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    25 Jun '06 16:54
    there is a well.one the first day one flower falls of a plant into it.on the 2nd day 2 flowers fall in.on the third day 4.the number of flowers falling in doubles everyday.after 50 days there are say 'n' flowers.on which day were there n/2 flowers.think and answer
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    27 Jun '06 19:45
    Originally posted by Black Scorpion
    there is a well.one the first day one flower falls of a plant into it.on the 2nd day 2 flowers fall in.on the third day 4.the number of flowers falling in doubles everyday.after 50 days there are say 'n' flowers.on which day were there n/2 flowers.think and answer
    The 'n' here is odd (regardless of what day we are talking about), so n/2 is not a whole number of flowers.

    Regardless, in this example, day 50 would be the first day on which there are more than "n/2 flowers", since generally, if n represents the total number of flowers after day d, then there are only (n-1)/2 total flowers present at the end of day d-1.
  3. Earth Prime
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    27 Jun '06 21:39
    I sure wish people would stop naming their threads "tricky puzzle" when it really isn't.
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    28 Jun '06 06:19
    the answer is 49
  5. Standard memberark13
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    28 Jun '06 06:22
    Originally posted by Black Scorpion
    the answer is 49
    God, he falls for his own trick.
  6. Standard memberXanthosNZ
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    28 Jun '06 06:24
    Originally posted by Black Scorpion
    the answer is 49
    Here's a tip. There will always be an odd number of flowers in the well (excluding day 0).
  7. Small Town Manitoba
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    28 Jun '06 22:39
    Originally posted by Black Scorpion
    the answer is 49
    loser

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    29 Jun '06 06:34
    Originally posted by Black Scorpion
    the answer is 49
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