2006-12-15 12:20:31 · 29 answers · asked by tinytylah 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
all of those quiz channels on satellite are always a con and there is never any logical explanation that any1 can find out the answer to, thats how they make their money.
the only link i can see which is a very stupid one is firstly, for each of the 15 cats there is three other cats. So thats 15 x 4 = 60
(it is not 15 x 3, cos if one of the cats meets 3, then thats 4 of them, and there will be 15 lots of these 4 cats)
then all cats (60) meet 25 cats
so thats 60 x 26
(and once again not 60 x 25 cos need to include each cat that is meeting the 25 cats = 26)
therefore there are 60 groups of 26 cats (25 meeting 1 cat=26)
therefore all i can make of it is that each of the 26 go for 'a curry' meaning 1 curry and therefore its 26 for 1 = 26 4 1 = 2641
and as u can see there is no way any1 can work out the number and there is hardly a logical mathematical link and is simply a waste of time. It might not be the way they got to this number but it will be something stupid like that. they are not proper puzzles cos they use random logic that no one will be able to work out. hope this helps u! don't waste your time or money on them!
2006-12-18 09:20:43 · answer #1 · answered by emicarina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gah, there is more than one way to read the problem.
If by "Those cats", you mean only the 45 cats that are met by the original 15 cats, then the answer is
15 +
15 x 3 +
15 x 3 x 25
= 15(1 + 3 + 75) = 1,185 cats
If, by "Those cats" you mean all 60 of the cats mentioned in the first sentence, then the answer is:
60 + 60x25 = 1,560
Then, even worse, does "Those cats all meet 25 cats" mean that each of the 60 cats meets 25, or that the group of 60 cats meets 25 more cats?
If you mean the latter, then the answer is 60 + 25 = 85 cats.
What's a curry?
2006-12-15 12:24:27 · answer #2 · answered by Jim Burnell 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
When the answer must be 2641, I can only think of following sadistic trick:
No matter how many cats met each other in the beginning (can be 15 up to 60), it ends up with each meeting 25 other cats.
So there are 26 cats. They all go for "a curry", which is 1 curry.
So 26 cats go for 1 curry, or in short: "26 for 1", or written in digits: 26-4-1, which pretty much looks like the answer to me: 2641
2006-12-19 01:43:35 · answer #3 · answered by Duliner 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer given for this puzzle (where the OP got it from) was 2,641. This answer is supposedly correct and verified. Can anyone come up with this figure from the original question?
btw SKRAT, the original post was given *exactly * as presented.
Including line-breaks (in case they were important if it had been a lateral-tinking problem) it was...
15 cats meet 3 cats
each. Those cats all
meet 25 cats and they
all go for a curry!
How many cats?
2006-12-16 04:45:03 · answer #4 · answered by procyon 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the future, write a question that people can understand.
I assume you mean this.
15 x 3 = 45 + 15 = 60 cats
then 60 x 25 = 1500 + 60 = 1560cats
Your answer is 1560 cats.
2006-12-15 12:54:42 · answer #5 · answered by s_k_r_a_t_z 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
minimum of 26 cats.
The 15 cats can each meet 3 cats from within the set of 15.
If each of those 15 cats each meet 25 there only need be 26 cats in total for each cat to meet 25 cats.
2006-12-15 20:29:13 · answer #6 · answered by a Real Truthseeker 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A neighbour of mine just brought me this q after tearing their hair out for hours. The answer given on TV (a call-in show where your call costs money which funds the large prizes) was, as you say, 2,641. The show has been criticized here in the UK for having answers which are impossible to justify, and they never give their working out. I can see how you get a minimum of 26 as outlined above, but how you can get more than 1,560, ie if you keep multiplying each time while adding the cats you already had? My maths isn't good enough to work in bases other than ten, or to play with binary - could these help here?
2006-12-17 00:56:27 · answer #7 · answered by Tom J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
40
The original 15 cats don't know each other so have a party and get chatting - they meet 3 cats each. Party's over and 25 other cats roll up. 'Fancy a curry?' says one. Straight onto the mobile phone and curry is booked for forty!
2006-12-15 21:46:22 · answer #8 · answered by saljegi 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
70 those cats ALL meet 25 cats, so you just add them up. why do for curry?
2006-12-15 12:42:42 · answer #9 · answered by Matthew N 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1,125 cause 15 cats meet 3 cats each so you would multiply 15 times 3 which would give you 45 then you would multiply 45 times 25 which would give you 1125
2006-12-15 12:25:15 · answer #10 · answered by jennifersenior08 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋