New puzzle-need the answer

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  1. beamer

    beamer Sea Dragon

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    O.K. JohnO, here's a puzzle for you. I figured if anyone could figure it out you could.

    I got this from a sugar glider site.

    Here it is...

    Susan opens a shop. The first day, theres 13 customers. The second day, theres 14. The third day, she gets 95 customers! The fourth day she got 62...

    How many customers total did she have after the 20th day (all 20 days combined)

    Don't know the answer, my guess is Zero because they are asking how many customers AFTER the 20th day of which they don't mention any, not up to the 20th day.

    What's the answer JohnO? I'm counting and depending on you. The pressure is on!! [smiley=drummer.gif]

    Cindy
     
    beamer, Dec 11, 2004
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  2. JohnO

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    Simple :)

    The answer is 977

    John
     
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  3. beamer

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    o.k. ole wise one!

    How did you wind up with that answer?

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  4. JohnO

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    Cindy,

    It's a mathematical puzzle. :)

    If you take the first 40 digits of pi and pair them up and reverse them... eg: 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197

    31 and 41 then the reverse 13 and 14 you get the numbers . Adding the first 20 days will equal 977,  you may give different values for pi and most likely you safest bet would be do all the numbers with paper and pencil but it all depends on your skill in math.

    List of Numbers Paired up and reversed:

    13
    14
    95
    62
    35
    85
    79
    39
    32
    48
    26
    46
    33
    38
    72
    59
    20
    88
    14
    79


    John :)
     
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  5. Bruce

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    u know...i dont even wanna know how u had time to figure that out....
     
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  6. JohnO

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    It didn't take long at all :) Only 2 cans of beer and it was obvious :)

    John
     
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  7. beamer

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    Thanks JohnO! That's way over my head. I'm glad we have a mathematical genius in our group.

    Cindy
     
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  8. JohnO

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    Nah, not at all, I cheated and looked up the answer on the Internet :)

    John
     
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  9. beamer

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    How on earth did you find it on the internet?

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  10. JohnO

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