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On February 22 2009 10:42 CharlieMurphy wrote:Show nested quote +On February 22 2009 10:39 SonuvBob wrote:On February 22 2009 10:14 CharlieMurphy wrote:On February 22 2009 09:49 pyrogenetix wrote:
so what was the answer to the cigarettes empty bottle kerosene lamp thing? you really don't even wanna know. It's ludicrous Post it anyway The man was a partial cripple who worked for a circus (which we can easily deduce from the tent reference). He was known as the world's shortest living adult (duh). Someone was cutting short pieces from the end of his walking cane (which we don't even know he used). Consequently, he thought he was starting to grow and would eventually lose not only his notoriety but also his job (so not only can this guy not read, but he can't tell if he's short in comparison to every other thing in his life).
dang, I was so close.
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the two sums are the same? shouldn't there be zeros behind the numbers on the right?
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they're the same aren't they? Assuming we're actually adding them down each column.
Just have to realize that 1 9 is the same as 9 1's, and 2 8's is the same as 8 2's...etc.
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I think they placed it that way in order for you to be able to 'see' the answer even if you suck at math.
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Is the positioning of the right sum supposed to indicate place holding zeros that were omitted? Unless that is the case this doesn't seem like much of a question. :x
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I just added the right side and got 137174205
and 1083676269 on the left
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but yea, the placeholders are the key here. because if you just look at the columns they are equal on both sides 9 only on left 1st colum in row 1, then on the right side you have a 1 in each row on column 1 which equals 9 and so on.
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On February 22 2009 11:02 x89titan wrote:
i knew it was the right side
lol but then u would be wrong in any case. its over 1 billion on the left..
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On February 22 2009 11:03 CharlieMurphy wrote:lol but then u would be wrong in any case. its over 1 billion on the left..
u tricked me. u dint put commas
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Well... if no one else is gonna say it, I'll say the left one since to most sane people they add up to much more than the right side.
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On February 22 2009 11:04 x89titan wrote:Show nested quote +On February 22 2009 11:03 CharlieMurphy wrote:On February 22 2009 11:02 x89titan wrote:
i knew it was the right side lol but then u would be wrong in any case. its over 1 billion on the left.. u tricked me. u dint put commas
lol, you tricked me, you didn't type english.
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it would be the same
edit: unless the numbers are actually what they are. in which case it would be the left side
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Hey, I've got dibs on the obvious answer. :p
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The only hard thing about that riddle is the internal uncertainty. Obvious answer, easy.
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the left one because the numbers on the left should be pushed to the right
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If the columns are supposed to be added the way they're lined up, they would add up to be the same.
If they messed with the rows and you're just supposed to add the numbers together, the left one will be larger.
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Hm spaces are not the same as zeros (although i think they used to just write 3 21 for 3021 before they made up a specific sign for the zero). Numbers on the left side are all bigger, so left side.
Hey, spelling check tells me it's heroes, but not zeroes, but zeros. Ridiculous.
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Use a better dictionary, one that uses proper English.
People tend to call it British English though. 
But it seems like both zeros and zeroes are correct.
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EPT
