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About James

This is a place to post things that I find interesting or puzzles and other things.

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I know no missing posts!

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Puzzle 49

Here we go with home-brews. How is: 8-3=1 True? Answer saturday.

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Ready for puzzles?

Home-made puzzles will be starting next week. No holds barred… For you 1 person who reads this.

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Puzzle 48

There once was a man who had married thirty women. Yet he never had a wife. How?

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Puzzle 47

Find the error in this mathematical conundrum. Answer Saturday. 1=1 [To start] a=b [Got it?] a•a=b•a [Both sides multiplied by a] a^2=ab [Which is] a^2-b^2=ab-b^2 [Subtraction axiom with b^2] (a+b)(a-b)=b(a-b) [Factored] (a+b)(a-b)/(a-b)=b(a-b)/(a-b) [Divide both sides by (a-b)] a+b=b [Which is] … Continue reading

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Puzzle numbering

I found I had a numbering error earlier in the puzzles and have fixed it. Puzzle 42 is still puzzle 42 for the number sake though.

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Puzzle 46

Study this post and all things in it. What is vitally wrong with it? Actually, nothing in it is wrong, but you must admit that it is most unusual. Don’t just zip through it quickly, but study it scrupulously. With … Continue reading

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