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Asamin 2012-07-09 09:08 AM

Petals around the rose
 
I figured it out. Took me like 20 mins. But here you do, something to do today. It's a puzzle.

Petals around the rose

!King_Amazon! 2012-07-09 11:19 AM

Easy shit. My 5th grade math teacher had a "Petals Around the Rose" puzzle up in her class for students to attempt to figure out. I was the first in my class (and only, for a few months at least) to figure it out and I did so in the first day. It's so simple unless you overthink it.

Asamin 2012-07-09 12:59 PM

If you try to think of it as math you'll never get it. Me and Atnas sat there for ages trying that. Then I figured it out and soon after he got it.

JRwakebord 2012-07-13 04:41 PM

That...took me way too long to figure out. I feel like an idiot.

Asamin 2012-07-13 08:51 PM

:P Took me a while too. If you try to apply math it doesn't work and it's annoying.

JRwakebord 2012-07-14 12:53 PM

Yah, when it clicked for me I just kinda froze and muttered to myself "You've got to be fucking kidding"

Asamin 2012-07-14 01:49 PM

My moment was more "Does it... a rose... :O I GET IT! Oh god that was obvious"

WetWired 2012-07-14 07:29 PM

I don't see how the name of the game has anything to do with the solution. In any case, if you take a few dozen rolls and sort by result, the answer becomes quickly apparent.

Asamin 2012-07-14 08:08 PM

I'll explain it when more people have gotten it.

WetWired 2012-07-14 09:04 PM

I expect that I won't like your explaination on grounds of plurallity.

!King_Amazon! 2012-07-15 08:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Asamin (Post 698795)
I'll explain it when more people have gotten it.

Stop being a faggot. Hints and explanations are not cool.

Chruser 2012-07-17 11:53 PM

Suboptimal approach: Memorize the scores for the 252 distinct rolls with 5D6 (not taking order into account, since it's irrelevant). :p

((n+5)C5 unique rolls for the general nD6-version, with n>=1.)

S2 AM 2012-07-22 01:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WetWired (Post 698794)
I don't see how the name of the game has anything to do with the solution. In any case, if you take a few dozen rolls and sort by result, the answer becomes quickly apparent.

What do you mean? The name has everything to do with the solution, otherwise the rules just seems arbitrary. There is a logical mathematical consistency but it's much harder to come up with unless you already know the solution.

WetWired 2012-07-22 03:16 PM

The name of the game could only be related to the solution if there were only one die.

S2 AM 2012-07-22 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WetWired (Post 698867)
The name of the game could only be related to the solution if there were only one die.

Now you're just arguing semantics, next you'll be complaining that the dice aren't all red

WetWired 2012-07-23 06:21 PM

Roses come in many colors.

S2 AM 2012-07-23 11:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WetWired (Post 698871)
Roses come in many colors.

Cool story bro

jamer123 2012-07-24 07:35 AM

i figured this out in like 10 minutes and the name is a hint btw

!King_Amazon! 2012-07-24 11:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jamer123 (Post 698873)
i figured this out in like 10 minutes and the name is a hint btw

No it isn't, WW said so jamer321, get with the program

Asamin 2012-07-25 06:08 AM

WW disliked the reason on accounts of plurality. The name is entirely how to solve the puzzle.


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