Puzzles with numbers and things

[berolina]

Did anybody solve the "question"?

[davis_greatest]

Round 135 (???) - Multiple choice

OK, I'll have a go at asking a question...

At the recent Chimpanzees World Snooker Chimpionship, 256 chimps competed in the televised knock-out stages at The Chimpible.

1) What was the average number of matches that each chimp won?
A) none; B) between 0 and 1/2; C) 1/2; D) between half and 1; E) 1; F) more than 1; G) can't say

2) What proportion of chimps won a match (i.e. at least one match)?
A) none; B) between 0 and 1/2; C) 1/2; D) between half and 1; E) 1; F) can't say

3) What proportion of chimps lost a match?
A) none; B) between 0 and 1/2; C) 1/2; D) between half and 1; E) 1; F) can't say

4) What proportion of chimps lost more matches than they won?
A) none; B) between 0 and 1/2; C) 1/2; D) between half and 1; E) 1; F) can't say

5) If you write out the answers to questions 1-4 as exact numbers (rather than letters), how many different answers would you have?
A) 0; B) 1; C) 2; D) 3; E) 4; F) can't say

6) If you write out the answers to these 6 questions as exact numbers (rather than letters), how many different answers would you have?
A) 0; B) 1; C) 2; D) 3; E) 4; F) 5; G) 6; H) can't say


Note: "between x and y" here means more than x and less than y

[rambon]

Three correct answers, from Snookersfun, davis_greatest and abextra.

Basically there are 36 reds, and Pony pots 6 of each colour with them, then the final colours, and clears up with a total break of 225

In terms of time taken per shot

Red = 18 (Parrott ranking finals)
Yellow = 116 (Hendry ranking QFs)
Green = 28 (Davis ranking titles)
Brown = 58 (x = 12 and y = 17)
Blue = 36 (Hendry ranking titles)
Pink = 25 (y-x = 5; 5*5=25)
Black = 42 (different winners of ranking titles)

36 reds and seven of each of those colours gives you a total time of

46 minutes and 23 seconds

[abextra]

you can find those answers in Statman's section

Ehh... this is for educated people... who can read... and have some knowledge... But I will try!

[snookersfun]

you can find those answers in Statman's section

[abextra]

I could give the values of x and y in exchange for the answers to 1), 2) and 7). Anyone interested?

[snookersfun]

I have send something to Rambon, including several mistakes. Still waiting for the final answer.

[abextra]

Has anyone found an answer to this question?

[rambon]

Too Gordian for me! And not just because it is Friday...

BTW I found a picture of the beast:

http://www.dragcity.com/credohome.html

It gets the grey matter moving on a Friday afternoon.....

[berolina]

After my recent visit to the zoo, I decided that your common or garden animal just wasn't up to giving me a decent game, so I started to look further afield. In a mysterious village called Hendryville (about 4 miles from the nearest town of Davis) in the fictitious county of Murphyshire, I came across a scientist who was mad about three things. Snooker, horses and cats.

He'd combined his three loves by creating a half horse, half-cat who he claimed could beat anybody at his version of snooker. So I offered to give the beast a game....

Too Gordian for me! And not just because it is Friday...

BTW I found a picture of the beast:

http://www.dragcity.com/credohome.html

[rambon]

After my recent visit to the zoo, I decided that your common or garden animal just wasn't up to giving me a decent game, so I started to look further afield. In a mysterious village called Hendryville (about 4 miles from the nearest town of Davis) in the fictitious county of Murphyshire, I came across a scientist who was mad about three things. Snooker, horses and cats.

He'd combined his three loves by creating a half horse, half-cat who he claimed could beat anybody at his version of snooker. So I offered to give the beast a game.

I turned up and was introduced to the charming animal, who I immediately somewhat humourously christened Pony Miaow after one of my favourite players in the 1980s. Anyway I digress, to the game

The table was 14 feet long by 7 feet wide
The pink had been moved nearer to the blue to allow for a triangle with 8 rows of reds instead of the usual 5

Normal snooker rules applied and I won the toss and broke off. Unfortunately that was the only shot I had, as Pony Miaow performed a total clearance.

After potting a red, he potted the same number of each of the different colours.

The scientist timed the frame and came up with a number of interesting facts:

1. On average the number of seconds required to pot a red was the same as the number of ranking finals played by John Parrott
2. The yellow average shot time was the same as the number of ranking quarter finals played by Stephen Hendry
3. For the green it was the number of ranking titles won by Steve Davis
4. For the brown it was 2x + 2y
5. For the blue it was the number of ranking titles won by Stephen Hendry
6. For the pink it was (y - x) * (y -x)
7. For the black it was the number of different winners of World Ranking titles

Given the following, what was the break that Pony Miaow potted and how long did it take him to do it?

x*y = 204
12x = 7y + 25
x > 0
y > 0

Answers to me in private. Have fun!!!

[berolina]

36

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Correct!

[Semih_Sayginer]

36

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[berolina]

now that made much more sense!
36

Sorry, Sorry, Sorry!

[snookersfun]

now that made much more sense!
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