Max Wanadoo
max.wanadoo at gmail.com
Mon Apr 26 01:59:16 CDT 2010
No need. Clean as a whistle. Min # with all 4 is 1. Max # with all 4 is 75 Max # with diff(least + most) is 55 QED Just suffle these up and down the line and you will see. X=injury 0 = no injury. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 000000000000000xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 000000000000000xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx0000000000 0000000000xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx0000000000 Max -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of William Hindman Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 3:10 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Friday Puzzles ...did you wipe that carefully after extracting it? :) William -------------------------------------------------- From: "Max Wanadoo" <max.wanadoo at gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 1:52 AM To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Friday Puzzles > > > I say 55% of whatever value is applied. > > Max > > > "The general wants to know how many of his men had lost, at minimum, one > eye, > one ear, one arm and one leg. He is stingy with the medals so he wants to > reward the fewest number of soldiers. What percentage of the soldiers > should > receive medals? > > ...if the query were what was the minimum % of soldiers who had lost all 4 > body parts, the answer would be 10% > > ...but the query was "how many of his men had lost, at minimum, one eye, > one ear, one arm and one leg" and that could be anywhere between 10% and > 70% > > ...there is insufficient data to provide an answer to the query posited > ...imnsho of course :) > > William > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com