Saturday Night Quiz
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You should have tried Jadzia's follow-up puzzler.Man, I forgot to check this again.
S'ok though. Math hurt brain.
You should have tried Jadzia's follow-up puzzler.Man, I forgot to check this again.
S'ok though. Math hurt brain.
I kept getting distracted by the idea of getting Curly-Wurlies instead of pocket money and couldn't concentrate.
I haven't had Curly-Wurlies in ages. I'm just glad that they've brought back the Wispa in recent years.You should have tried Jadzia's follow-up puzzler.Man, I forgot to check this again.
S'ok though. Math hurt brain.
I kept getting distracted by the idea of getting Curly-Wurlies instead of pocket money and couldn't concentrate.
It is not possible to figure out Jadzia's puzzle without more information. It's just not. 
I worked it out. But I did need to look up some more background information (based on not so subtle clues Jadzia dropped earlier on in the thread) before I could get close to even trying to work out an answer, as my maths-fu was below average.It is not possible to figure out Jadzia's puzzle without more information. It's just not.
And it did involve some initial deductions and simple algebra, then a lot of guesswork, trial and error from my part before I was told the shorter, relatively more incomprehensible, and mathematical way to solve it.
I repeat:
It is not possible to figure out Jadzia's puzzle without more information. It's just not.
Well here's a clue. These are the governing equations, which you can deduce from the question:
(51c+35t)w = 19912; w>10
c,t,w are integers.
Break it into two simultaneous equations:
51c+35t = b (a linear diophantine equation... just like last weeks puzzle)
b.w = 19912 (product of integers... something about prime numbers relevant here???)
^^ That actually makes more sense than the working I used, which was ths same principle, but more muddled in organisation and terminology. (I used the variables "c" and "t" as well. 
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