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Listener 4114 - Three Square by Elap
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No - I haven't quite finished it yet. Still, one of the joys of a Listener comes when you learn something new, and primitive triangles are new to me. I assume that the numbers in the threes are also the genuine "answers". I do love the mathematicals!
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Bitterly disappointed. Having decided at the end of August to "have a go" at The Listener, I've had a recent streak of 10 successful completions, and enjoyed the cut and thrust of this thread. This week, and the 2 previous to it, have constituted for me a brick wall. Having arrived at a grid fill + definition and instructions in 4112 (Girl), I could not bring myself to cut up my only copy of the grid (I do not subscribe to the Times on line) and failed on the 4 word phrase. I solved and sent off the "ordinary" last Saturday, only to subsequently discover that half of Listener 4113 (Liberty Bell) had been sent away with it. Why did they suddenly decide to print them back to back? Now the AB thread is telling me 4114 is a mathematical puzzle, from which I will derive no pleasure whatsover. Oh well, I hope 4115 will offer a better prospect of success.
Turast, stay with us. You are not alone in deriving no pleasure at all from the numerical ones (and thanks, Contendo - I hadn't the slightest clue what a relative prime was) but these beastly things come round only once in three months and difficult ones like last week's don't crop up very often. Ten successes on the run is pretty good going!
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Clearly, BlackHugh, market research has indicated that numericals are fine at any time except Bank Holidays ... so if Cameron's crew ever get around to reading this thread, could they please take note, and find some way to arrange a BH for every week.
Meanwhile, I suspect that I will let this one get the better of me. I am however more than a little impressed by the optimistic 'yet' s in at least two of the above posts! Go for it guys, and good luck everybody.
Meanwhile, I suspect that I will let this one get the better of me. I am however more than a little impressed by the optimistic 'yet' s in at least two of the above posts! Go for it guys, and good luck everybody.
I think this is going to beat me, too. I found a way in, but ground to a halt with only 17 squares populated. I'm sure there's something lurking amongst the scalenes that will provide the next boost, but they are so convoluted that I can't see my way through. My happiness index has definitely fallen.
Returning to the subject of relative primeness, I'm a little concerned about the second scalene triangle. I have most of the grid filled, but now find that (H2 + p3) and n3 share a factor of 5, which is not allowed. I can't find alternative values for any of these 3 terms and wonder if this 'brick wall' is of my own making - does anyone else have a similar concern ?
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