Chinahand Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 You can't change a car tire, or mark, drill and plug a set of holes parallel to a stairway or floor to mount a dido? Where's you sense of challenge? Now if he'd asked about plastering I'd have had to admit my attempts don't much go beyond filling the odd crack or two, and my attempts at tiling left a lot be desired, but they are the trigonometry of the odd job world and I've not really got much beyond "only half an hour of agony" when it comes to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sausages Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Can you put a fruit pastille in your mouth without chewing it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManxTaxPayer Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 You can't change a car tire, or mark, drill and plug a set of holes parallel to a stairway or floor to mount a dido? Mount a what now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted December 10, 2015 Author Share Posted December 10, 2015 (edited) Can you solve the GCHQ Christmas puzzler?. The completed shading looks like morse - reading down it says G C H Q. I haven't seen that noted anywhere - so it is probably just a distracting bit of fun. Apparently it's a nonogram and there is a methodology (and apps) for solving them. Perhaps the quickest solution is the best even if that means cheating. Or perhaps there is a catch. This is the key to the next part of the puzzle. Edited December 10, 2015 by pongo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Looks to me like chinahands kitchen after he finished tiling it 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paswt Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 I never did algebra and have managed to live my life,to my knowledge, without needing it. This is one of the things about maths education that bugs me somewhat. Why is it that people are quite happy to admit to 'not doing maths', or 'never needing algebra' or whatever? You rarely find people who are proud of not being able to read. lol Wrighty, I neither "proud" or ashamed of not doing algebra , I left school at 15 . To be able to read is more 'essential' than algebra , in my view. I can do 'sums' and fairly good at mental arithmetic , have run a couple of companies and seldom used a calculator ( I quite enjoyed the mental exercise). TBH I wasn't too keen on "schooling"and will freely admit that I decided to leave. Perhaps I still object to folk inferring somehow that there is something wrong with me because I fall short of their perceived educational superiority . I have known academics with many degrees and doctorates who frankly don't appear to have the sense they were born with . one of whom asked me which way one turned a screwdriver (true) I helpfully told him "Lefty loosey, righty tighty" . I am happy to concede that these folk may be "the exception that prove the rule" (prove as in 'tests' ...see I can be patronising too ) What "bugs me" (well tbh it doesn't really cos I don't care what folk I don't know think of me) is people who decide to "box" people on the basis of their own prejudices spoon fed to them by those involved in academia or from the social strata they were born into. Those that "can" do ; those that can't teach: those that can't teach administrate ................. discuss .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Can you work out what the perimeters of these two figures are with the information available? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManxTaxPayer Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Are the angles all right angles? If so then yes. But it doesn't indicate that they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Marshal Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Clever twats. Now ask them to solve, what does B+R+E+X+I+T=? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManxTaxPayer Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 (edited) Can you work out what the perimeters of these two figures are with the information available? Ok, seeing as Chinahand can't be bothered answering my query I can tell you that you can't actually work out the perimeters of the figures with the limited information he's given you. It's impossible. But I can tell you that the figures are composite rectilinear shapes and therefore all the interior angles are equal to either 90 or 270 degrees. You should be able to work out the perimeters quite easily now. Edited June 28, 2016 by ManxTaxPayer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 So, possible or impossible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManxTaxPayer Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 You should be able to work out the perimeters quite easily now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Assuming right angles, and assuming that the '2' in the right hand figure refers to the vertical component, then both shapes have a perimeter of 44. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 I can tell you that you can't actually work out the perimeters of the figures with the limited information he's given you. It's impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Assuming right angles, and assuming that the '2' in the right hand figure refers to the vertical component, then both shapes have a perimeter of 44. I would agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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