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Riddle me this then Yuna...

Since you're such a quizmistress now, i've got one for you.
A King and Queen hold a banquet. They sit at either end of a rectangular table and their knights sit at the long sides. There are 7 knights at each long side of the table.

Each person at the table knocks their goblet once with the person to their left AND to their right.

So here's the question...
How many times will one goblet knock with another?

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  • Naraku No Hana
    April 26, 2008
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    WAAA! I gotta be right or it'll hurt my ego! lol

  • Naraku No Hana
    April 26, 2008
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    BWAHAHAHAHA....let's see....hm....

    i bet i'll get it wrong too! LOL so um.....Twice? XD if we're talking about just one goblet so yeah , I say twice. O.O


    • Evernight Prince
      April 26, 2008
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      Hehe a good try but the trick isn't in the wording of the question. I wanna know how many times goblets will knock.

      • Naraku No Hana
        April 26, 2008
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        damn yooou >.< ehheheeh. ok um....



        PFFT I hate you officially lmao.

        16 times. meh.

        • Evernight Prince
          April 26, 2008
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          Correct. Most people try to think of this mathematically and add all the people up and then double it because the goblets knock twice for each person.

          But if you think about it logically, if everyone knocks their goblet with the person to their left, it would make a complete cycle and thus everyone would knock with the person to their right at the same time.

          So the number of knocks is exactly = to the number of people at the table.

          Well done

          • Naraku No Hana
            April 26, 2008
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            WOO HOO! YAY! I thought it's either 16 or you're talking about one goblet on it's own which is then twice. XDD Meeee smart ! XD And and and...i still hate you


  • Rose Dark Thorn silver member
    April 26, 2008
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    Loooool. Yunie loves stuff like this, though I suck at them myself. XD

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