onebizarrekai
gay energy
frick, it's two in the afternoon and I'm still in my pajamas
look what being homeschooled does to you
look what being homeschooled does to you
Things That Are on Your Mind
- Thread starter Johnny Sooshi
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I have to attend a seminar in an hour so I can qualify for Directed Practice next semester. Kinda nervous..
Terminus
If I was a wizard this wouldn't be happening to me
Oops I'm back to fretting now. Man I hate my brain sometimes.
Fraxinus
chunky plant goop
My father needs to stop interpreting me saying "Fine. I'll get an iPhone," as "I want an iPhone," and start interpreting it as "Everything is going mobile and I don't really have a choice." He keeps pressuring me to get one. The last time I said something like that, he did some stupid victory dance because he knows I hate the iPhone and and thought he successfully convinced me to worship Apple like he does. I'm tired of it.
Raindrop14
Soldier for Christ!
You'llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll do AWESOME!!!!!!!!! =) No worries, get all that nervous energy out by jumping around or something, and knock their socks off!
Ah, yes, the happy-now-no-wait-I'm-worried-oh-now-I'm-happy days. Keep on trekin' cuz ya rock.
I'm sorry. I have the polar opposite parents, they hate Apple and will never let me get any of their products as long as I live under their roof. Not that I care for Apple anyway. =P Just keep going against the Apple, yo, you wont have to live with people nagging you about it forever!
octorok74
TETTAC
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- Joliet, IL
I'm a horrible person, no wonder my friends don't want to talk to me.
Fraxinus
chunky plant goop
I don't think my dad would allow that. He has all of these ****ty excuses as to why my next phone can't be anything but an iPhone.
weeno
Fraxinus
chunky plant goop
I'm going to forever associate "WEENO" with the filth with wishbone eyes in Az's avatar. It's officially her "NEEPA!" now.
misskitten
Hello Sweetie!
I actually disagree:
See, the problem doesn't specify that Albert got month and that Bernard got the date, and it makes no sense that the person who got the month is the first one to speak since the person who got the month will not know (also if one person is given the month, he doesn't automatically know that the other person wasn't given a unique date, he wouldn't know that until the other person had spoken).
However if Albert got the date and says "I don't know" then he gives Bernard a chance to eliminate.
Albert specifies that the date he's been given is not one that only happens in one month, so May 19 and June 18 are eliminated.
What's left:
May (15, 16)
June (17)
July (14, 16)
August (14, 15, 17)
Bernard says that with Albert saying this, he now knows which day it is. And if Bernard was only given the month, this can only be June, because if it had been any other month, Bernard still wouldn't know which date Albert have, because there would still be more options.
Albert says that when Bernard says he knows, that means he knows too, which means that Bernard gave him a clue.
Now if Albert's date had been 14, 15 or 16, he would not get any more information from Bernard because each of the possible months for those dates have more than one option and he'd been none the wiser, but Albert now knows, which means his date could only have been 17, and by Bernard confirming he knows, it means Bernard had to have had the month of June, since that is the only option that can be singled out in this stage of the elimination process.
However if Albert got the date and says "I don't know" then he gives Bernard a chance to eliminate.
Albert specifies that the date he's been given is not one that only happens in one month, so May 19 and June 18 are eliminated.
What's left:
May (15, 16)
June (17)
July (14, 16)
August (14, 15, 17)
Bernard says that with Albert saying this, he now knows which day it is. And if Bernard was only given the month, this can only be June, because if it had been any other month, Bernard still wouldn't know which date Albert have, because there would still be more options.
Albert says that when Bernard says he knows, that means he knows too, which means that Bernard gave him a clue.
Now if Albert's date had been 14, 15 or 16, he would not get any more information from Bernard because each of the possible months for those dates have more than one option and he'd been none the wiser, but Albert now knows, which means his date could only have been 17, and by Bernard confirming he knows, it means Bernard had to have had the month of June, since that is the only option that can be singled out in this stage of the elimination process.
Eduarda
Srishti is annie is eduarda right?
That is a good possibility. But the question said "Cheryl then tells Albert and Bernard separately the month and the day of her birthday respectively." Now, respectively means in order in what was said before. So since month was mentioned before date, and Albert was mentioned before Bernard, Albert got the month, and Bernard got the date
Unless I've been using the word respectively wrong my whole life, of course, which sadly wouldn't surprise me
misskitten
Hello Sweetie!
Oh my gosh misskitten disagreed with my solution. Quick. I have to hide myself.:goodness:
That is a good possibility. But the question said "Cheryl then tells Albert and Bernard separately the month and the day of her birthday respectively." Now, respectively means in order in what was said before. So since month was mentioned before date, and Albert was mentioned before Bernard, Albert got the month, and Bernard got the date
True, but how can Albert know that Bernard doesn't know if he was given the month and he's the first to speak?
Fig
The Altruist
I need to start working out again, after eating pizza and cake last night, I feel so fat.
Eduarda
Srishti is annie is eduarda right?
That is because from my solution, the month Albert received is July. So Albert knows that the day which Bernard got is either 14 or 16 as both dates fall under July. But at the same time, both dates also fall under August (14) and May (16). So if Bernard has 14, he wouldn't know if it's in August or July. And if Bernard has 16 he wouldn't know if it's in May or July. So Albert can assume that Bernard doesn't know the answer.