Frontal Lobe Fun
Saira Mohan - November 28, 2007
The top two scales are in perfect balance. How many diamonds will be needed to balance the bottom set?
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Posted by Saira Mohan at November 28, 2007 04:32 AM
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1. Posted by
rajk
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November 28, 2007 07:54 AM
rajk,
: )
2. Posted by
Saira Mohan
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November 28, 2007 08:47 AM
Saira, it's hilarious how simple it is, though it has the potential to mess with your mind.
3. Posted by
rajk
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November 28, 2007 08:52 AM
Because I'm a nerd, here's the algebra:
d = diamond
s = spade
c = club
d + 3s = 2c
3d + 2s = 3c
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4d + 5s = 5c
and the last equation is:
5s + xd = 5c, solve for x
...it's already obvious from the sum of the 1st 2 equations... so the answer is 4 diamonds.
4. Posted by
FreeHand
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November 28, 2007 09:00 AM
There can be no more diamonds than already in the picture, I believe!
5. Posted by
Edmund
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November 28, 2007 10:49 AM
Slager,
I don't even know what is meant by fronal lobe consciousness. Anyway, I don't think it's a big deal to approach what looks like math problem with algebra. But to your point, trying to determine the meaning of life, the universe, and everything using math/logic is pretty laughable. Douglas Adams wrote a novel about a computer which was posed the Ultimate Question. After working on the problem for 7.5 million years the computer came back with the answer... 42. Hilarious.
6. Posted by
FreeHand
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November 28, 2007 11:42 AM
so what sthe final answer. Mathematically it looks like 4, but is there a catch.
7. Posted by
Vijay Sappani
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November 29, 2007 12:23 PM
Saira,
Do you really derive fun from this?
You seem to be a complicated, complex
configuration of opposites.
Todd
8. Posted by
level7
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November 29, 2007 12:33 PM
Slager,
The puzzle works your executive functions in your frontal lobes by using your pattern recognition, hypothesis testing, and logic.
9. Posted by
Saira Mohan
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November 30, 2007 02:56 AM
Slager,
Ain't no brain surgeon... but am I incorrect? If so, just say so and say why.
s
10. Posted by
Saira Mohan
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November 30, 2007 03:19 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_system
11. Posted by
Saira Mohan
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November 30, 2007 03:28 AM
It is true. Slager, surgical data? there is no data to prove half the medical things, but we know for sure how it works, but dont know why. Saira is right.
12. Posted by
Vijay Sappani
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November 30, 2007 04:26 AM
waylay,
Couldn't this be said as well..."Saira Mohan's brief interpretation was flippant and close enough"?
13. Posted by
Saira Mohan
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November 30, 2007 05:29 AM
no worries waylay,
I have been up all night writing an AIDS speech. Swimming in facts and statistics that make all of this seem somewhat unimportant.
s
14. Posted by
Saira Mohan
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November 30, 2007 05:44 AM
Slager and Hindu sages seem to have it right.
15. Posted by
Saira Mohan
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November 30, 2007 10:47 AM
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Saira Mohan commented on Frontal Lobe Fun
Slager and Hindu sages seem to have it right.
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Saira Mohan commented on Frontal Lobe Fun
no worries waylay,
I have been up all nig -
Saira Mohan commented on Frontal Lobe Fun
waylay,
Couldn't this be said as well..." -
Vijay Sappani commented on Frontal Lobe Fun
It is true. Slager, surgical data? there is no
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_system
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