New Posts For Thread: can somebody help me with these puzzles please?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23414762/can-somebody-help-me-with-these-puzzles-please1. What is special about 1/7th ?2. A farmer has a square field. There is a bull somewhere in the field. The bull is secured by tight ropes to three of the corner posts. The ropes are 30m, 40m and 50m long. What is the area of the field ?3. You areGreat band - sorry don't know any answers.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23414762/can-somebody-help-me-with-these-puzzles-please?post_id=417473378#417473378Great band - sorry don't know any answers.Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:58:14 -0600okthis is the last im committing my mind to this now. if all 3 ropes arejoined, making 1 rope 120m long, and said rope is placed tight around 3 posts making a right angle triangle, isosceles triangle, then the area of the square (ie twice the area ofhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23414762/can-somebody-help-me-with-these-puzzles-please?post_id=417473374#417473374okthis is the last im committing my mind to this now. if all 3 ropes arejoined, making 1 rope 120m long, and said rope is placed tight around 3 posts making a right angle triangle, isosceles triangle, then the area of the square (ie twice the area ofWed, 02 Dec 2009 08:57:43 -0600i don't think that is the winner. There is a situation v.similar to the 3200 answer given earlier that will work. just don't now how to prove ithttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23414762/can-somebody-help-me-with-these-puzzles-please?post_id=417473366#417473366i don't think that is the winner. There is a situation v.similar to the 3200 answer given earlier that will work. just don't now how to prove itWed, 02 Dec 2009 08:55:42 -0600if it loops back on itself, fk, its possible to only use 3 posts.It looks like thats the winner, and I can finally start some work today.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23414762/can-somebody-help-me-with-these-puzzles-please?post_id=417473330#417473330if it loops back on itself, fk, its possible to only use 3 posts.It looks like thats the winner, and I can finally start some work today.Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:42:14 -0600i dont like it cause it uses more than 3 of the corner posts. cant better it myself thoughhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23414762/can-somebody-help-me-with-these-puzzles-please?post_id=417473322#417473322i dont like it cause it uses more than 3 of the corner posts. cant better it myself thoughWed, 02 Dec 2009 08:39:45 -0600I like your thinking, boggle.Does no one know the 'true' answer? This really bugging me now :)https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23414762/can-somebody-help-me-with-these-puzzles-please?post_id=417473318#417473318I like your thinking, boggle.Does no one know the 'true' answer? This really bugging me now :)Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:39:44 -0600Ive got https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23414762/can-somebody-help-me-with-these-puzzles-please?post_id=417473302#417473302Ive got Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:18:36 -0600i think you might need to combine the sin rule and the cosine rule for non right angled triangles and then solve simultaneously to try and find the angleshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23414762/can-somebody-help-me-with-these-puzzles-please?post_id=417473254#417473254i think you might need to combine the sin rule and the cosine rule for non right angled triangles and then solve simultaneously to try and find the anglesWed, 02 Dec 2009 07:10:00 -0600i'm sad, I actually went home from the office just to try and work this out! Can't get any work done from thinking about it!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23414762/can-somebody-help-me-with-these-puzzles-please?post_id=417473246#417473246i'm sad, I actually went home from the office just to try and work this out! Can't get any work done from thinking about it!Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:07:55 -0600Bul question has me stumped.Unless you can prove mathematically, that its possible for 3 corners af 3,4 and 5 to be joined.If its possible to have 50m pinned in one corner, 40m pinned in opposite, and then 30m pinned between them, it will create a trhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23414762/can-somebody-help-me-with-these-puzzles-please?post_id=417473242#417473242Bul question has me stumped.Unless you can prove mathematically, that its possible for 3 corners af 3,4 and 5 to be joined.If its possible to have 50m pinned in one corner, 40m pinned in opposite, and then 30m pinned between them, it will create a trWed, 02 Dec 2009 07:06:33 -0600