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I'm a highly qualified mathematician, AMA

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gr8dayseth:


--- Quote from: Ipquarx on August 15, 2017, 06:28:29 PM ---i have no loving clue what the paper says

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i believe it says that ur gay
maxwell could u pls confirm this

Drydess:


--- Quote from: gr8dayseth on August 15, 2017, 06:36:50 PM ---i believe it says that ur gay
maxwell could u pls confirm this

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i bet he could

Maxwell.:


--- Quote from: gr8dayseth on August 15, 2017, 06:36:50 PM ---i believe it says that ur gay
maxwell could u pls confirm this

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yos

phflack:


--- Quote from: Shift Kitty on August 15, 2017, 02:46:38 PM ---25 ducks.
Race 5 times, eliminate the 2 slowest from each race. As there's no possibility that they will be in the top three overall if they couldn't be the top three of their own race.
15 ducks.
Race 3 times, again, eliminating the 2 slowest.
9 ducks.
race 2 times, eliminating 2 from the first race, and then including the 3rd place of the first race into the second race, then eliminating the two slowest from that.
5 ducks.
Race them.

11 races

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it does solve it faster than most others, as eating 22 ducks takes a while, and racing them is so much easier


--- Quote from: Shift Kitty on August 15, 2017, 02:46:38 PM ---25 ducks.
Race 5 times, eliminate the 2 slowest from each race. As there's no possibility that they will be in the top three overall if they couldn't be the top three of their own race.
15 ducks.
Race 3 times, again, eliminating the 2 slowest.

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good idea, but instead of racing 3 times, you can race the fastest of each of the 5 groups against eachother
the 2 that lose can have their whole group eliminated
and you also find the fastest of the fastest

Conan:

but that still doesnt handle the case the top 3 are in the first group

whats the 7th race?

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