Fill in the blanks in the sentences below so as to make it correct. You must use words for numbers and not numerals(e.g. use 'one' for
1 , 'two' for 2 etc.)
(a) The sentence you are reading has ....... a's, ......e's, ..... i's,
.......o's and ......u's.
(b) This sentence has .....a's, ....e's, ....i's, ......o's and ....u's.
When you really fet down to solve it surprisizingly you will find that between (a) and (b) only one is solvable; the other is not. Which one is it? Why is the other one not solvable?.
Originally posted by rspoddar82The sentence you are reading has FIVE a's, FIFTEEN e's, FOUR i's,
Fill in the blanks in the sentences below so as to make it correct. You must use words for numbers and not numerals(e.g. use 'one' for
1 , 'two' for 2 etc.)
(a) The sentence you are reading has ....... a's, ......e's, ..... i's,
.......o's and ......u's.
(b) This sentence has .....a's, ....e's, ....i's, ......o's and ....u's.
Whe ...[text shortened]... b) only one is solvable; the other is not. Which one is it? Why is the other one not solvable?.
THREE o's and THREE u's.
On the other one, you keep changing the number of E's resp I's; change the one, then the other changes again.
Originally posted by pidermanactually the correct answer is:
TheMaster's answer to (a) is all wrong. The only correct one is the number of o's.
" the sentence you are reading has five a's, thirteen e's , five i's,
three o's and two u's. "
That 's the correct answer solution for the poser (a).
The question remains - why is (b) unsolvable?
Originally posted by rspoddar82why? Why do you assume a problem is unsolvable if you could not find its solution?
I am sorry to have congratulated you prematurely. Your answer is all wrong. The correct solution for (a) is : -
" The sentence you are reading has five a's, thirteen e's, five i's,
three o's and two u's. "
But the question remains - why is (b) unsolvable?
Even (b) is solvable!
Here is the solution.
" THIS SENTENCE HAS THREE A's, TEN E's, TWO I's, THREE O's
AND ONE U's. "
Originally posted by pidermanperhaps piderman has a point. Only this grammatic impropriety makes it unsolvable. Is this so? Otherwise the problem is solvable as far as numbers of the vowels in the sentence is concerned.
That's why your answer to (b) is not correct, Ranjan: "... and one u's" is not a correct English sentence.
any takers for this argument? It is only a minor point- I think.am i wrong?
Originally posted by ranjan sinhapuzzles of syntax cannot be treated or analysed like those of mathematics. Ranjan , that is why you are wrong.
perhaps piderman has a point. Only this grammatic impropriety makes it unsolvable. Is this so? Otherwise the problem is solvable as far as numbers of the vowels in the sentence is concerned.
any takers for this argument? It is only a minor point- I think.am i wrong?
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Originally posted by howzzatBut these quantum jumps are not unpredictable. They follow a definite rule (albeit not mathematical, but the rules of syntax and grammar). Therefore this should be solvable.
Puzzle (b) is unsolvable on account of the "quantum" character of the interplay of grammar and mathematics. The missing values to be filled in the blank make quantum jumps.
Originally posted by ranjan sinhaNo..it is not quantum jump ....The jump is deterministic.
But these quantum jumps are not unpredictable. They follow a definite rule (albeit not mathematical, but the rules of syntax and grammar). Therefore this should be solvable.
Anything that is deterministic cannot be quantum.