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#070 - Penguin Sums (yellow dice)

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Re: #070 - Penguin Sums (yellow dice)

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Maths may not be my strongest suit, but i managed to balance these two equations so that so many M = so many F plus or minus a few. Very pleased with myself to get the correct answer first time. sloth007

Re: #070 - Penguin Sums (yellow dice)

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sloth007 wrote:

Maths may not be my strongest suit, but i managed to balance these two equations so that so many M = so many F plus or minus a few. Very pleased with myself to get the correct answer first time. sloth007

great job. Exactly how I did it - M and F all over a bit of paper. If only I had children I could have used their toys. :mrgreen:

Re: #070 - Penguin Sums (yellow dice)

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I SUCK! at these type of questions, so im stull stuck!

Re: #070 - Penguin Sums (yellow dice)

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linkn wrote:

I SUCK! at these type of questions, so im stull stuck!

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Try using M anf F. Write it out remembering there must always be two less F than M.

If I remember rightly it is

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8m, 6f but I haven't checked so I might be wrong

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Re: #070 - Penguin Sums (yellow dice)

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Here is what I did, quite simply really...

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I simply constructed a table/chart with males on one side and females on the other. I then proceeded to put down numbers in each side, making sure that I only had pairs that were +2 on the male side compared to the female side. I wrote out up until 20 or so and then started checking which one fit the formula. Simple, really.