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Post by King Hyrule on May 4, 2020 16:45:35 GMT -5
 Adventurers! Along your journey, you come across many materials. You've gotten everything from apples, to mushrooms, to bird eggs, to goat butter and more. As you traverse the many hills and rocky terrains of Hyrule, you realize the sun is about to set and it would be a good idea to make camp. You find a relatively flat area that is pretty secure from enemies and you sit down to have a bite to eat. But you are bored of the average, regular apple and feel like its time to test out some of the great recipes you've picked up along the way. Unfortunately, some of the ingredients are a bit of a mystery to you, so you are going to have to do some cooking experimentation involving measuring ingredients to determine the perfect solution! Rules: 1. You will be presented with a series of picture based math equations. It will be your job to determine which values are associated with each picture in order to solve the equations. 2. The link below will take you to a form, on your first go click starting and it'll provide you with the pictures for the equations. 3. When you believe you have the solution for the Fresh Milk (White Bottle), Goron Spice (Red Bottle) and Monster Extract (Purple Bottle) (will make more sense when you begin), resubmit your form and click finishing to submit your answer 4. You must then check your answer and make sure it's correct, to do so click on view score and scroll to the bottom, check your score as shown below (specifically the red box), it should say 3 of 3 points if you're correct  5. If your score is incorrect you must resubmit the form and give a new solution. You will also be able to see if any specific answers to the Milk, Spice or Extract were correct to help you when you go back to check. (As shown in the blue box above) 6. Every incorrect answer will add 3 minutes to your time. 7. Standard order of operations (PEMDAS) rules apply to this challenge. (Parenthesis first, Exponents second, Multiply/Divide third, Add/Subtract last). Please let us know if this doesn't make sense or you have questions about what this is. The player who submits the correct answer in the fastest time will not lose any lives tonight, all other players will lose 1 heart Click here to start the challengeIf you have any additional questions, please contact a mod. May your arrows fly straight and true adventurers! Best of luck. [countdown:Deadline=May 6 2020 6:00 PM -4]Time's Up![/countdown] Timezones:| EDT | 6:00:PM, Wed 6 May | | PDT | 3:00:PM, Wed 6 May | | BST | 11:00:PM, Wed 6 May | | ACST | 7:30:AM, Thu 7 May | | AEST | 8:00:AM, Thu 7 May |
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Post by King Hyrule on May 4, 2020 18:53:54 GMT -5
You may not discuss this challenge with any other player
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Post by King Hyrule on May 4, 2020 19:22:30 GMT -5
The use of a calculator is allowed in this challenge, this is the only outside resource you may use
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Post by Impa on May 6, 2020 16:52:49 GMT -5
Just as a note, we'll let you keep going until you can no longer win here or you choose to stop playing the challenge. You just have to start by this deadline. Take as long as you must to solve. We will stop you if you can't win.
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Post by King Hyrule on May 6, 2020 17:51:37 GMT -5
Hello adventurers, Cooking isn't as easy as you thought, was it? There were some truly tough numbers to crunch in this challenge, however it wasn't just about numbers...the true challenge was in the detail! What does this mean? This means that although we gave you images, you also had to pay attention to what the image actually represented. For example: In the first image the mushroom cluster represented the number 3. However, in the next line down there was also a mushroom cluster...but this one represented 2. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?! Well, if you actually look at the picture, the first cluster had "3 mushrooms" in it. In the second line, there were "2 mushrooms" in it. Therefore, the values actually had to do with the number of mushrooms in the cluster, rather than the mushroom cluster itself. So what were the values & how did we determine them? Let's find out!
Each Mushroom in the cluster represented 1.
Each "spike" on the octoballoon represented 1.
Each apple represented 1.
Each fin on the fish represented 1.
Each bone half on the meat represented 1.
Each individual banana represented 1.
Each "comb/spot" on the honeycomb represented 1.
Each "tier" on the shell represented 1.
Each "point" on the star represented 1.
Each leg on the crab represented 1.
For visual reference, the puzzles again: As such, let's see how the math worked out and what the solutions were:
Puzzle 1:
3 (# of mushrooms) + 8 (spikes on the octoballoon) - 10 = 1
3 + 8 = 11 - 10 = 1
1 (# of apples) x 5 (# of fish fins) + 2 - 2 (# of mushrooms) = 5
5 + 2 = 7 - 2 = 5
4 (# of apples) x 7 (spikes on the octoballoon) + 5 (# of fish fins) - 10 - 3 (# of mushrooms) = Milk
4 x 7 = 28 + 5 = 33 - 10 = 23 - 3 = 20
Milk = 20
Puzzle 2:
20 (milk) / 2 (# of bone halves protruding from meat) + 5 (# of bananas) = 15
20 / 2 = 10 + 5 = 15
14 (# of combs/spots on honeycomb) - 4 (# of tiers on seashell) x 1 (# of bone halves protruding from meat) = 10
Due to order of operations: First, 4 x 1 = 4. then, 14-4 = 10
11 (# of combs/spots on honeycomb) x 3 (# of tiers on seashell) - 5 (# of bananas) + 4 (# of bananas) / 2 (# of bone halves protruding from meat) + 1 (# of bone halves protruding from meat) = Goron Spice
Due to Order of Operations: First, 11 x 3 = 33. then, 4/2 = 2. finally, 33 - 5 = 28 +2 = 30 + 1 = 31
Goron Spice = 31
Puzzle 3:
3 (# of mushrooms) x 10 (# of points on the star) + 4 (# of legs on the crab) - 31 (Goron Spice) = 3
3 x 10 = 30 + 4 = 34 - 31 = 3
3 (# of crab legs) + 31 (Goron Spice) - 3 x 20 (Milk) + 4 (# of tiers on the seashell) / 2 (# of mushrooms) - 20 (Milk) x 2 (# of apples) + 10 (# of points on the star) x 12 (# of combs/spots on honeycomb) + 5 (# of fins on fish) x 7 (# of spikes on octoballoon) + 15 x 2 (# of bone halves protruding from meat) = Monster Extract
Due to Order of operations: First 3 x 20 = 60. then, 4 / 2 = 2. next, 20 x 2 = 40. followed by, 10 x 12 = 120. also, 5 x 7 = 35. subsequently, 15 x 2 = 30.
FINALLY: 3 + 31 = 34 - 60 = -26 + 2 = -24 - 40 = -64 + 120 = 56 + 35 = 91 + 30 = 121
Monster Extract = 121
So, now that we've deduced how the math worked and what the solution to the puzzle was, who won? With a time of 1:32:52 and a total of 6 failed submissions. The winner is.... (And the only player to submit) Magda! |
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Post by Teebo on May 6, 2020 19:05:09 GMT -5
I completely misunderstood the premise and was trying to solve for numbers on whole images for almost an hour before I realized, "Hey, there are only two mushrooms in that one." By the time I started to solve the ACTUAL puzzle, I couldn't catch up to Magda's time. I kept going after they told me I could stop, and my time after I started over would have been competitive. Oh well - well done, Magda!
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Post by Teebo on May 6, 2020 19:05:24 GMT -5
And fare thee well, sweet Ball. We hardly knew ye.
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Post by Magda on May 6, 2020 19:17:09 GMT -5
i had the same issue to start, the apples were obvious and i noticed the mushrooms soon enough, but then that just got me thinking okay these apples are 4x, these mushrooms are 3y and 2y, abd then banging my head against the wall because it was unsolvable. it took me forever to realize the purples were different and then that’s what finally got me going on the right track. even then it wasn’t easy to figure out what each thing was. kind of simultaneously proud and embarrassed, im sure someone in the main game will score like 20 minutes. once you realize it’s unsolvable as an equation (which i did right away) you just need to start staring at it harder and there you go, but i sat there scribbling for like 30-45 mins first. tricky shit, as soon as i solved phase 2 i threw in a submission and ate the penalty just to see if i was doing it right, because i was so shaky on it.
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Post by Oaki on May 6, 2020 19:17:31 GMT -5
... oh wow.
I noticed the honey comb was different but I managed to get Milk as 20 without realising that the mushrooms were different amounts.
That would explain why I got stumped. I literally didn't have the right numbers to work with for the rest of it.
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Post by Magda on May 6, 2020 19:20:35 GMT -5
yeah i looked ahead at the honeycombs before i figured out how it worked and my thought was “hmm, well there’s no way you can count that!”
oh how little i knew
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Post by Teebo on May 6, 2020 19:29:33 GMT -5
i had the same issue to start, the apples were obvious and i noticed the mushrooms soon enough, but then that just got me thinking okay these apples are 4x, these mushrooms are 3y and 2y, abd then banging my head against the wall because it was unsolvable. it took me forever to realize the purples were different and then that’s what finally got me going on the right track. even then it wasn’t easy to figure out what each thing was. kind of simultaneously proud and embarrassed, im sure someone in the main game will score like 20 minutes. once you realize it’s unsolvable as an equation (which i did right away) you just need to start staring at it harder and there you go, but i sat there scribbling for like 30-45 mins first. tricky shit, as soon as i solved phase 2 i threw in a submission and ate the penalty just to see if i was doing it right, because i was so shaky on it. I was struggling with the apples as multipliers. I tried multiplying by four, treating four as an exponent, didn't even realize there were other things that couldn't be treated as straight algebraic variables for the longest damn time.
I'm so salty right now I almost ruined my chili...twice. First when I set the ground beef and sausage to brown while doing this, then forgot about them. Managed to salvage it before much had stuck to the bottom of the pot. Then just now, I was taking my saltiness out on the pepper shaker and the top came off, dumping about four tablespoons of pepper in when I wanted a teaspoon or two
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Post by Oaki on May 6, 2020 19:33:03 GMT -5
I can't say I ruined my dinner for the challenge, but I have to admire your enthusiasm.
Do you want a free motorcycle helmet for your troubles?
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Post by Teebo on May 7, 2020 0:02:40 GMT -5
...sure?
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Post by Oaki on May 7, 2020 5:32:05 GMT -5
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