[AccessD] OT: Friday Puzzles

...and the answer to that is between 10 and 70 ...look up the original 
puzzle by Lewis Carroll and you should see that the query is much more 
tightly phrased ...if you copied this from somewhere else, then they are 
guilty of the incorrect query, not you.

...are you still in Bermuda?

William

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From: "Arthur Fuller" <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 9:35 AM
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" 
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Friday Puzzles

> That's exactly what the query was, William. "The general wants to know how
> many of his men had lost, at minimum, one eye, one ear, one arm and one
> leg."
>
> A.
>
> On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 10:05 PM, William Hindman <
> wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com> wrote:
>
>> ...maybe :)
>>
>> ...this is a version of Lewis Carroll's original pensioner's puzzle 
>> ...and
>> if Arthur had not changed the final question, 10 would be the correct
>> answer
>>
>> ...but he did, as follows:
>>
>> "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
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Kevin" <thewaddles at sbcglobal.net>
>> Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 2:23 PM
>> To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'"
>> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Friday Puzzles
>>
>> > OK...
>> > I would like to revise and extend my remarks...
>> > Assuming an army of 100, 10 lost all 4
>> >
>> > 70 lost an eye
>> > So 30 did NOT lose an eye
>> > 75 lost an ear
>> > So 25 did NOT lose an ear
>> > 80 lost an arm
>> > So 20 did NOT lose an arm
>> > 85 lost a leg
>> > So 15 did NOT lose an leg
>> >
>> > The soldiers that retained at least one of the body parts is 90
>> > (30+25+20+15
>> > = 90) meaning that 10 lost all 4.
>> >
>> > Kevin Waddle
>> > "The time has come," the Walrus said,
>> > "To talk of many things:
>> > Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
>> > Of cabbages--and kings--
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Shamil
>> > Salakhetdinov
>> > Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 10:22 AM
>> > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
>> > Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Friday Puzzles
>> >
>> > That's wrong, and a bit(?)/plain(?) stupid, sorry. Any, takers? (I'm 
>> > off
>> > till tomorrow's late evening/Monday).
>> >
>> > Thank you.
>> >
>> > --Shamil
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Shamil Salakhetdinov [mailto:shamil at smsconsulting.spb.ru]
>> > Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 7:30 PM
>> > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
>> > Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: Friday Puzzles
>> >
>> > 8925 medals.
>> >
>> > Correct?
>> >
>> > x = size of the army
>> > y = qty of soldiers who have lost one arm, one leg, one ear and one 
>> > eye;
>> >
>> > y = 0.85*(1-0.8)*0.75*0.7x
>> >
>> > Assuming that army size is between 100,000+ and 150,000
>> > (
>> > http://www.secondworldwar.co.uk/units.html
>> > http://usmilitary.about.com/od/army/l/blchancommand.htm
>> > )
>> >
>> > the anwers would be
>> >
>> > foreach (int x in Enumerable.Range(100000,50001))
>> > {
>> >    decimal y = 0.85m * (1.0m-0.8m) * 0.75m * 0.7m * x;
>> >
>> >    if (y == (decimal)(int)y)
>> >        Console.WriteLine("// SizeOfTheArmy={0:#,0}+, Medals={1} ",
>> >            x, (decimal)(int)y);
>> > }
>> >
>> > // SizeOfTheArmy=100,000+, Medals=8925
>> > // SizeOfTheArmy=104,000+, Medals=9282
>> > // SizeOfTheArmy=108,000+, Medals=9639
>> > // SizeOfTheArmy=112,000+, Medals=9996
>> > // SizeOfTheArmy=116,000+, Medals=10353
>> > // SizeOfTheArmy=120,000+, Medals=10710
>> > // SizeOfTheArmy=124,000+, Medals=11067
>> > // SizeOfTheArmy=128,000+, Medals=11424
>> > // SizeOfTheArmy=132,000+, Medals=11781
>> > // SizeOfTheArmy=136,000+, Medals=12138
>> > // SizeOfTheArmy=140,000+, Medals=12495
>> > // SizeOfTheArmy=144,000+, Medals=12852
>> > // SizeOfTheArmy=148,000+, Medals=13209
>> >
>> > As we do not have the general's army size defined but we know that
>> general
>> > wanted to reward teh fewest number of soldiers then we select the 
>> > minimal
>> > appropriate army size = 100,000 soldiers, and then the answer will be
>> 8925
>> > medals.
>> >
>> > Correct?
>> >
>> > Thank you.
>> >
>> > --Shamil
>> >
>> > <<< snip >>>
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