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[DONE] Trying to make a puzzle

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Kapol

So, to celebrate getting over being horribly sick the last few days and to do the right thing with the extra copy of a two-pack I won, here's a puzzle giveaway. It's for The Ship and ends in roughly 48 hours. The answer will go on the standard http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/xxxxx and it's really less of a puzzle then a bunch of questions. If the question doesn't make much sense, I appologize and I'll try to clarify. It's a lot harder coming up with these then I'd hoped.

  1. (42+23*(6/3)-24+(11*(-2)))/6=?
  2. 01101011
  3. The first letter of a name of one of the heroes in the upcoming Avengers movie. Hint: You won't like him when he's angry. (uppercase)
  4. What does the World Wide Web and World War 2 have in common?
  5. In math, this letter acts like the law when dealing with functions. It always locks up (x) then stands next to it to gloat.
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simonli2575

let's see...

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Toca1FTW

Thanks, entered.

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simonli2575

Solved your puzzle...

Open for another 1 day...

I'm gonna take my time

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thejadefalcon

"In math, this letter acts like the law when dealing with functions. It always locks up (x) then stands next to it to gloat."

... what. the. hell. I'm pretty good with maths, but I don't even have the slightest clue what that meant.

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simonli2575

good thing I've learnt that in school recently.

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thejadefalcon

Hint please, kthx. :P

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Kyithios

I just got it. Don't think of it as a letter, and more of a word. Think about how math works and how it's applied.

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Kapol

Consider what a function is, or more accurately how you would go about writing a function down. That might make it a bit easier.

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thejadefalcon

clicks fingers Think I've got it!

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thejadefalcon

Yep, got it. Thanks for jogging my memory. In my school, we only very rarely wrote it like that, so that's why I was having difficulty! Thank you very much!

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Kappei

Solved the puzzle, not interested in the game, but thanks anyway!

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HSAR

Some of the answers were a bit obscure (particularly 2), but I got there in the end!

Thanks for the entertainment and the giveaway!

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Kapol

I actually figured 2 would be the easiest.

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thejadefalcon

That's because it was.

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DrStrangel0v3

damn, I fail at thease puzzles -_-"

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DrStrangel0v3

solved all, without prob, at least thats what i thought... wont work >_<

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Kapol

It's possible that the issue is capitilization for a certain letter, or you may have one of the answers wrong. It's hard to tell.

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yupignome

Got it first try, thanks =)

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CLobo

I cant get the 1 D:

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thejadefalcon

The irony of typing that sentence in on a calculation machine...

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Kapol

Keep in mind the order of operations when doing math problems.

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twipps

Just saying, #1 is not written following "proper" math rules. If you wanted less ambiguity, you should use * instead of 'x', and add more parentheses around negative numbers to differentiate the negative from a subtraction sign.

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thejadefalcon

... there's ambiguity? It's obvious it's not an algebra question, therefore the x can stay as is, and if that can, then the - can stay as is too.

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Kapol

I wasn't sure which symbol was used for multiplication online. It was a simple dot, so I suppose an astrisk would work alright. Still, I do think the x is clear enough.

As for the parentheses around negitive numbers issue, I do understand where your coming from. It's been a long time since my last math course, and that's likely the way it's normally done. But I don't think it's anything that would confuse most people since I never used x to mean an unspecified value. So I would say it is clear, even if technically not written correctly.

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Kapol

Still, might as well edit it. Doesn't hurt anything and takes about ten seconds.

EDIT: As it turns out, using astrisks won't work. Anything between two astrisks becomes italicized, so they'll have to stay x symbols.

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tr4656

Thats cause its markdown. Do \ and you will be fine like this \.

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Kapol

Alright, that seems to work. Thanks

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Tiny

Great puzzle, thanks. Entered.

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simonli2575

So much entries... I'm not entering it

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Kapol

About 22 hours left with almost 70 entries. Not too bad in terms of a chance for anyone who wants the ship.

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FusionX

entered

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Denmen

I can't get the last one!

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touche112

Pretty easy puzzle! Took me two days but once I got capitalization right I was like "How didn't I get this earlier..." Haha.

Thanks.

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MaTiX0909

found it, my first puzzle ! :D

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Maleklord

That awesome feel when you didn't even need Google to solve it .. ಥ^ಥ #selfsatisfaction#

Thanks but already have the game :)

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DoctorWeird

There's something wrong with the last question. No letter on the keyboard, upper or lower case, works. I really doubt I got any of the others wrong, either, unless I don't see what WWII and the WWW have in common.

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DoctorWeird

Ah, capitals. Also, I'm SURE that letter didn't work a second ago.

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Tututuru

Thanks, nice puzzle!

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Kapol

Giveaway over and the prize has been sent out. Thanks all for entering!

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Closed 13 years ago by Kapol.