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Posted: 12/28/2008 8:29:22 AM | At 6 legs a flea , this could seriously effect the total.
fleas have mites...
I agree; that mite seriously affect the total. | |
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Posted: 12/28/2008 10:33:38 AM | (NoOfGirls * LegsPerGirl) + (BackPacksPerGirl * (BigCatsPerBackPack * LegsPerBigcat)) + (NoOfGirls + (BackPacksPerGirl * BigCatsPerBackPack) * (SmallCatsPerBigCat * LegsPerSmallCat))
(NoOfGirls * LegsPerGirl) +
(BackPacksPerGirl * (BigCatsPerBackPack * LegsPerBigcat)) +
(NoOfGirls * (BackPacksPerGirl * BigCatsPerBackPack) * (SmallCatsPerBigCat * LegsPerSmallCat))
(14) +
7* ( 7* ( 7* 4) ) +
7* ( 7* 7) * ( 7* 4) )
14 +
7* ( 7* ( 28) ) +
7* ( 49) * ( 28) )
14 +
7* ( 196 ) +
7* ( 1372 )
14 +
1372 +
9604
=10990 | |
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Posted: 12/28/2008 10:36:05 AM | Well, I don't know where I went wrong, but dammit, I really hate Math!!!
OP, were you right, or was the other parent you were arguing with right??? | |
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Posted: 12/28/2008 10:38:34 AM | ~ sings~ and the mite on the flea, and the flea on the cat and that cat in the bag and the bag on the girl and the girl in the bus and the bus on the road and the road down in the valley OH,............Hi Ho the rattling bus that bus down in the valley oh,.....
wait!!! who let the cat out of the bag? | |
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Posted: 12/28/2008 10:39:19 AM | Slight error in previous post
(NoOfGirls * LegsPerGirl) + (BackPacksPerGirl * (BigCatsPerBackPack * LegsPerBigcat)) + (NoOfGirls * (BackPacksPerGirl * BigCatsPerBackPack) * (SmallCatsPerBigCat * LegsPerSmallCat))
(NoOfGirls * LegsPerGirl) +
(BackPacksPerGirl * (BigCatsPerBackPack * LegsPerBigcat)) +
(NoOfGirls * (BackPacksPerGirl * BigCatsPerBackPack) * (SmallCatsPerBigCat * LegsPerSmallCat))
(14) +
7* ( 7* ( 7* 4) ) +
7* ( 7* 7) * ( 7* 4) )
14 +
7* ( 7* ( 28) ) +
7* ( 49) * ( 28) )
14 +
7* ( 196 ) +
7* ( 1372 )
14 +
1372 +
9604
=10990 | |
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Posted: 12/29/2008 5:45:02 AM | 10990 is correct.
(Note: I know that I am right, because I have a master's in math.) | |
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Posted: 12/29/2008 7:58:55 AM | 10990 is one correct answer. The second correct answer is 14.
OP in her openning statement says" there are 7 girls in a bus"..." and each girl has 7 back packs. [with her in the bus] was never stated.
It would be anologous to saying, there are 7 girls in a bus, each girl has 7 houses...does that mean the girls have the houses with them on the bus?
Im sorry Im on vacation...Im already bored. | |
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Posted: 12/29/2008 10:49:37 AM |
OP in her openning statement says" there are 7 girls in a bus"..." and each girl has 7 back packs. [with her in the bus] was never stated.
That's what I was thinking too, as soon as I read the question. Adding up the legs of all the cats in the backpacks might be moot, since it was only assumed that the backpacks were on the bus with the girls. And there was also no mention of a driver. He might be off having a break. Or maybe he abandoned the bus. And who knows how many girls might be missing legs? Oh, the possibilities.... | |
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Posted: 12/29/2008 11:11:37 AM | | On Christmas I saw a gal with one leg on crutches begging by the highway. She had a cardboard sign that said "On My Last Leg". Austin is like that. | |
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Posted: 12/29/2008 5:28:08 PM | | Where it says, "For every big cat there are 7 little cats"... wouldn't those 7 cats be left out of the equation because it doesn't say they're on the bus? | |
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Posted: 12/30/2008 6:39:02 PM |
On Christmas I saw a gal with one leg on crutches begging by the highway. She had a cardboard sign that said "On My Last Leg". Austin is like that.
BUT did she have a backpack?
Did all of those girls have bus passes? maybe the busdriver kicked one off? did she leave her backpack(s)? or remember to take them in the turmoil?
Oh the trials of bored minds. | |
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Posted: 12/30/2008 9:07:04 PM | I had a heck of a time figuring it out. I kept coming up with 1582. Finally I realized each girl had 7 backpacks and that changed the entire answer. Which is 10,990.
Thanks for your help everyone! | |
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Posted: 12/31/2008 7:41:26 AM | I don't know the answer to this one, but it reminds me of one I heard as a kid.
I met a man on the way to St. Ives.
The man had 7 wives.
Each wife had 7 sacks.
Each sack had 7 cats.
Each cat had 7 kittens.
Kittens, cats, sacks, wives.
How many were going to St. Ives?
Answer: 1 | |
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Posted: 12/31/2008 8:51:27 AM | | how do you know it's only one? it never said that the man and his entourage weren't going in that direction or there too... do we have to assume they weren't? | |
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