2006-12-20 05:18:11 · 11 answers · asked by kerrylynn5 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
It's a tie between 7 swans a swimming and 6 geese a laying. You would receive a total of 42 of each of those in the 12 days of Christmas.
2006-12-20 05:25:21 · answer #1 · answered by miranda h 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Well there are 144 drummers drumming and 132 pipers piping by the end of the song, and since their gender and their bodymass are not specified, it's hard to be sure. What I do know is they are going to be loud, so tell them to leave.
In the next set, the 120 Leaping Lords will very likely be more physically robust than the 108 Dancing Ladies.
If on the other hand you want a monetary estimate, it's possible that the 60 golden rings have the most value.
I haven't the slightest idea what to do with the 12 partridges, 36 French hens and 72 geese other than eat them, and that's going to take a while.
You might as well just release the 24 turltle doves , the 48 colly birds and the 84 swans since they haven't been standard table fare since the Middle Ages.
Unless you intend to keep the implied cows, the 96 milkmaids are just going to have to go to vocational rehab and retrain for a different line of work.
Lastly, the gift that will keep on giving for years are the 12 pear trees. If you plant them in an orchard, it is very possible that the total tonnage of the produce will both outweigh and generate more sale income in only a few years than the total proceeds from selling everything else.
2006-12-20 05:46:23 · answer #2 · answered by Lioness 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On the n-th day of Christmas, your true love gives to you n times a new item and s/he does so every following day until and including the 12th day.
That is, you receive the nth item n(13-n) times.
Differentiate this, and you get 13 - 2n which is zero at n=6.5, i.e. the function has a max at 6.5 and, being quadratic, will have identical values (and max for integer n) at n=6 and n=7.
2006-12-20 06:25:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm an Atheist yet i will answer besides. a million] The Christians stole Easter from pagans (replaced into initially Oester). It replaced into only a get at the same time of recent existence. that's the position the more youthful animals and eggs come from. 2] ? 3] Saint Nicholas replaced into Santa's unique call. i trust Santa is meant to be an analogy for the wise adult males who extra presents to Jesus.
2016-12-01 00:20:27 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
42 geese a-laying and 42 swans a-swimming.
2006-12-20 05:26:51 · answer #5 · answered by rumors with no basis in reality 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If you mean the song, I'd go for the five golden rings.
2006-12-20 05:25:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
a partridge in a pear tree
2006-12-20 05:25:26 · answer #7 · answered by blue_bee 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
love
2006-12-20 05:24:04 · answer #8 · answered by star 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
friendship and amity
2006-12-20 05:32:04 · answer #9 · answered by raj 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maids a milking....think about it..
2006-12-20 05:57:15 · answer #10 · answered by Hack 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋