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| MrT |
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Nope, I don't really care, it was a shot in the dark anyhow. I figured you would just give him the credit. However, I think that everyone should be more aware that you should have a complete answer to win.  That just seems more fair for everyone. |
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| yandig |
| Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 12:05 pm Post subject: |
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New Puzzle! New Puzzle!
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| Dave Rathbun |
| Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Oops, slipped my mind. I'll post a new one shortly, thanks for the nudge! |
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| Dave Rathbun |
| Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:44 pm Post subject: Re: e$ Challenge #55 |
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e$ Challenge #56
Compete for e$5000! (The prize amount was increased starting with e$ Challenge #15, and then again to e$5,000 with #52.) Solve the puzzle and win! ... first winning answer to each puzzle. Some of the puzzles are going to be actual math problems, others require logical thinking instead. Each puzzle comes from a book I bought a while back. The rules:
- The answer in the book is final. Blame the publisher, not me, if you don't agree
- The first person to post the correct answer wins. Posting only, no PM's please.
- Edited posts are disqualified, even if you have the correct answer. The most recent (last) post by you for that puzzle is the only one that will be used, so if you need to make corrections simply enter another post for the challenge.
- You cannot win two challenges in a row, so the previous winner is not eligible for the next challenge.
- You may win more than one challenge, just not two in a row.
I will try to post one puzzle every other day. The puzzle will be posted first, then the following day (if available) a winner will be announced. Then the arguments or discussion about the solution can commence.  If no correct solution has been provided then the puzzle will be extended until a winning solution is provided. The puzzles get more challenging as we get further into the book.
Grand Prize
The book has 100 puzzles. Each individual winner gets one lottery ticket per win. Once all 100 puzzles have been posted (and solved) I will draw three winning tickets from a hat. Each winner will get to pick one of 3 mystery portfolios. The portfolio will have an initial value of e$2000 as of the end of February, 2006. Each has been invested as completely as possible into one stock from the S&P 500 chosen at random. The winners will have no idea which portfolio is worth the most. The first person drawn will get their pick of all 3 portfolios, the second drawn picks from between the two remaining, and the third drawn gets stuck (or lucky) with the last one available. The holding will be sold at current market price as of the end of the contest and the e$ transferred into your account. Your name may be drawn more than once, so the more e$ challenges you win, the better your chances of winning one of the three portfolios. 
The stocks were randomly selected and purchased at market open March 1, 2006. e$2000 worth of shares of each of them were put into a secret account. These will become the grand prize portfolios, and the final value will be determined at market close on the day the last puzzle is solved and the e$ prize awarded.
Thanks for playing
Ready?
Here's your 56th e$ Challenge Puzzle! In this multiplication each E stands for an even digit and each O stands for an odd digit.
There is only one possible solution.
What is it?
Note that each "E" can be a different Even number; there is nothing in the puzzle description that says all of the "E's" are the same. The same disclaimer applies to the "O" for odd numbers. Good luck!
| Code: | O E E
x E E
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E O E E
E O E
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O O E E |
Winner Hall of Fame
e$ Challenge Winner #1 Iceemaan
e$ Challenge Winner #2 nelaina
e$ Challenge Winner #3 conbrio
e$ Challenge Winner #4 geb9696
e$ Challenge Winner #5 CJ. Wentworth
e$ Challenge Winner #6 Im Not Warren Buffett
e$ Challenge Winner #7 CJ. Wentworth
e$ Challenge Winner #8 conbrio
e$ Challenge Winner #9 Im Not Warren Buffett
e$ Challenge Winner #10 conbrio
e$ Challenge Winner #11 Im Not Warren Buffett
e$ Challenge Winner #12 CJ. Wentworth
e$ Challenge Winner #13 rodder4hire
e$ Challenge Winner #14 The Jersey Devil
e$ Challenge Winner #15 conbrio
e$ Challenge Winner #16 The Jersey Devil
e$ Challenge Winner #17 emkie
e$ Challenge Winner #18 CJ. Wentworth
e$ Challenge Winner #19 InvestingMac
e$ Challenge Winner #20 emkie
e$ Challenge Winner #21 toys4tots16
e$ Challenge Winner #22 InvestingMac
e$ Challenge Winner #23 CJ. Wentworth
e$ Challenge Winner #24 nelaina
e$ Challenge Winner #25 emkie
e$ Challenge Winner #26 nelaina
e$ Challenge Winner #27 emkie
e$ Challenge Winner #28 MrT
e$ Challenge Winner #29 CJ. Wentworth
e$ Challenge Winner #30 conbrio
e$ Challenge Winner #31 MrT
e$ Challenge Winner #32 InvestingMac
e$ Challenge Winner #33 CJ. Wentworth
e$ Challenge Winner #34 Im Not Warren Buffett
e$ Challenge Winner #35 CJ. Wentworth
e$ Challenge Winner #36 MrT
e$ Challenge Winner #37 toys4tots16
e$ Challenge Winner #38 CJ. Wentworth
e$ Challenge Winner #39 MrT
e$ Challenge Winner #40 rino1
e$ Challenge Winner #41 CJ. Wentworth
e$ Challenge Winner #42 MrT
e$ Challenge Winner #43 SpiffWilkie
e$ Challenge Winner #44 MrT
e$ Challenge Winner #45 Nobody!
e$ Challenge Winner #46 prederer
e$ Challenge Winner #47 conbrio
e$ Challenge Winner #48 MrT
e$ Challenge Winner #49 gnd0221186
e$ Challenge Winner #50 Kiman4
e$ Challenge Winner #51 conbrio
e$ Challenge Winner #52 MrT
e$ Challenge Winner #53 BallJacker
e$ Challenge Winner #54 yandig
e$ Challenge Winner #55 prederer & MrT
e$ Challenge Winner #56 ??? Your Name Here! ???
Remember to spread the winnings around, the previous winner (prederer or MrT) is not elegible to win the current challenge. The next puzzle will be posted on or after Wednesday, time permitting, or after this puzzle is solved, whichever comes later. Total e$ prizes paid to date: e$75,500 + One Barren Desert worth e$1125 + Two Barren Deserts worth a total of e$2970. |
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| X-investor |
| Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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I believe the answer would be:
348
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2784
696
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9744 |
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| dallyn |
| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:52 pm Post subject: |
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Joined: 11 Mar 2007
Posts: 57
This Month: 0
20803.00 e$
Net worth: 27,622.10
Portfolio Value: 3,400.10
Monthly Return: -16.08%
Trades this month: 0
Churn Rate: 0.00%Items
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| X-investor |
| Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:28 am Post subject: |
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| I'm hoping it checks out, being new I thought it'd be a fun and quick way to earn some more e$ to play with. |
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| Dave Rathbun |
| Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:00 am Post subject: |
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| It is the correct answer, I was going to wait until this evening to come back to this topic, but I can confirm that it's correct. |
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| Dave Rathbun |
| Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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| X-investor wrote: | | I'm hoping it checks out, being new I thought it'd be a fun and quick way to earn some more e$ to play with. |
You have been paid e$5,000 for your winning entry. I will be posting another puzzle shortly. |
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| Dave Rathbun |
| Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 5:49 pm Post subject: Re: e$ Challenge #55 |
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e$ Challenge #57
Compete for e$5000! (The prize amount was increased starting with e$ Challenge #15, and then again to e$5,000 with #52.) Solve the puzzle and win! ... first winning answer to each puzzle. Some of the puzzles are going to be actual math problems, others require logical thinking instead. Each puzzle comes from a book I bought a while back. The rules:
- The answer in the book is final. Blame the publisher, not me, if you don't agree
- The first person to post the correct answer wins. Posting only, no PM's please.
- Edited posts are disqualified, even if you have the correct answer. The most recent (last) post by you for that puzzle is the only one that will be used, so if you need to make corrections simply enter another post for the challenge.
- You cannot win two challenges in a row, so the previous winner is not eligible for the next challenge.
- You may win more than one challenge, just not two in a row.
I will try to post one puzzle every other day. The puzzle will be posted first, then the following day (if available) a winner will be announced. Then the arguments or discussion about the solution can commence. If no correct solution has been provided then the puzzle will be extended until a winning solution is provided. The puzzles get more challenging as we get further into the book.
Grand Prize
The book has 100 puzzles. Each individual winner gets one lottery ticket per win. Once all 100 puzzles have been posted (and solved) I will draw three winning tickets from a hat. Each winner will get to pick one of 3 mystery portfolios. The portfolio will have an initial value of e$2000 as of the end of February, 2006. Each has been invested as completely as possible into one stock from the S&P 500 chosen at random. The winners will have no idea which portfolio is worth the most. The first person drawn will get their pick of all 3 portfolios, the second drawn picks from between the two remaining, and the third drawn gets stuck (or lucky) with the last one available. The holding will be sold at current market price as of the end of the contest and the e$ transferred into your account. Your name may be drawn more than once, so the more e$ challenges you win, the better your chances of winning one of the three portfolios.
The stocks were randomly selected and purchased at market open March 1, 2006. e$2000 worth of shares of each of them were put into a secret account. These will become the grand prize portfolios, and the final value will be determined at market close on the day the last puzzle is solved and the e$ prize awarded.
Thanks for playing
Ready?
Here's your 57th e$ Challenge Puzzle! Benjamin loves to walk. His constant speed is 6 kilometers per hour. Every day at noon he meets a friend at a bar about halfway between their homes. The friend walks a little slower than Benjamin: 5.5 kilometers per hour.
If both of the friends reach the bar exactly at noon, how far are they from each other at 11:00?
Winner Hall of Fame
e$ Challenge Winner #1 Iceemaan
e$ Challenge Winner #2 nelaina
e$ Challenge Winner #3 conbrio
e$ Challenge Winner #4 geb9696
e$ Challenge Winner #5 CJ. Wentworth
e$ Challenge Winner #6 Im Not Warren Buffett
e$ Challenge Winner #7 CJ. Wentworth
e$ Challenge Winner #8 conbrio
e$ Challenge Winner #9 Im Not Warren Buffett
e$ Challenge Winner #10 conbrio
e$ Challenge Winner #11 Im Not Warren Buffett
e$ Challenge Winner #12 CJ. Wentworth
e$ Challenge Winner #13 rodder4hire
e$ Challenge Winner #14 The Jersey Devil
e$ Challenge Winner #15 conbrio
e$ Challenge Winner #16 The Jersey Devil
e$ Challenge Winner #17 emkie
e$ Challenge Winner #18 CJ. Wentworth
e$ Challenge Winner #19 InvestingMac
e$ Challenge Winner #20 emkie
e$ Challenge Winner #21 toys4tots16
e$ Challenge Winner #22 InvestingMac
e$ Challenge Winner #23 CJ. Wentworth
e$ Challenge Winner #24 nelaina
e$ Challenge Winner #25 emkie
e$ Challenge Winner #26 nelaina
e$ Challenge Winner #27 emkie
e$ Challenge Winner #28 MrT
e$ Challenge Winner #29 CJ. Wentworth
e$ Challenge Winner #30 conbrio
e$ Challenge Winner #31 MrT
e$ Challenge Winner #32 InvestingMac
e$ Challenge Winner #33 CJ. Wentworth
e$ Challenge Winner #34 Im Not Warren Buffett
e$ Challenge Winner #35 CJ. Wentworth
e$ Challenge Winner #36 MrT
e$ Challenge Winner #37 toys4tots16
e$ Challenge Winner #38 CJ. Wentworth
e$ Challenge Winner #39 MrT
e$ Challenge Winner #40 rino1
e$ Challenge Winner #41 CJ. Wentworth
e$ Challenge Winner #42 MrT
e$ Challenge Winner #43 SpiffWilkie
e$ Challenge Winner #44 MrT
e$ Challenge Winner #45 Nobody!
e$ Challenge Winner #46 prederer
e$ Challenge Winner #47 conbrio
e$ Challenge Winner #48 MrT
e$ Challenge Winner #49 gnd0221186
e$ Challenge Winner #50 Kiman4
e$ Challenge Winner #51 conbrio
e$ Challenge Winner #52 MrT
e$ Challenge Winner #53 BallJacker
e$ Challenge Winner #54 yandig
e$ Challenge Winner #55 prederer & MrT
e$ Challenge Winner #56 X-investor
e$ Challenge Winner #57 ??? Your Name Here! ???
Remember to spread the winnings around, the previous winner (X-investor) is not elegible to win the current challenge. The next puzzle will be posted on or after Saturday, time permitting, or after this puzzle is solved, whichever comes later. Total e$ prizes paid to date: e$80,500 + One Barren Desert worth e$1125 + Two Barren Deserts worth a total of e$2970. |
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| Im Not Warren Buffett |
| Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm going to guess the obvious: 11.5 kilometers. |
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| BallJacker |
| Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Yup I have to agree. 6 + 5.5 = 11.5 Km |
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| Dave Rathbun |
| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 3:32 am Post subject: |
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| Im Not Warren Buffett wrote: | | I'm going to guess the obvious: 11.5 kilometers. |
Yeah, this was a really weird problem.  I sent all the way around this, trying to find the trick to it, but the answer given is 11.5KM. |
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| Im Not Warren Buffett |
| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:42 am Post subject: |
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| Dave Rathbun wrote: | | Im Not Warren Buffett wrote: | | I'm going to guess the obvious: 11.5 kilometers. |
Yeah, this was a really weird problem. I sent all the way around this, trying to find the trick to it, but the answer given is 11.5KM. |
I guess that confirms it  I am the greatest of all time. 
Bring on the calculus! |
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| bhpd507 |
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