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Old 12-29-2011, 10:37 AM   #181
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Don't forget that you have to add each nail together. So your calculation is correct for finding the price of the final nail. I don't remember if there is a formula for doing a sum of numerous equations. There must be, and I just can't remember it.

When I break out my calculator and do a tedious 3 minutes of punching numbers in, I get a total of $42,949,652.95
Good point. I think the easy way to do it would be to double the cost of the last and subtract one.

(2^(n-1) * 2)-1 = (2^n) -1
(2^32) -1 = 4294967295 (cents)
$42,949,672.95, which agrees with your results.
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Old 12-29-2011, 10:38 AM   #182
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Edit: I made a typo.

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Old 12-29-2011, 10:55 AM   #183
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That's more like it. This is reminiscent of the puzzler about the wise ass who had some king pay him a penny for the first square on a chess board and two pennies for the second, four for the next, and so on doubling the amount until the King figured out what was going on and had the guy beheaded.

You will have to wait for another nut until tomorrow, but I will off this little puzzle from another, unrelated book.

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Old 12-29-2011, 11:02 AM   #184
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Glatt, a heroic calculation !

But the answer depends on your assumption about "first nail"
1st leg: 1st nail = $0.01 ... 6 nails per shoe = $0.63
2nd leg: 1st nail = $0.01 ... 6 nails per shoe = $0.63
3rd leg: 1st nail = $0.01 ... 6 nails per shoe = $0.63
4th leg: 1st nail = $0.01 ... 6 nails per shoe = $0.63

Total: $2.52
Time to calculate: 15 seconds
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Old 12-29-2011, 01:13 PM   #185
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4 hooves, 8 nails per hoof = 32 nails
2 to the 32 = $42,949,672.95
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Old 12-29-2011, 02:37 PM   #186
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2 to the 32
that's embarrassingly easy. I'm ashamed that I pulled out my calculator to add all those nails up. I should know better.

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Old 12-29-2011, 02:52 PM   #187
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He left out the "minus 1."
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Old 12-29-2011, 04:36 PM   #188
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An my plan would have worked if it hadn't been for that meddling Jesus!
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Old 12-30-2011, 08:18 AM   #189
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Old 12-30-2011, 08:20 AM   #190
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The squirrel is on the tree, and he went around the tree, so yes, he went around the squirrel.

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Old 12-30-2011, 09:50 AM   #191
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Is there a treadmill involved?
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Old 12-30-2011, 10:35 AM   #192
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Old 12-30-2011, 10:38 AM   #193
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This one messes with my space/time/direction dyslexia. I'm sure this ties into my objection to the 'lefty loosy righty tighty' adage, too.

If the squirrel were avoiding the dude in the same direction around the tree, how is he going around the squirrel?

The squirrel is not part of the tree, he's just on the tree.
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Old 12-30-2011, 10:42 AM   #194
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What if it's a really big tree and the hunter is on the inside?
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Old 12-30-2011, 10:45 AM   #195
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That hunter's so fat that when he sits around a squirrel, he really sits around a squirrel!
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