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| Raijinili |
 Feb 2 2008, 06:21 AM
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Say that when you take pistachios, you take ten per handful, you eat the unshelled ones, take off the shells of the shelled ones, and drop the newly unshelled ones back into the bowl.
If you had a bowl of 100 shelled pistachios, how many grabs would it take to eat them all? ~~~  |
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| DustyHaru |
Mar 15 2010, 06:08 PM
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You need at least 20 grabs, since you pick up each pistachios twice (once to shell it and drop it, once to eat it).
It's at most 21 if an odd number persists. I just can't figure out how to explain it in a math way to be math. |
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Raijinili Math problem 83 or something Feb 2 2008, 06:21 AM
jcdietz03 after thinking about this for a bit...
isn't ... Feb 2 2008, 02:02 PM regruBgniK Who eats pistachios without the shell? Feb 2 2008, 04:47 PM Raijinili An example isn't a proof. Feb 2 2008, 10:16 PM
jcdietz03
An example isn't a proof.It's been too lo... Feb 2 2008, 11:17 PM Raijinili It's not true that there will be less than 10 ... Feb 3 2008, 09:05 PM jcdietz03 It is true. I meant to say "less than or equ... Feb 3 2008, 09:45 PM Raijinili I'm the one asking the question here. It's... Feb 8 2008, 11:53 PM jcdietz03 This is your claim:
It's not true that there w... Feb 10 2008, 12:56 AM Raij|Away That's right.
The < vs <= is a technica... Feb 11 2008, 12:27 PM DustyHaru Is that shelled, the past participle of 'to sh... Mar 26 2008, 07:29 PM Raijinili Shelled as in opposed to unshelled. I also specifi... Mar 27 2008, 05:02 AM Wally No one eats pistachios like that. The question is... Mar 27 2008, 10:09 PM Raijinili you moot Mar 29 2008, 03:16 AM DustyHaru BORED
Is it least number of grabs or most number ... Mar 2 2010, 12:49 AM aerozero Use the Tootsie Roll Pop Owl Method. Mar 2 2010, 01:35 AM DustyHaru "Due to the laws of probablity it could be an... Mar 2 2010, 01:57 AM Yuka You have no way of dictating how many shelled and ... Mar 2 2010, 05:23 PM Lloyd Seegymont the Rasier 42. Mar 2 2010, 05:38 PM Raij|Away If there are less than ten, you grab that many.
I... Mar 5 2010, 12:10 AM H. Tsukiyono Somewhere between 12 and 21 grabs. :V Mar 15 2010, 05:52 PM H. Tsukiyono I feel rather silly now. I diagrammed it wrong :V.... Mar 15 2010, 08:28 PM Shiokazu who fucking cares? the important thing is eating t... May 1 2010, 12:10 AM Elnendil Isn't there an equation for this? I'll se... May 1 2010, 03:39 AM Raijinili Every time I come back to this topic, I think, ... May 1 2010, 11:20 PM Elnendil
Every time I come back to this topic, I think, ... May 2 2010, 01:43 AM Shiokazu math is not meant for me, bring something easier. ... May 2 2010, 12:35 AM Raijinili You just missed the in-between case. In a case-by-... May 5 2010, 03:15 AM Elnendil I'll keep that in mind. May 6 2010, 03:31 AM |
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