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• May 13, 2006

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this made programming look alot easier to me
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sorry, didn't go through 1st time

 

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There must be some instructions that you haven't told us.

I see a lot more than 7 unknowns for 7 equations. The last purple square with a border hasn't previously been defined unless it is some how related to the other purple squares and the triangle with a border. Some of the differences in the symbols must not be significant.

 

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hint: dimension is irrelevant...assume all is 2-d...figure out the greens and reds first...and then figure out what the borders mean

 

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This should be solvable without further information.

The Red Squares, Small White Triangles, Green Circles, and Smaller Outside Triangle were quite easy to solve with a few minutes of working with Excel.

The outside borders are the key...

 

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I got no clue! I always thought I was mentally challenged now I know.

What is this kind of puzzle called?

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The answer is 42.

 

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gphillips said:

The answer is 42.

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Well thanks a lot....I almost had it.

 

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geniusintraining said:

gphillips said:

The answer is 42.

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Well thanks a lot....I almost had it.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Answer_to_Life,_the_Universe,_and_Everything

 

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Well, of course the answer is 42.

What else could it be???

 

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ohh yeah...uhhh 233 is the answer...but i am somehow convinced that it may be 42 as well...thanks for the alternative approach to solving such equations guys...

 

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So I was cleaning out my old thread subscriptions and ran across this one. Any thoughts?

 

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TWControls said:

So I was cleaning out my old thread subscriptions and ran across this one. Any thoughts?

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Yes, the larger symbol and the smaller symbols are like 10s and 1s. There are more different symbols that equations. There must be a relationship between green dots of different size, triangles of different size, etc.

 

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I'll have to print it out and see what I can figure out