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#264776 - Wed Apr 20 2005 11:53 AM Chocolate Math =)
NalaMarie Mainstay Registered: Tue Jun 06 2000 Posts: 688 Loc: Missouri USA	Like you already don't know how old you are, but try this, it does work, lol. The scientifics of math! *Work this out as you read... Be sure you don't read the bottom until you've worked it out! 1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to have chocolate. Make sure it's more than once but less than 10. 2. Multiply this number by 2 3. Add 5. (for Sunday) 4. Multiply it by 50 (I'll wait while you get the calculator...;) 5. If you've already had your birthday this year, add 1755. If you haven't, then add 1754. 6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born. You should now have a three digit number. The first digit of this was your original number (how many times you want to have chocolate each week) The next two numbers are... *Your age! (YES it is, isn't it?)
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#264777 - Wed Apr 20 2005 12:36 PM Re: Chocolate Math =)
minkpenny Mainstay Registered: Fri Feb 28 2003 Posts: 931 Loc: Buenos Aires Argentina ...	Wow!! That's impressive, LOL How does it work? Is there an explanation? Very cool! _________________________ "It's a job that's never started that takes the longest to finish." - J.R.R. Tolkien
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#264778 - Wed Apr 20 2005 02:20 PM Re: Chocolate Math =)
JaneMarple Star Poster Registered: Fri Jan 30 2004 Posts: 14486 Loc: North West of England	That's unbelieveable...I like it! _________________________ My mind is like a parachute...it functions only when open.
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#264779 - Wed Apr 20 2005 09:29 PM Re: Chocolate Math =)
dg_dave Champion Poster Registered: Sun Oct 05 2003 Posts: 24575 Loc: near Stafford, Virginia USA	I've seen that before, but not with chocolate. This is 1000. _________________________ The way to get things done is NOT to mind who gets the credit for doing them. --Benjamin Jowett No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. --Eleanor Roosevelt The day we lose our will to fight is the day we lose our freedom.
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#264780 - Thu Apr 21 2005 08:26 AM Re: Chocolate Math =)
fjohn Multiloquent Registered: Mon Dec 06 1999 Posts: 2742 Loc: Wyoming USA Way Out West	She's a witch! _________________________ Some days it just doesn't seem worth trying to chew through the restraints.
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#264781 - Thu Apr 21 2005 09:22 AM Re: Chocolate Math =)
SRSTrekker Enthusiast Registered: Tue Sep 14 2004 Posts: 202 Loc: Arizona USA	I've seen it before too, but with number of days a week you want to go out (for fun, on a date, whatever). It's neat how the math works out just perfectly. And by the way, you can start out with any number (if you pick a two digit number, such as 12 in the beginning, you answer will be 4 digits, the first two will be your original number, and then the next two will be your age!) _________________________ SRSTrekker --"Fate protects fools, little children, and ships named Enterprise." ~ Riker
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#264782 - Thu Apr 21 2005 11:30 AM Re: Chocolate Math =)
AlienGoddess Multiloquent Registered: Tue Feb 17 2004 Posts: 4435 Loc: Pleasanton California USA	That's just freaky! _________________________ In loving memory of Lucy, one of the sweetest cats ever.
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#264783 - Thu Apr 21 2005 12:53 PM Re: Chocolate Math =)
gerry01 Enthusiast Registered: Thu Oct 28 2004 Posts: 244 Loc: Newry Ireland	A good bar room trick, but remember the math is about subtracting the year of birth. _________________________ You tried your best and failed miserably, the lesson is, never try. Homer J. Simpson
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#264784 - Thu Oct 27 2005 11:35 PM Re: Chocolate Math =)
ginnyrocks Forum Adept Registered: Sat Oct 15 2005 Posts: 161	That was so cool!!!!!!! I am really surprised. Is there an explanation? _________________________ In the wise words of a Take 5 reader: "I can`t do anything today, until I`m finished with yesterday, which should be some time tomorrow."
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#264785 - Fri Oct 28 2005 05:46 AM Re: Chocolate Math =)
TabbyTom Moderator Registered: Wed Oct 17 2001 Posts: 8479 Loc: Hastings Sussex England UK	Quote: Is there an explanation? It seems to work like this: Let x be the number you choose (i.e. the number of times you’d like to have chocolate). Multiplying by 2 and adding 5 gives 2x + 5. Multiplying by 50 gives 100x + 250, and then adding 1755 gives 100x +2005. Subtracting your year of birth (call it y) gives 100x + (2005 – y). x had to be a single-digit number, so 100x will be a multiple of 100; and the difference between 2005 (i.e. this year) and your year of birth will be your age, and it will be a 2-digit number unless you’re 100 years old or more. So you’ll have a 3-digit number. The first digit of your 3-digit number (the number in the hundreds position) will be the number you first chose, and the rest will be your age. _________________________ Dilige et quod vis fac
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#264786 - Fri Oct 28 2005 06:12 PM Re: Chocolate Math =)
Bruyere Star Poster Registered: Sat Feb 10 2001 Posts: 18899 Loc: California USA	Now, calculate why eating a pound of chocolate will probably result in me adding five pounds and I'll be impressed. _________________________ I was born under a wandering star.
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#264787 - Sat Oct 29 2005 08:35 PM Re: Chocolate Math =)
ginnyrocks Forum Adept Registered: Sat Oct 15 2005 Posts: 161	Thanks for the explanation TabbyTom. I am doing algebra in class right now so it was pretty easy to understand. I get it now. _________________________ In the wise words of a Take 5 reader: "I can`t do anything today, until I`m finished with yesterday, which should be some time tomorrow."
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#264788 - Sun Oct 30 2005 04:15 AM Re: Chocolate Math =)
vicramb Participant Registered: Thu Oct 27 2005 Posts: 8 Loc: India	That's a cool explanation
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