I just ran across this little gem in a book I'm reading. Supposedly there are two possible answers, of course the answers are not given. I've worked out one possible, but I did it last night while half asleep so I might be wrong as I haven't double checked it. What you need to do is complete the following sentence by filling in the blanks: It looks simple, the number of occurrences of 0 is 1, The number of occurrences of 0 is 1, of 1 is 1,...... No wait, the number of occurrences of 0 is 1, of 1 is 2,...... ...and so on. The sequence sets up feedback loops that oscillate and eventually stabilize. There is a branch at one point, which I followed but I haven't checked out the other route yet.
But neat.... By the 33th generation (I think) I get a split, showing the 33rd generation below as the 34th generation it could either be: The number of occurrences of 0 is 1, of 1 is 4, of 2 is 2, of 3 is 2, 4 is 2, of 5 is 1, of 6 is 1, of 7 is .........dam, I screwed up.....gotta start over!
Okay, I have it! The answer is either: The number of occurrences of 0 is 1, of 1 is 7, of 2 is 4, of 3 is 1, 4 is 1, of 5 is 1, of 6 is 1, of 7 is 1, of 8 is 2, of 9 is 1. or: The number of occurrences of 0 is 1, of 1 is 8, of 2 is 2, of 3 is 1, 4 is 2, of 5 is 1, of 6 is 1, of 7 is 2, of 8 is 1, of 9 is 1. Both of which add to 65 as does the previous 4 generations, that is 6 generations that add to 65 and the first adding to 57 for a total of 7 generations total before repetition sets in. If I did it right.
No ... you haven't it! In your first answer you say the number of occurrences of 1 is 7 ... but I count 8; and you say the number of occurrences of 2 is 4 ... but I count 2; and you say the number of occurrences of 4 is 1 ... but I count 2; and you say the number of occurrences of 8 is 2 ... but I count 1 And in your second answer you say the number of occurrences of 1 is 8 ... but I count 7; and you say the number of occurrences of 2 is 2 ... but I count 4; and you say the number of occurrences of 8 is 1 ... but I count 2 So all in all, you're still a long way off getting it!
Yep.....what SHE said. [like I'm daft enough to disagree with the freestyle pencil-chewing champ of 1982...] But,in truth,Little Miss grumpy IS correct. I counted 7,4 & 2 respectively,as well.
nope...tried and failed....don't see how it can be solved if the question evolves with every answer.....i think steam was coming out my ears .... just the first run through ends up with 1 going up to 10....making zeros original answer incorrect or some shit like that
That's close enough for jazz,rollypoly....it's just a subjugated-integer version of Fibonacci sequencing,bruv. Just don't fall into the trap of using factorial sequentials and it becomes obvious.... meh-I DEFFO need espresso-NOW!
is that a real thing?...seriously i only have basic high school math....nothing fancy taught by priests i did email this to 3 sisters and a daughter..and a stoner friend lol.....plus the grand kids...they are probably all cursing me right now haha
HERE is the correct answer: In this sentence, the number of occurrences of 0 is 1, of 1 is 7, of 2 is 3, of 3 is 2, of 4 is 1, of 5 is 1, of 6 is 1, of 7 is 2, of 8 is 1, of 9 is 1 :daisy: :daisy: :daisy: :daisy: :daisy: :daisy: (and I DIDN'T do it by iteration ... ) I have not quite completed the maths to prove it, but I do not believe there IS a second correct solution. It's kinda complicated, however, so you might not all understand it ... best content yourself with the fact that I have provided you with the solution!
Oi,BeachBum,psst! Babe-nobody likes a smartarse.....even if that arse is pert,tight and shapely. Coz so was Red Rum's! [just a word t'the wise,Toots...m'kay?]
In this sentence, the number of occurrences of 0 is one, of 1 is one, of 2 is one, of 3 is one, of 4 is one, of 5 is one, of 6 is one, of 7 is one, of 8 is one, of 9 is one.
not easier...its the answer to the question.....which I solved....other wise it isn't a proper sentence.. improper use of the comma.....ten yard penalty....loss of a down
It wasn't specified that the sentence had to be truthful in the original exercise, nor even grammatically correct therefore there are thousands of millions if not perhaps an infinite number of possible solutions, all of which are correct.