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Japanrocks12
tired of being a man
this is incredibly easy but ill send it anyway...
A man has a wolf, a goat and several blades of grass with him
The wolf is eager to dine on the goat, and the goat feels the same way about the grass.
If he lives on one side of a river, and has a boat that can only fit him and one other animal(or plant) then how does he get all of them across the river?
A man has a wolf, a goat and several blades of grass with him
The wolf is eager to dine on the goat, and the goat feels the same way about the grass.
If he lives on one side of a river, and has a boat that can only fit him and one other animal(or plant) then how does he get all of them across the river?
Judge_Deadd
No, I'm not back
Wolves don't eat grass...
the first one that the man will carry on the second bank will be goat...
now think further...
the first one that the man will carry on the second bank will be goat...
now think further...
G-Man
A One Man's War
He moves the goat to the other side (side B for this matter)
He returns to side A and takes the wolf.
He moves the wolf to side B, puts it there and takes the goat back to side A.
He puts the goat in side A and takes the grass to side B.
He returns to side A, takes the goat and puts it in side B.
He returns to side A and takes the wolf.
He moves the wolf to side B, puts it there and takes the goat back to side A.
He puts the goat in side A and takes the grass to side B.
He returns to side A, takes the goat and puts it in side B.
No, I said the velocity could be zero, not is zero. You have to make up a plan that works with any velocity. Besides, if you started at a point and kept on moving to the left, the sub might have started to the right of the starting point, and have a positive velocity or velocity of zero.
Japanrocks12
tired of being a man
G man 
G-Man
A One Man's War
Originally posted by Japanrocks12
G man
Thanx
It was an easy one really. I wonder what's the solution to WillJ's riddle. At first I though you should just shoot along the line of movement but realized it doesn't fit the rules and I didn't have a breakthrough since...
Mm - tricky cos you can shoot a number and have the sub move into it later.
Thats why I asked it vel could be positive or nagative. You cant be sure of whether its left or right of you.
Mm - sounds a bit like a maths probelm involving integers. Need two functions that guarantee to cross.
Time for a longer think.
Thats why I asked it vel could be positive or nagative. You cant be sure of whether its left or right of you.
Mm - sounds a bit like a maths probelm involving integers. Need two functions that guarantee to cross.
Time for a longer think.
Judge_Deadd
No, I'm not back
The general of U. S. army heard about infantry moving into his territory, so he sent a column of tanks. Then he got a message from the column, that this infantry is wielding only spears and they don't have any armor. The intrigued general then heard sounds of combat, shots, slashes... and later he heard that all tanks were gone.
HOW WAS THAT POSSIBLE?????
HOW WAS THAT POSSIBLE?????
In Civ3, of course!
Judge_Deadd
No, I'm not back
eeeh... I knew that you'll guess it...
G-Man
A One Man's War
Let's see...
x = v*t
Now what function could guarantee to cross this when t is a whole number?
yeah - but thats not the function
x=x0 + v*t ( t>=0 only )
You could just blast at one square and wait if it were x=v*t but that wont work here because it could be moving away from you.
x=x0 + v*t ( t>=0 only )
You could just blast at one square and wait if it were x=v*t but that wont work here because it could be moving away from you.
G-Man
A One Man's War
I assumed X0 was the unknown starting point. Also, if V!=1 blasting one square doesn't assure a hit (remember the submarine moves in a straight line, but the torpedos are dots along a certain function)
Stefan Haertel
Title
I know this would be risky, but I'm a risk taker.
If the enemy sub always moves on this one line, perhaps getting on that same line would help.
If the enemy sub always moves on this one line, perhaps getting on that same line would help.
G-Man
A One Man's War
That's what I thought, but according to the rules of the riddle it isn't so, as you shoot the torpedo at a certain point and it's a hit only if the sub is in that point. Whatever the torpedo hits on the way to that point doesn't matter.
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