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wu :: forums    riddles    easy (Moderators: towr, Grimbal, Icarus, ThudnBlunder, SMQ, Eigenray, william wu)    Hexidecimal « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: Hexidecimal  (Read 352 times) Viperdude619 Guest Hexidecimal   « on: Jan 9th, 2004, 5:08pm » Quote Modify Remove Assume you and dead people know the hexidecimal number system. How many people know the hexidecimal number system? IP Logged ThudnBlunder wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler The dewdrop slides into the shining Sea     Gender: Posts: 4489 Re: Hexidecimal   « Reply #1 on: Jan 9th, 2004, 11:11pm » Quote Modify Assuming that this is not a trick question, it depends on how far you want to go back.   For example, were Neanderthals people?   Anyway, I have seen estimates of 9 or 10 to 1 for the ratio of the dead to the living.         IP Logged THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH.....................................................................er, if that's all right with the rest of you. Sir Col Uberpuzzler impudens simia et macrologus profundus fabulae     Gender: Posts: 1825 Re: Hexidecimal   « Reply #2 on: Jan 11th, 2004, 3:55am » Quote Modify on Jan 9th, 2004, 11:11pm, THUDandBLUNDER wrote: Assuming that this is not a trick question I suspect it is, and it could be a trick question on two counts...   1. None. There is no such thing as hexidecimal, rather hexadecimal.   2. One. Dead people are not people, so 'you' is the only person. IP Logged mathschallenge.net / projecteuler.net LZJ Junior Member     Gender: Posts: 82 Re: Hexidecimal   « Reply #3 on: Jan 11th, 2004, 4:14am » Quote Modify Well, dead = 57005 in decimal form, so 1 + 57005 = 57006 people. IP Logged ThudnBlunder wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler The dewdrop slides into the shining Sea     Gender: Posts: 4489 Re: Hexidecimal   « Reply #4 on: Jan 11th, 2004, 4:56am » Quote Modify 'Hexidecimal' gets 35,100 hits on Google. I wonder which mis-spelling gets the most hits.   Quote: ...so 'you' is the only person As nobody knows 'hexidecimal', the answer should be zero.   IP Logged THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH.....................................................................er, if that's all right with the rest of you. Sir Col Uberpuzzler impudens simia et macrologus profundus fabulae     Gender: Posts: 1825 Re: Hexidecimal   « Reply #5 on: Jan 11th, 2004, 5:08am » Quote Modify Didn't I say that?     LZJ, what an 2766 answer! IP Logged mathschallenge.net / projecteuler.net NickH Senior Riddler     Gender: Posts: 341 Re: Hexidecimal   « Reply #6 on: Jan 28th, 2004, 12:33pm » Quote Modify An alternative formulation:   Q: If deaf people understand hexadecimal numbers, and two of them pass away, what can we say of their remaining number?   A: It's dead. IP Logged Nick's Mathematical Puzzles Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- riddles -----------------------------=> easy   - medium   - hard   - what am i   - what happened   - microsoft   - cs   - putnam exam (pure math)   - suggestions, help, and FAQ   - general problem-solving / chatting / whatever ----------------------------- general -----------------------------  - guestbook   - truth   - complex analysis   - wanted   - psychology   - chinese « Previous topic | Next topic »

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