Why don’t you properly show your full and clear understanding of the problem that I am pointing out (on the right thread). And then you can clarify the distinction between it and your reasoning. Why do you always avoid doing that every time? We have already annoyed this thread to death with our differences about the Blued problem.
This problem is pretty tedious, I think I must be doing it wrong.
[tab]Here are some equations:A = C+G
B = H+D
B = I+F
C = G+E
D = H+J
E = G+I
F = J+D
H = I+J
A+B = C+E+F
A+C = B+H+I+F
A+G = B+H+IShould be enough. Let’s try and solve for a variable in terms of J.
A+C = B+H+I+F
(C+G)+C = (I+F)+H+I+F
2(G+E)+G=2(I+F)+(I+J)
2(G+(G+I))+G = 3I+2F+J
5G+2I = 3I+2F+JF = J+D
F = 2J+H
F = 3J+I5G+2I = 3I+2(3J+I)+J
5G+2I = 5I+7J
5G = 3I+7JA+G = B+H+I
G = (H+D)+H+I-(C+G)
2G = 2H+(H+J)+I-(G+E)
3G = 3H+J+I-(G+I)
4G = 3H+J
4G = 3(I+J)+J
4G = 3I+4J
G = (3I+4J)/45((3I+4J)/4) = 3I+7J
(15/4)I+5J = 3I+7J
(15/4)I-3I = 2J
(3/4)I = 2JIf J = 1 → I = 1.5
→ H = 2.5
D = 3.5
B = 6
F = 4.5A+C = 14.5
A+G = 10C-G=4.5
E = 4.5
G = 3
C= 7.5
A = 7…Shit.[/tab]
Yep, definitely did it wrong
You and I so often seem to take the exact same approach. The difference seems to be that when I find that it isn’t exactly true, I look at different means of tackling the problem. That relates to why your answers to the Blued problem and the Master’s logician meeting puzzle are not valid … you ignore the possibility of alternative methods while the puzzles forbid any.