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(Message started by: diemert on Nov 16^th, 2009, 4:36am)

Title: Impossible Question
Post by diemert on Nov 16^th, 2009, 4:36am

(X•X)+i=26
What is the maxinum variable for (i)

Title: Re: Impossible Question
Post by SMQ on Nov 16^th, 2009, 4:48am

(mod note: no need to double post, especially not to "hard" and "what am i"...)

Well, assuming http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/YaBBImages/symbols/cdot.gif is standard multiplication and X is a free real variable, clearly [hide]the maximum i is 26[/hide], but I'm guessing that's not the intended interpretation of this riddle as it's just a bit too straightforward.

--SMQ

Title: Re: Impossible Question
Post by diemert on Nov 16^th, 2009, 11:57am

well yes it very straight forward but i cannot see your answer but truelly i found the answer today after i posted it this morning the answer woud be i=26 because the X could be 0

Title: Re: Impossible Question
Post by towr on Nov 16^th, 2009, 12:15pm

on 11/16/09 at 11:57:09, diemert wrote:

but i cannot see your answer

Just select the text in the orange box, or all text (ctrl-a).

Title: Re: Impossible Question
Post by diemert on Nov 16^th, 2009, 2:52pm

thats kkol thanx

Title: Re: Impossible Question
Post by diemert on Nov 19^th, 2009, 2:30pm

actually its something like i=1/2n

Title: Re: Impossible Question
Post by towr on Nov 19^th, 2009, 3:05pm

on 11/19/09 at 14:30:47, diemert wrote:

actually its something like i=1/2n

And what might n be? There is no mention of it in the opening post.

Title: Re: Impossible Question
Post by diemert on Nov 20^th, 2009, 2:26pm

it wasnt me who actually started the question but my friend (who made it) also saw i posted it and he told me during 2nd that it was i=1/2n i dont understand how it works either

Title: Re: Impossible Question
Post by diemert on Nov 21^st, 2009, 11:02am

IT HAD SOMIN TO DO WITH "MAXINUM VALUE"

Title: Re: Impossible Question
Post by ThudanBlunder on Nov 21^st, 2009, 1:09pm

on 11/20/09 at 14:26:36, diemert wrote:

i dont understand how it works either

If you don't know the question, why should you expect us to know the answer?

Title: Re: Impossible Question
Post by ephyzy on Mar 26^th, 2010, 12:18am

on 11/16/09 at 04:36:07, diemert wrote:

(X•X)+i=26
What is the maxinum variable for (i)

Maybe that's the problem. You guys were evaluating the maximum rather than the maxinum i.e. a hybrid of maximum and minimum.

Maybe that's why the answer is i=1/2n ;D ;D ;)

Title: Re: Impossible Question
Post by 0.999... on Mar 26^th, 2010, 9:47am

^ Hence the reason why the riddle is "impossible"