[quote]Steel Nation wrote:
pookie wrote:
Erasmus wrote:
I’ve got one for ya
A jar with germs
In a jar with 1 germ, the germ splits into two, two split into four germs , etc.
It takes ONE germ 1 hour to split so many time so that the jar is full.
How long does it take for TWO germs to fill the jar???
1 hour minus the time for 1 split.
pookie got it.
One germ:
2^(60 minutes/time for one split = t) = # of germs to fill jar
[quote]dollarbill44 wrote:
Steel Nation wrote:
pookie wrote:
Erasmus wrote:
I’ve got one for ya
A jar with germs
In a jar with 1 germ, the germ splits into two, two split into four germs , etc.
It takes ONE germ 1 hour to split so many time so that the jar is full.
How long does it take for TWO germs to fill the jar???
1 hour minus the time for 1 split.
pookie got it.
One germ:
2^(60 minutes/time for one split = t) = # of germs to fill jar
Two germs:
2^(x/t) + 2^(x/t) = # of germs to fill jar
So:
2*2^(x/t) = 2^(60/t)
Take ln of both sides:
ln(2) + (x/t)ln(2) = (60/t)ln(2)
Divide both sides by ln(2):
1 + (x/t) = 60/t
Multiply both sides by t:
t + x = 60
x = 60 - t
Nerd.
DB[/quote]
Nerd? No.
Show off? Kinda
It is a lot easier to solve it logically then mathematically IMO anyways. Well, you could have at least used simpler math.
[quote]pookie wrote:
Erasmus wrote:
I’ve got one for ya
A jar with germs
In a jar with 1 germ, the germ splits into two, two split into four germs , etc.
It takes ONE germ 1 hour to split so many time so that the jar is full.
How long does it take for TWO germs to fill the jar???
1 hour minus the time for 1 split.
[/quote]
Exactly
Ofcourse I failed to mention that one germ splits into two in one minute
[quote]Lancey wrote:
Erasmus wrote:
Age of the mother
On a sunny day a boy asks his father how old his mother is.
His father replies:" When I first met your mother I was TWICE the age of your mother.
But the next year I was only 1.5 times as old. How about that boy?"
3 pimps are talking about how many hookers they each have.
Steel Nation: dollarbill44 has the most!
dollarbill44: If gave me one hooker, I’d have twice as many as Steel Nation does.
Lancey: It’d be better if dollarbill44 gave me two hookers>
Then we’d all have the same amount.
3 pimps are talking about how many hookers they each have.
Steel Nation: dollarbill44 has the most!
dollarbill44: If[/quote] (I’m assuming Lancey here) [quote]gave me one hooker, I’d have twice as many as Steel Nation does.
Lancey: It’d be better if dollarbill44 gave me two hookers>
Then we’d all have the same amount.
