Riddle Me This, Riddle Me That

[dkgojackets]

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How is he going to get off on the 13th floor when most buildings do not recognize a 13th floor? They normally go from 12 to 14. Just being an ***, as the midget is the right answer.

What type of buildings do you go in?

[dkgojackets]

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Using one 1, one 2, and one 3, create an equation that equals 19. Each number must be used once and only once. You may not use any other numbers. You may not combine digits to make a new number (ie 1 and 2 to make 12). You may use any mathematical operation that you want (including sqrt), raise to a power (must be an available 1,2, or 3 though), natural logs, whatever. No mathematical constants (like pi or e). I think that covers it.

[kodiak]

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What type of buildings do you go in?

Next time you are in a hotel or high rise, the probability of that having a 13th floor is slim. Most buildings do not recognize floor #13 because of the superstition of 13 being bad luck.

[sportsdude]

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Next time you are in a hotel or high rise, the probability of that having a 13th floor is slim. Most buildings do not recognize floor #13 because of the superstition of 13 being bad luck.

that's bogus. I heard that when I was a kid, yet every building I've been in with 13 or more floors has a 13th floor.

[Beantown]

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Using one 1, one 2, and one 3, create an equation that equals 19. Each number must be used once and only once. You may not use any other numbers. You may not combine digits to make a new number (ie 1 and 2 to make 12). You may use any mathematical operation that you want (including sqrt), raise to a power (must be an available 1,2, or 3 though), natural logs, whatever. No mathematical constants (like pi or e). I think that covers it.

Don't know if this falls under the "you may not combine digits" rule...

Square the three to get 9, then put the 1 in front of it to get 19.

Only thing I could come up with that doesn't cheat.

[dkgojackets]

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Don't know if this falls under the "you may not combine digits" rule...

Square the three to get 9, then put the 1 in front of it to get 19.

Only thing I could come up with that doesn't cheat.

Thats exactly what the rule is trying to prevent.

[Beantown]

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Thats exactly what the rule is trying to prevent.

Didn't know if you just couldn't combine the 1-2-3...never said you couldn't combine the answers

Back to the drawing board.

[larrygiterdone]

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Didn't know if you just couldn't combine the 1-2-3...never said you couldn't combine the answers

Back to the drawing board.

3 squared is 3*3 which breaks the first rule

[Beantown]

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3^2 doesn't break the first rule, as he said you could use powers, as long as it was one of the given numbers.

[dkgojackets]

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3^2 doesn't break the first rule, as he said you could use powers, as long as it was one of the given numbers.

This is correct.

[Cyros]

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3^2x2+1

[dkgojackets]

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3^2x2+1

Each number must be used once and only once.

.

[IlliniM1ke]

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that's bogus. I heard that when I was a kid, yet every building I've been in with 13 or more floors has a 13th floor.

Most buildings I've been in skip the 13th floor, hotels, hospitals, etc.

I work in an emergency room, it has 23 rooms, rooms 1-12, then 14-23, so really only 22 rooms since there is no room #13.

So what kodiak is saying isn't bogus.

[CMH]

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Using one 1, one 2, and one 3, create an equation that equals 19. Each number must be used once and only once. You may not use any other numbers. You may not combine digits to make a new number (ie 1 and 2 to make 12). You may use any mathematical operation that you want (including sqrt), raise to a power (must be an available 1,2, or 3 though), natural logs, whatever. No mathematical constants (like pi or e). I think that covers it.

Since this is a riddle I have to ask a question.

When you say one 1, one 2, one 3 are you typing the words as I should hear it or as it should be?

By this I mean, one 1, one 2, and one 3 could be heard as 1,1,1,2,1,3. I don't mean it in that way (there are other ways to hear the wording), but I want to make sure before attempting to answer this riddle.

[dkgojackets]

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Since this is a riddle I have to ask a question.

When you say one 1, one 2, one 3 are you typing the words as I should hear it or as it should be?

By this I mean, one 1, one 2, and one 3 could be heard as 1,1,1,2,1,3. I don't mean it in that way (there are other ways to hear the wording), but I want to make sure before attempting to answer this riddle.

a 1, a 2, and a 3. Its not supposed to be a trick question or anything. You are using those three digits (only those three digits, no constants like pi or e, again its not a trick like that) and mathematical symbols/functions/operations. You may use the square root symbol and it does not count as using one of the three allotted numbers (since when written, all I would see is a symbol) but if you want to take the cubed root it DOES count as the three (again, think of the problem as if you were writing it down, the only numbers present are a 1, 2, and 3.)