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How old are you

Le Panthéon ! 1
Friday 30 Apr 2010 04:17
:D


Ok, I'll try. Hope the riddle will be solvable :)

Solve x² - y² = xy + 29 in integers.
Multiply x and y by 3.
Get xth and yth prime number.
Divide the first number by the second.
Multiply the answer by 10.

You'll get my exact age. You can even say when I have birthday :D
Pyramid level: 2 442
Friday 30 Apr 2010 06:40
I am 16...playing some time :)
1169
Le Panthéon ! 1
Friday 30 Apr 2010 07:28
Solve x² - y² = xy + 29 in integers.
(9,4)
Multiply x and y by 3.
(27,12)
Get xth and yth prime number.
(101,31)
Divide the first number by the second.
ehm... about 3,258064, not yet seeing a period.
Multiply the answer by 10.
32,58064. Your birthday is the 1st of october.

Correct? Unfortunately, I didn't see how to solve your equation analytically... Maybe I'll bring an analytical solution later, but for now I just can't find a way to separate x and y. ;) Found this answer simply by trying...
Le Panthéon ! 1
Saturday 01 May 2010 19:14
(9,4)
Whooops... sorry, I should check the task :timide:
It seems to have infinite number of integer solutions :innocent:
I'll make another task ;)
Pyramid level: 2 476
Saturday 01 May 2010 20:30
My age is...

(91^5+4/9+32*47)*0+15

:)
Le Panthéon ! 1
Saturday 01 May 2010 20:38
toad your´e just 15, right?
...*0 + 15 = 15^^
Le Panthéon ! 1
Saturday 01 May 2010 20:57
Okay, I found a way to solve it... must have been very tired when I first tried, actually it is quite simple.
I got x = 1/2 * [y + sqrt(5y²+116)]. Then I told my calculator to find solutions for which x is an integer, and it got 1, 4, 7, 13 and 20 (Didn't want y to be greater than 25...)

1 seems to be the right answer, somehow I had missed it in my first try...
so the presumably correct solution is (6,1).
x3: (18,3)
prime numbers: (59,5)
divided: 11.8 (11 years, birthday: july 12th)
so you would be more or less close to 12 years and able to create this riddle... Not bad for someone that age, I'd say. But it means that the answer can be false too ;) So I'll try the third one: (13,7)
-> (39,21)
-> oh... starts becoming uncomfortable... oh, wikipedia has a list :) (167,73)
-> ~2.288
-> 22.88 years (22 years, birthday: june 13th). I think this one is by far more believable, regarding what you have to know and use for creating this task and also regarding your behaviour, which does not fit a 12-years-old ;) (Sorry @everyone who is 12 years old. Don't feel attacked now!)

So I think you were 22.88 years old (yesterday...)
Le Panthéon ! 1
Saturday 01 May 2010 20:58
Oh, and @Toad: :youpi: I liked it :P And it's 15, of course.
It looked a little bit unreal before I saw that 0^^
Le Panthéon ! 1
Sunday 02 May 2010 16:50
(22 years, birthday: june 13th)You're almost right, june 14th :)

(167,73) -> ~2.288I actually used 22 + 320/365 = 1670/73 ;)

must have been very tired when I first triedI was asleep when I made that task. So, 1:1 :lol:
Le Panthéon ! 1
Monday 03 May 2010 00:04
Wanna change the name of the thread to "how to solve math problems"?
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