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Strangler Lewis · 06-18-2008, 11:11 PM

A group of ducks is crossing a bridge. There's a duck in front of two ducks, a duck between two ducks, and a duck behind two ducks. How many ducks are on the bridge?

MouseWife · 06-18-2008, 11:15 PM

*MouseWife just passing through*

Morrigoon · 06-18-2008, 11:22 PM

Three

Strangler Lewis · 06-19-2008, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Morrigoon

Three

You're jumping to conclusions.

Boss Radio · 06-19-2008, 01:28 AM

Which bridge?
Suspension bridge?
Golden Gate Bridge?
London Bridge?
Terabithia?

Led Zeppelin's "Confounded bridge"

Or could it be the bridge to the song Disco Duck?

Wait...it's Huey, Dewey and Louie.

What was the question again?

Alex · 06-19-2008, 07:59 AM

Conclusions jumped: That all of the ducks are walking single file. That all of the ducks are headed in the same direction. That the conditions of all of the ducks, vis a vis the other ducks, are described. That cricket is not involved.

Correcting for those conclusions I am going to say the answer is 15, one of which is a cricket batsman who scored a duck.

Pirate Bill · 06-19-2008, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

But where do you get y2'=y2? Isn't the derivative of 10^x=10^x ln (10)? (too brain fried to figure out how the "x-1" affects that)

Honestly, I had forgotten how to do the derivative of 10^x so I looked it up. And the reference I used said it's 10^x log(10). Since log(10) is 1 I simplified. So I guess it's wrong.

Yes, it was a more convoluted way to say exponential growth, but it essentially proves that it is exponential growth.

Why did the ducks cross the bridge? Are they European or African ducks?

BarTopDancer · 06-19-2008, 09:19 AM

DUCKS!

Oh come on, you couldn't think that was going to go unmentioned.

Kevy Baby · 06-19-2008, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

A group of ducks is crossing a bridge. There's a duck in front of two ducks, a duck between two ducks, and a duck behind two ducks. How many ducks are on the bridge?

What do you mean? An African or European duck?

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06-19-2008, 07:59 AM	#26
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Conclusions jumped: That all of the ducks are walking single file. That all of the ducks are headed in the same direction. That the conditions of all of the ducks, vis a vis the other ducks, are described. That cricket is not involved. Correcting for those conclusions I am going to say the answer is 15, one of which is a cricket batsman who scored a duck.
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