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Thursday, April 29, 2010
Global Boiling
April 24th, Boston. Crazy weather forecast. Winter to Summer in three days. What single digit can one change so that the daily high temperatures displayed below are in an arithmetic progression?
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9 comments:
I'm not understanding the grammar of the question? Sorry. Tom
day 4 has a temperature of 82 degrees.
Then, there is 12 degree increase every day
Rachel got it I believe - to specifically answer your question, change the 3 in a high of 83 on Friday to a 2.
I'm not understanding this grammar either. :)
Sorry,
Melissa
Tom, Melissa - you are right. I consulted with a native speaker and she told me that "can" and "one" should be switched in order for the sentence to be grammatically correct. So, instead of "What digit one can change..." it is "What digit can one change..." This is corrected now.
Thumbs up to Rachel_t and Katrina who managed to find the arithmetic progression anyway. Rachel_t gets a puzzle point for posting the answer first.
Ok. I finally understand the question. May I suggest the following wording? "What single digit can one change so that the daily high temperatures displayed below are in an arithmetic progression?"
The low temperatures cannot be put into arithmetic progression by the change of a single digit.
Thanks for the puzzles.
Suggestion accepted!
There is another answer. You can change the 46 to 47, then the progression of daily highs increase will be 11, 12, and 13.
Like the last answer. Original sequence of high temperatures: 46, 58, 70, 83. Change 46 to 47, get 47, 58, 70, 83. While it is not an arithmetic progression, temperature differences do make an arithmetic progression:
58-47=11
70-58=12
83-70=13
Brave, anonymous.
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