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Greep Hooke was never so nervous about performing before an audience. His patron invited five of his friends to watch him do his much acclaimed juggling act. Of the five, two were mathematicians from MIT where his patron is a benefactor, one is a famous movie actress, another is a Nobel Prize winner for Physics, and the last is a World Champion athlete.
Greep did his best and afterwards thought he did the performance of his life.
After the guests had left, his patron showed him a piece of paper which contained the ratings. It read:
Mr. A= 28
Ms. B= 10
Mr. C= 300
Mr. D= 6
Mrs. E= O
Greep asked his patron whether a common rating scale was used by the guests. His patron just smiled.
QUESTION: How did the guests rate Greep's juggling act?
Greep did his best and afterwards thought he did the performance of his life.
After the guests had left, his patron showed him a piece of paper which contained the ratings. It read:
Mr. A= 28
Ms. B= 10
Mr. C= 300
Mr. D= 6
Mrs. E= O
Greep asked his patron whether a common rating scale was used by the guests. His patron just smiled.
QUESTION: How did the guests rate Greep's juggling act?
Hint
Mr. A and Mr. D are the mathematicians.Ms. B is the actress.
Mr. C is the athlete.
Mrs. E is the Nobel Prize winner.
Answer
They all found it PERFECT.Mr. A, a mathematician, gave it a 28, a PERFECT NUMBER.
Ms. B, the actress, gave it a 10, a PERFECT BEAUTY in the movie 10.
Mr. C, the World Champion Bowler, gave it a 300, a PERFECT GAME in his sport.
Mr. D, the other professor, gave it a 6, another PERFECT NUMBER.
Mrs. E, the Nobel Prize Winner, gave it a O, a PERFECT CIRCLE.
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PERFECT PUZZLER!!!!
this was FANTASTIC!!!!
many thanks to you both. it turns out many people found this easier than what some experts thought.
As I say: "Let THE PEOPLE speak"
that's good but what exactly is a perfect number?
A perfect number is one the sum of all its factors (other than itself) is equal to itself. 1+2+3=6. 0r 1+2+4+7+14=28.
Smile. Lovely teaser, I thought it scored a 28. ;-}
Jun 28, 2003
great teaser... i had it figured out when u mentioned one was an athlete... and i saw the number 300.. my first thought was bowling.. the others just fell into place after i looked at the hint... the only ones i couldnt figure where the mathemeticians... totally forgot about the perfect numbers... lol.. my math professors would not be impressed... ..... g*job
I don't consider someone who bowls an Athlete. Notice how many fat, beer-bellied ppl play bowling?
i am a bowler and i noticed that not many people are fat beer bellies. you should be asahmed of yourself. you are degrading all bowlers everywhere. by the way great teaser!
thank u whozat. hope u have had a few perfect games
Good puzzle Grip. I got most of them but what's the circle to the Nobel prizewinner?
thanks. physicists and their perfect circles
"O Wise One" SHOULD be ashamed of theirself. I consider anyone who plays a sport an athelete. Whather it is from bowling to football. By the way, even though it was a little confusing, it was a great teaser!!!
thank you
Jan 07, 2004
Enjoyable
was a lil hard
million thanks
Enjoyed this one, good job
thanks...
It surprises me that a physicist would choose a circle -- a geometric form -- as her example of perfection. Do circles crop up at all in physics? (I thought Mrs E was the actress, and the circle was an "O" -- for Oscar-worthy.)
a circle is always perfect
Tricky tricky tricky! "Perfect" teaser! Extra points!
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