Archive for March, 2006

AL. Rumors and suckers

March 27, 2006 · The Mathcast, answers, math puzzles

In which we show gossip is unreliable and how you can always fleece a sucker.

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AK. Paradoxes and Liars

March 21, 2006 · The Mathcast, answers, logic, math puzzles, paradoxes

The mathematics of gossiping!

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AJ. The Pop Quiz

March 13, 2006 · The Mathcast, answers, logic, math puzzles, paradoxes

Why 462 is the least interesting number less than 1000, and the students get a paradoxical pop quiz.

(plus, the answer to the census taker’s puzzle)

 
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AI. Census Taker's Puzzle

March 12, 2006 · The Mathcast, answers, math puzzles

The solution to the problem of the Three Gods: one always tells the truth; one always lies; one sometimes lies and sometimes tells the truth. When asked which is which, the one of the left says the one in the middle is the god of truth. The one in the middle says he sometimes lies and sometimes tells the truth. And the god on the right says the god in the middle is the god of falsehood. Who is who?

 
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