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Forum: Miscellaneous 08-23-2004, 10:47 PM
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Posted By Draknek
Yeah, when my maths method started to get...

Yeah, when my maths method started to get difficult, I switched to a programming method.

Which is good, because it turned out to be wrong anyway. I found the error: instead of summing 1/2*k*(k+1)...
Forum: Miscellaneous 08-23-2004, 09:45 PM
Replies: 110
Views: 44,807
Posted By Draknek
Yeah, that's what my program told me, and I'm...

Yeah, that's what my program told me, and I'm fairly certain now that it will be correct for any given values.

There's got to be a problem with my maths somewhere.
Forum: Miscellaneous 08-23-2004, 07:45 PM
Replies: 110
Views: 44,807
Posted By Draknek
That looks like the graph for 5 to an infinite...

That looks like the graph for 5 to an infinite number of balls.

Cat, are you sure that it's 9 tries minimum for 3 balls? I get 8.

EDIT: Nevermind. I wrote a program, which agrees with you.
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Forum: Miscellaneous 08-23-2004, 01:35 PM
Replies: 110
Views: 44,807
Posted By Draknek
Ah, my work here is done. (Almost) I...

Ah, my work here is done.

(Almost)

I worked out this to be the formula for 3 balls:

y^3 + 3y^2 + 2y - 6x >= 0

But either I've forgotten how to factor polynominals with magnitude > 2, or I...
Forum: Miscellaneous 08-23-2004, 01:25 AM
Replies: 110
Views: 44,807
Posted By Draknek
(Draknek has been working this out for far too...

(Draknek has been working this out for far too long)

Changing the number of floors is fairly trivial (once you get how to do it at all, that is - I didn't...
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