Riddler's Gauntlet-reloaded

[2nd gen noob]

Originally posted by dlingeverything@29 June 2003 - 20:31
can u rephrase?

how can u have 3 piles in 8 rows?

pile = stack of coins piled on top of each other

row = coins just laid out along a surface, in 2-d with respect to surface

[tite-wad]

I don't understand the question either noob...

Wouldn't "3 piles of pennies in 8 rows" look more-or-less like this from above?

OOO
OOO
OOO
OOO
OOO
OOO
OOO
OOO

How is that "a square with nothing in the middle"?

[Illuminati]

Good to hear from you tite-wad - Haven't heard from you in a while

Now that I'm looking at the problem, I'm puzzled myself - It looks like the coins are breaking several laws of physics

[dlingeverything]

piles of 3 or 3 piles?

If you looked at it 2d u wud only see this than:

O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O

A row goes across: ------------------------

Column goes down:
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[2nd gen noob]

sorry, i just read it back and it doesn't make a lot of sense unless you know the answer or have seen the working.
i'll explain it more clearly.

you have to make a set of piles (stacks) and rows (lines) of coins such that the total number of coins in each row is 9

for example, if you have coins like this:

3 4 2

where 3 means a pile of 3 coins, 4 means a pile of 4 coins and so on

does this explain it enough?

[tite-wad]

Originally posted by 2nd gen noob@29 June 2003 - 11:51
A guy has to a cross a river filled with man eating animals, by climbing a bridge to get to a princess with whom he wants to stay for the rest of his life. but on the bridge is a guard who will chase him back as soon as he is spotted. the guard sleeps for 5mins and watches for 10mins and the guy can cross the bridge in 7 mins. How can he ever get to the princess at the top of the bridge without being spotted.

Again, the wording is a little confusing...

You say, "by climbing a bridge"

I've never encountered a bridge that required climbing - only crossing.

But based on the premise that he must cross "without being spotted" and not merely cross without being caught by the guard, I guess he would need to begin at the moment the guard falls asleep - move to the underneath side just before the guard awakens and then hang there for 10 minutes - and resume crossing once the guard falls asleep again.

Or he could possibly make the entire trek on the underneath side (which would require great upper-body strength).

Both of those answers would be providing of course that the "man eating animals" can't reach the underside of the bridge.

[2nd gen noob]

Originally posted by tite-wad@29 June 2003 - 21:25
I guess he would need to begin at the moment the guard falls asleep - move to the underneath side just before the guard awakens and then hang there for 10 minutes - and resume crossing once the guard falls asleep again.

Or he could possibly make the entire trek on the underneath side (which would require great upper-body strength).

both these are listed as possible answers

i'm sorry for the wording, but i "borrowed" these from an internet page and didn't want to change any words unless there was a dispute...

[dlingeverything]

Originally posted by 2nd gen noob@29 June 2003 - 14:23
sorry, i just read it back and it doesn't make a lot of sense unless you know the answer or have seen the working.
i'll explain it more clearly.

you have to make a set of piles (stacks) and rows (lines) of coins such that the total number of coins in each row is 9

for example, if you have coins like this:

3 4 2

where 3 means a pile of 3 coins, 4 means a pile of 4 coins and so on

does this explain it enough?

Ok i understand better but,
i still dont understand how the first time it comes to a square

and are we supposed to make the square one
and the one with 28? or just the latter

[2nd gen noob]

this riddle is causing far too much confusion.
it's totally my fault, i never foresaw it being a problem.
i'm just gonna paste in the answer in 5 minutes unless anyone doesn't want it...

[tite-wad]

This kinda works!

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Look closely...

It sorta looks like the word NINE





Edit: typo