I have 1813 points right now and if I were to ask the maximum amount of questions--15, how many days would it take for me to have "0" points. This is a simple math question. And yes, I can figure it out for myself, I just don't feel like it. Besides, someone could use the 10 points.
2007-07-23 13:39:11 · 11 answers · asked by BookLady 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Hi,
15 questions per day x 5 points per question = 75 points/day
1813 points / 75 points/day = 24.1733 , so on the 25th day you would run out of points because 1813/75 = 24.1733, just a little more than 24 days
Answer 25 days
I hope that helps!! :-)
2007-07-23 13:43:19 · answer #1 · answered by Pi R Squared 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Day 1: 1813 + 1 (log in) - 15 (questions) * 5 (points) = 1739
Day 2: 1739 + 1 - 15 * 5 = 1665
Day 3: 1665 + 1 - 15 * 5 = 1591
Day 4: 1591 + 1 - 15 * 5 = 1517
Day 5: 1517 + 1 - 15 * 5 = 1443
Day 6: 1443 + 1 - 15 * 5 = 1369
Day 7: 1369 + 1 - 15 * 5 = 1295
Day 8: 1295 + 1 - 15 * 5 = 1221
Day 11: 1073 + 1 - 15 * 5 = 999 (level 2)
Day 12: 999 + 1 (level 3) - 1 (question) * 5 (points) - (10-1) (question) * 5 = 950
Day 13: 950 + 1 - 10 * 5 = 901
Day 14: 901 + 1 - 10 * 5 = 852
Day 15: 852 + 1 - 10 * 5 = 803
Day 16: 803 + 1 - 10 * 5 = 754
Day 17: 754 + 1 - 10 * 5 = 705
Day 18: 705 + 1 - 10 * 5 = 656
Day 19: 656 + 1 - 10 * 5 = 607
Day 20: 607 + 1 - 10 * 5 = 558
Day 21: 558 + 1 - 10 * 5 = 509
Day 22: 509 + 1 - 10 * 5 = 460
Day 23: 460 + 1 - 10 * 5 = 411
Day 24: 411 + 1 - 10 * 5 = 362
Day 25: 362 + 1 - 10 * 5 = 313
Day 26: 313 + 1 - 10 * 5 = 264
Day 27: 264 + 1 - 4 (question) * 5 ( points) (level 1) - 1 (question) * 5 (points) = 240
Day 28: 240 + 1 - 5 * 5 = 216
Day 29: 216 + 1 - 5 * 5 = 192
Day 30: 192 + 1 - 5 * 5 = 168
Day 31: 168 + 1 - 5 * 5 = 144
Day 32: 144 + 1 - 5 * 5 = 120
Day 33: 120 + 1 - 5 * 5 = 96
Day 34: 96 + 1 - 5 * 5 = 72
Day 35: 72 + 1 - 5 * 5 = 48
Day 36: 48 + 1 - 5 * 5 = 24
Day 37: 24 + 1 - 5 * 5 = 0
You need exactly 37 days to get to 0 points.
P.S. its_victoria08, I didn't read yours and I got the answer too. I also like math. You also forgot to add 1 point every day for logging in.
2007-07-23 22:12:00 · answer #2 · answered by S N 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
(FYI, the second person to answer, actually changed his answer, after I got mine. Therefore, I was the first to answer correctly. You can tell he edited it because his answer was voted thumbs down, and mine wasn't. Please be wise when choosing best answer. It's not the points I want, it's the victory I felt when I knew the answer first and was the only one to logically think of the situation. It may not mean much to anyone on this site, but when you live in a world of false victories, liars, and cheaters, any true, honest, well-earned victory is one big enough to celebrate.)
You've got 1813 to spend.
It's 5 points per question; 15 questions per day.
Here's the kicker. When you change levels, the number of questions you can ask per day will change.
So, first, how many days will take for you to get back down to level 2?
1813 - 999 = 814
15 * 5 = 75
10 days to lose 750 points. The next day, you will lose another 75, and will drop a level.
So, 11 days at level 3, losing 825 points.
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1813 - 825 = 988
At level 2, you can only ask 10 a day. You go back to level 1 at 249 points.
988 - 249 = 739 points to spend
10 * 5 = 50 points a day
14 days to lose 700 points. You will lose 50 more the next day and drop a level
15 days to drop to level 1 and lose 750 points
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Total days so far: 15 + 11 = 26
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Now, you are down to 1813 - (750 + 825) = 238
Level 1, only 5 per day.
5 * 5 = 25 a day
9 days to lose 225 points
238 - 225 = 13 points
You will be at 0 points on the 10th day.
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Roughly 36 days to get back to 0 points. And that's only depending on how Yahoo does level changes... if they wait until the next day or if it happens right away (and the number of questions can change in the middle of the day). Also, I left out the point you get for logging in t o ask the questions...
So, let's say the total is roughly 37 days. Give or take a few hours. =]
2007-07-23 20:51:10 · answer #3 · answered by its_victoria08 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If you're only allowed to answer 15 questions per day, and asking a question costs 5 points, then you'd be losing 75 points a day. Assuming that you do nothing to gain points (not even logging in), then 1813/75 = about 24.173 days, which means you'd run out of points some time on the 25th day.
2007-07-23 20:44:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Everytime you log into ask a question, u automatically gain one point. So u lose only 4 points for one of your 15 questions.
Assuming u dont choose a best answer for your Q's
U lose (14* 5)+ (1*4)= 74 points per day.
1813/74 = 24.5
U lose all your points on the 25th day.
2007-07-23 20:58:07 · answer #5 · answered by Babygirl 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
24
2007-07-23 20:46:40 · answer #6 · answered by Arif 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
24
2007-07-23 20:44:40 · answer #7 · answered by leo 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
You would lose 15*5 = 75 points/day.
So 1813/75 = 24 .17333 days.
So you would have to go to a 25th day.
2007-07-23 20:47:51 · answer #8 · answered by ironduke8159 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
24.173 days LOL 25 days plus 3 extra questions... and youll have -2 :) Wait but your going to have to log in to ask the 15 questions so thats 25 logins so your going to to have to ask 8 extra questions not 3.... and youll have negative 3 points..
Answer is still 25 days with 8 questions on the 25h day
WAIT WAIT... Your going to go down to level 2 after loosing points for asking questions, so that means your only going to be able to ask 10 questions per day.... Okay so for 10.85 days you can loose 75 points a day until you get under 1000 points.. 10.85 x 75 = 814 .. On the 11th day you already asked 13 questions and youll be at 998..But since you logged in for 11 days your going to get an extra point a day... so 998 Plus 11 points is 1007... so 2 extra questions will do it and leave you at 997... after asking 165 questions. You can not ask anymore because you'll be at level 2 ..which is only 10 questions a day.... 15 extra days (26 total) you would have asked 150 extra questions which is 750 negative points... which leaves you 998-750 = 248 points (Level 1) but you logged in for 15 days extra and now your 248+15 = 263 points so extra day 16 (27 days total) you ask 3 extra questions which leaves you at 248 plus 1 point for logging in the extra day 249.. Youll have 2 extra questions to ask so minus 10 points from 249.. youll be at 239.. at DAY 27.Now at level one you can only ask 5 questions a day... After 10 extra days of questions youll have 240 negative points which puts you at minus -1 point but you logged in 10 extra (37 days total) days so youll be at 9 points so ask the 2 more questions you have left for the day and youll be at negative -1 point...
So final answer is 37 days!! WOw it sounds confusing but I did it...
37 Days WOOHOOO so just log in the next day and youll have exactly Zero Points... just like you wanted
soo the Answer is 38 days!!!
EXACTLY 38 days i WIN!! Yay!! i Win!! haha victoria is no match
2007-07-23 20:43:49 · answer #9 · answered by Faded Funk 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
25 days... it's not that hard. u probally could have done it urself.
2007-07-23 20:47:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋