Only For Geniuses

Post by **Home Grown Poultry** » Tue Apr 19, 2016 6:31 pm

wait wait wait? the blacksmith only has to cut 4 links... $100... no?

Post by **poultry_admin** » Tue Apr 19, 2016 7:25 pm

to connect the 6 pcs, you need to open 5 links.

Robbie · Post by **Robbie** » Tue Apr 19, 2016 7:50 pm

I got 6 pieces of chain with 5 links each (30 links) need 5 cuts and welds to make one chain. So at $25 each, that's $125. So the blacksmith is cheaper.
The blacksmith could have done it two ways, he could take one length of chain (5 links,) cut each of those links off and used the cut links to stick the other pieces of chain together, or he could have cut one end link of each chain and used it to attach the next piece of chain. Either way takes 5 cuts to make a 30 link chain.
If he only needed 29 links, he would have had to have made only 4 cuts by cutting off each link of one of the 5 link chain pieces, and had a whole link left over for other things.
The other way, if he cut the end links and used them to attach the pieces, he would have used 5 cuts and welds to attach the pieces of chain, but he would have had to have cut the last one off and would have had to have made 6 cuts for a a 29 link chain.
Soooooooo if you were an evil blacksmith looking to make a profit, (for a 29 link chain) you'd use the second method, link the end pieces, make a 30 link chain and cut the last one off to make a 29 link chain, using 6 cuts to make an extra $50 bucks.

If you were are farmer

looking to save money, or a good blacksmith,

you'd cut the one piece up into separate links to make a 29 link chain using 4 cuts/welds.

Mwahh haa haa haaaaaaaaa!
:decision:

Post by **Home Grown Poultry** » Tue Apr 19, 2016 8:03 pm

lol ya ya... 5 cuts/welds... I had to go back and read that question again. im kinda tired n my brain stopped working a little while ago hahaha.

Post by **WLLady** » Tue Apr 19, 2016 9:33 pm

Robbie...you just scared me....lol

SandyM · Post by **SandyM** » Sun Apr 24, 2016 9:37 am

A nice easy one. I'm gentler on the brain than others lol!!

SandyM · Post by **SandyM** » Sun Apr 24, 2016 9:42 am

Poultry Admin. Hands off! Lol

Robbie · Post by **Robbie** » Sun Apr 24, 2016 11:40 am

As far as the first one- Well you are down to 0 for now- unless you are Mr. Visa. Then, when the person you loaned that 2 bucks to pays it back in 45 years, you'll have made $47,892.22 profit. Just kidding- no I'm not! How come banks get away with legal extortion?????? If I tried to do that I'd go to jail.

Post by **poultry_admin** » Sun Apr 24, 2016 11:51 am

Ok, Ok , I'm hands off....

Unless you want the answers.... then keep reading.

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Robbie · Post by **Robbie** » Sun Apr 24, 2016 12:34 pm

poultry_admin wrote:QR_BBPOST Ok, Ok , I'm hands off....

Unless you want the answers.... then keep reading.

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YOU REALLY THOUGHT I PUT THEM HERE???
I'm not suicidal!!

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