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| damon |
 Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:44 am Post subject: |
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WooHoo!!! 
Thanks, Snapple.
I'll stay away from the next one and give someone else a shot. |
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| snapplekid13 |
| Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 3:51 am Post subject: |
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Ok sry guys i was on a vacation
Riddle Number #4 ( is it number 4? )
How are a blonde and a beer bottle alike?
Answer that correctly and win e$500!
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| Sunnybeach777 |
| Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 5:33 am Post subject: |
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| They're both empty from the neck up |
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| damon |
| Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:23 am Post subject: |
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Joined: 04 May 2006
Posts: 160
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4172.92 e$
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Monthly Return: 2.87%
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| snapplekid13 wrote: |
Riddle Number #4 ( is it number 4? )
How are a blonde and a beer bottle alike?
e$500!
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You pop their tops off, enjoy them and then discard them once you're done. |
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| Im Not Warren Buffett |
| Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 10:28 am Post subject: |
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LMFAO 
Damon deserves the win. |
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| snapplekid13 |
| Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 2:36 pm Post subject: |
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| WOW! Im going to give them to both because sunny got it right but i love damons answer! |
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| damon |
| Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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Investing Sr. Associate
Joined: 04 May 2006
Posts: 160
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4172.92 e$
Net worth: 112,377.92
Portfolio Value: 108,205.00
Monthly Return: 2.87%
Trades this month: 0
Churn Rate: 0.00%Items
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LoL. That wasn't necessary. I was just trying to find a way to contribute without gunning for the prize. Thanks, bro.  |
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| Dave Rathbun |
| Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:02 am Post subject: |
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| snapplekid13 wrote: | An old farmer died and left 17 cows to his three sons. In his will, the farmer stated that his oldest son should get 1/2, his middle son should get 1/3, and his youngest son should get 1/9 of all the cows. The sons, who did not want to end up with half cows, sat for days trying to figure out how many cows each of them should get.
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If you take the common factors of 2, 3, and 9 and multiply them together you get 54. Take 1/2 of that and you get 27/54, 1/3 is 18/54, and 1/9 is 6/54. You can reduce each of those fractions by a factor of 3, so 27 becomes 9, 18 becomes 6, and 6 becomes 2. 9 + 6 + 2 = 17. I realize the riddle has already been solved, but it does work out in another way without adding an extra cow.
The trick is that 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/9 does not add up to 100% of the cows. So you can't work it from addition, you have to work it out where the fractions become whole numbers instead.
For example, 9 is not half of 17. 6 is not 1/3 of 17. And 2 is not 1/9 of 17. But if you take the fractions and convert them to whole numbers as I did above, you do get a sum of 3 values that adds up to 17. |
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| snapplekid13 |
| Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Ok to lazy to read what you said but that was the first riddle we are on the 5th tomorrow! Sorry dave. |
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| Sunnybeach777 |
| Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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Very cool Dave!  |
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| snapplekid13 |
| Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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Riddle #5 Special e$1000 riddle!
What post is the first viewable post on this forum? What was the thread called and who posted the thread and post? WHat did the post consist of?
(copy and paste the post) What was the date in which this post was posted?
Answer all these will all the correct parts and win e$1000!!!! |
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| Dave Rathbun |
| Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:32 am Post subject: |
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| snapplekid13 wrote: | | Ok to lazy to read what you said but that was the first riddle we are on the 5th tomorrow! Sorry dave. |
I know, I wasn't trying to win anything, just show a different solution. |
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| Dave Rathbun |
| Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:36 am Post subject: |
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| snapplekid13 wrote: | Riddle #5 Special e$1000 riddle!
What post is the first viewable post on this forum? What was the thread called and who posted the thread and post? WHat did the post consist of?
(copy and paste the post) What was the date in which this post was posted?
Answer all these will all the correct parts and win e$1000!!!! |
The first viewable post is post #4, linked as:
http://www.einvesting.com/viewtopic.php?p=4
The thread topic was Different Forums List and it was posted by Benjamin, our fearless leader. The post was:
| Benjamin wrote: | What other Investing forums would you like to see at eInvesting.com  |
The post date (which may vary, depending on your profile time zone settings) was Sun Jan 30, 2005 6:33 pm. I have my profile set for the central time zone (US) so the date/time that I see might be different from what you see. |
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| snapplekid13 |
| Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Correct! ok 500 SENT. Sorry i went camping so im a little late. |
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| zerolikedis |
| Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 4:30 am Post subject: |
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