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From: Chip Eastham on 2 Jun 2010 18:19 On Jun 2, 3:39 pm, jbriggs444 <jbriggs...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Jun 2, 11:30 am, Craig Feinstein <cafei...(a)msn.com> wrote: > > > This is a fun problem. I want to see who can give the most creative > > answer. > > > A checkers board has 64 squares, 32 red, 32 black. Only the black > > squares are used in a game of checkers. So why do the checkerboard > > manufacturers waste resources making the 32 red squares? > > I'm sure that Jonathan Swift must have described this problem... > > Every time it has been tried, the attempt has devolved into factional > squabbles between those who favor an 8x4 layout and those who insist > on a 4x8 layout. I say let's split the difference and define 6x6 = 32. --c
From: James Dolan on 3 Jun 2010 07:05 in article <a7a8427c-2e76-45b6-9ee8-ed44b2471912(a)z33g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>, craig feinstein <cafeinst(a)msn.com> wrote: |A checkers board has 64 squares, 32 red, 32 black. Only the black |squares are used in a game of checkers. So why do the checkerboard |manufacturers waste resources making the 32 red squares? so that 4 people seated around a table can simultaneously play on a single board. -- jdolan(a)math.ucr.edu
From: Craig Feinstein on 3 Jun 2010 09:45
On Jun 3, 7:05 am, jdo...(a)math.UUCP (James Dolan) wrote: > in article <a7a8427c-2e76-45b6-9ee8-ed44b2471...(a)z33g2000vbb.googlegroups..com>, > craig feinstein <cafei...(a)msn.com> wrote: > > |A checkers board has 64 squares, 32 red, 32 black. Only the black > |squares are used in a game of checkers. So why do the checkerboard > |manufacturers waste resources making the 32 red squares? > > so that 4 people seated around a table can simultaneously play on a > single board. > > -- > > jdo...(a)math.ucr.edu I like this answer the best so far. Craig |