 4, ?
Naturally, I was confused. I tried to solve it, but I couldn't. What number is ??
The gnome came up to me again, a...
@Jafe Apparently the International Conference on Building Energy and Environment is called the COBEE. And those can also be entertaining… if you're into that sort of thing… maybe.
You are at a crossroad where there are two guards. One road goes to hell, the other to paradise. The guards only answer questions and only by Yes or No. One always lies, the other always tells the truth (but you ignore which). You are allowed to ask only one question to decide which road to take....
Once upon a time, there was a curious mathematician named Friedrich. One day, while exploring a new area of mathematics, he stumbled upon an intriguing sequence of numbers:
0, 1, 2, 2, 4, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7...
Friedrich was determined to figure out how this seque...
Consider a Euclidean plane. Draw points O and S. Put I between them so that half the distance between O and I is the distance between O and the point one-third of the way from O to S. Say that S and I are one bloit apart. Now put D as far from O as S is from the point between I and O, so that the...
What is the area of the smallest rectangle that can fit 10 rectangles with areas 1 to 10, inclusive?
Today, I was in Rome for a vacation. The most peculiar thing happened. A gnome walked up to me. Uttering no words, it handed me a slip of paper.
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 5, 5, 5, 9, 4, ?
Naturally, I was confused. I tried to solve it, but I couldn't. What number is ??
The gnome came up to me again, a...
Charles Lutwidge Dogdson, a.k.a. Lewis Carroll, is famous for his “ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.”
He was born on January 27, 1832.
Can anyone solve just 1 of the 5 remaining penciled entries? Create all the integers 1-100, using 1 5 5 7 each time.
