Unanswered Questions
142 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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What string comes next?
What string comes next:
accccfjuyz
fhqsstv
cfgiorttv
cfffgiioorsttuvz
abccffgioorttvz
aabcccdffghimooqrssttvzzz
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$T\lceil R \rceil _{eA} \lfloor S \rceil$on
The answer is a 9-letter word
$Log_2(26)$
$\frac{1}{6} (\sqrt{595}-19)$
$-\frac{12^2}{100}$
$0$
$-\sqrt{\pi}$
$6\pi\cdot\tanh^2(2)$
$\frac{307819}{62500}$
$0$
$-\frac{8}{3}-\frac{3}{\pi}+\frac{5\pi}...
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Weighing Coins -- a Different Approach
This is a question of my own devising. You have a double pan scale which will tell you whether 2 coins or 2 groups of coins weigh the same or whether one side is heavier than the other side. You have ...
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Are the Polybius cipher and the Bifid cipher really easy to solve?
I looked up those two ciphers and decided to make a twisted combination of them, here are some of the steps I followed:
use the bifid cipher;
go to the RIGHT by 2 on AZERTY keyboard (on B and N go ...
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decode the hiring puzzle?
There is a puzzle on this site Socket_Supply_Co
a00fba3af1ffc09,
Rabbit hole's enigma calls,
Puzzle unfolds deep.
I tried to decode the first line which is ...
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Artist puzzle/ARG: "The key is: 33.60d813551512431"
A Greek singer/trapper has a website with his name on it that's very cryptic. I'm linking the website here https://sinboy.gr . There are a few things that are strange but I would like to focus on the ...
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How many uncoordinated cubers does it take to solve a Rubik's cube with multiple solutions?
Inspired by Rubik's cubes with multiple sets of colors or stickers. Suppose there's a Rubik's cube with multiple solutions (represented by multiple sets of colors) made with special paint that reflect ...
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Strategy for solving "Hypatian Enigma" puzzle (all lines add to 38)
The "Hypatian Enigma" puzzle consists of 19 hexagonal blocks numbered 1 through 19.
The blocks are arranged in 5 rows. The first and last rows have 3 blocks, the second and fourth row has 4 ...
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Can we find four identically colored numbers?
Take the positive integers {1, 2, 3, ...} and color them red, green or blue. Is it true that no matter what coloring is chosen, we can always find three distinct numbers x, y and z so that x, y, z ...
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Visual puzzle involving mathematical operations
Try this puzzle. It involves mathematical operations. Created on my own.
CSV (for those who aren't able to see images):
...
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Deadlock possible in Minefield?
A deadlock is a position in which neither player has won and neither player has a legal placement available. My question is, "Can you find a deadlock position in Minefield?" And, if you ...
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What did Aryabhatta say?
I was looking at an old Sanskrit shloka.
I saw the following verse - and as I know Sanskrit (or Saṁśkrutaṁ), I translated it roughly.
tukā nātha kabīra ete ādikavayah |
nāmā gadimā kintu ...
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Ernie and the conduits of constant cross-section
It all started last week, when Acme Engineering loaned him a prototype version of their 3D Home Printer (this was as a reward for Ernie providing them, patent-free, with a suitable building material - ...
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A Journey around the Web
Are you ready to embark on a (rather short) journey?
Word Wall - 6 groups of 3, with the answers forming 2 groups of 3. The final answers start with T and U. (They come together into a single thing, ...
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