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This is Ant on a rubber rope problem
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The worm will eventually reach the end.
The key to understand this is that the proportion between the total length of the rubber Band and the length walked by the worn can only increase with time, as it will eventually approach one.EXPLAINATION-
The problem seems impossible because we are looking worm and the rubber Band moving independently.Things become a little more imaginable – “When we realize that the Worm is on the rubber Band, and the portion of the rubber Band behind the worm also stretches just as the portion in front of the worm does,”
The mathematics are complex, but think of the entire picture of the worm and the rubber Band.
At 0 Hour, the worm is at the very end of the rubber Band, and has 100 percent of the rubber Band in front of it.
At 1 Hour, it’s true that the Worms’s task is considerably increased, but it doesn’t have one hundred percent of the rubber Band in front of it.
And that tiny percentage of the rubber Band that the anworm has traversed will stretch in proportion, just like the rest of the rubber Band.So, Percentage of distance to be covered is increasing in same proportion to the Distance already covered.
i.e.Percent of Distance traveled is increasing DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL to Increase in distance to be traveled.
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It is pretty interesting. Not only can it tell us whether the number is divisible by 7 but also the exact remainder obtained if the number is divided by 7.
How this works is that each node is connected to a remainder by 7. That is each node has a unique number in [0..6] associated with it. And the rest is simple modular arithmetic.
To enumerate the associated numbers, the bottom-most node has 0 associated with it. From there, keep following the black arrows- you’ll obtain the node associated with the next number. As in the right-most node is associated with 1, the topmost with 2 and so on. You’ll notice that the leftmost node is associated with 6 which in turn leads to 0.
You should also notice that the white arrows lead up from nodes n mod 7 to nodes n∗10 mod 7. This is important.
Now let us consider a number N with digits N1,N2...Nm with Nm being the unit digit.
We begin applying the given algorithm:
- We follow the black arrow N1 number of times and arrive at the node N1 mod 7.
- Next we follow the white arrow to arrive at the node N1∗10 mod 7.
- We repeat step 1 to follow the black arrow N2 number of times. Now we are at N1∗10+N2 mod 7.
- We follow step 2 again to arrive at N1∗100+N2∗10 mod 7.
- Applying the same procedure until the last digit, we finally arrive at the node N1∗10m−1+N2∗10m−2+..+Nm mod 7 which equals N mod 7. If we are at the bottommost node, then we conclude that N mod 7=0 and hence proving the divisibility of N by 7.
If anything is unclear, feel free to leave comments.
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If you’re interested in the concept, type in the phrase “casting out nines” in your search engine of choice.
In the example you gave, the basic idea is that you know that X and Y have the same remainder when divided by 9 since they share the same digits1. Hence, the difference must be a multiple of 9. Since we know the sum of the digits of any multiple of 9 is itself a multiple of 9, you can deduce the last digit.
(In the case that the sum is itself a multiple of 9, you can use the fact that they hid a non-zero digit to deduce that the remaining digit is in fact a 9.)- 5533 views
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1. Burn the rope 1 from one end and rope 2 from both ends
2. As soon as rope 2 burnt completely,
3. We have 30 minutes gone and 30 minute left in rope 1
4. Burn the other side of rope 2 and start counting (30 Minute left in rope 2)
5. Fire is from both end so, rope will be burnt in 15 minute and hence , we get 15 minutes- 36722 views
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Her name is emerald June…
With, 20 years being emerald (anniversary name) and 6th month being June..
THUS … Emerald June.- 4453 views
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For any given number, divide them into two group of equal number.
Say we have 10 Coins, and we have to divide them into 5-5’s Group,First 5 would contain say x Heads, and ( 5- x ) tails.
while other group would contain ( 5- x ) heads and x Tails.Just flip one Group totally, and it would be same as the other Group. in other words,
x heads and ( 5- x ) tails would convert into ( 5- x ) heads and x tails. which is similar to other group.- 6086 views
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The 73rd person will survives.
Consider the case when there are 2^n numbers in the circle. Each time the number reduces by half and the number 1 remains till the end.
In the given question,
1 kills 2,
3 kills 4 and so on till 71 kills 72.36 people have been killed till now.
64 people remain in the circle.
64 is a power of 2. So the first guy after 72 will be the new number 1 in a circle of 2^6.So 73 will survive.
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From: 6. Xera and Rir had never met before the tournament.
We know that these 2 are not from the same group.
From: 7. Xera will be visiting Pyi’s group when the Yomi go on a special excursion to that part of the planet.
We know that Xera is not part of the yomi, Pyi is.
From: 8. Pyi admires Teta’s colorful feathers, as well as her ability to soar, and once watched her and her teammate in the territory of the Grundi.
We know that Pyi is a yomi, so Teta cannot be. Teta is a Grundi bc she was in that territory and has never left home before now.
so..
Xera and Rir in diff group
Xera is not yomi
Pyi is yomi
Teta is grundithus Xera = Uti, Wora = yomi, teta = grundi
because Xera is not yomi and teta is already the grundi, so xera must be uti.Now Pyi = yomi, Rir = grundi, vel = uti
because rir cannot be in the same group as Xera, and Pyi has already been named the yomi. Thus, vel is the uti.The names of the Uti and the winners are:
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We Have-
4 Colors (Blue, Brown, Green, Red)
4 Martians: (Aken, Bal, Mun, Wora)
4 Groups: (Uti, Grundi, Yomi, Rafi)1) Gurundi is Red
2) We know from the evidence that Wora is not Green, Wora is not in the Rafi, Mun is not in the Uti, and Bal is not in the Yomi.
3) The Yomi can’t be blue or brown (the argument), and can’t begreen, therefore Yomi = Green.
4) Bal isn’t Blue or Brown (the argument) and therefore can’t be in the Uti or Rafi (because Uti is blue or brown and Rafi is b lue or brown) and must be a red gurundi.
5) the Rafi and Brown agreed, thus the Rafi must be blue, the Uti must be brown.
6) Wora was caught agreeing with brown (whom Yomi disagreed with), therefore Wora is Blue.Wora from Rafi has the blue feather.
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2hours 12 minutes
The minute hand is exactly 6 minutes ahead of hour hand at 1:12 (also hour hand is exactly at minute mark)
The minute hand is exactly 7 minutes ahead of hour hand at 3:24 (also hour hand is exactly at minute mark)
so time elapsed = 3 hr 24 min – 1 hr 12 min
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