gameconsumer
Joined: 17 Oct 2005 Posts: 1
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Posted: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 7:33 pm Post subject: [How I Solved It] No Spoilers but don't read unless you must |
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I saw the puzzle and read thru the Bill Gates link.
I decided start off my attempt by only trying to solve the ones where 3 of the 5 dice came up as the same number. Three of a Kind. Ignore all other rolls and then apply the logic to 2 pairs, 1 pair, etc.
After the 5th occurance of three of a kind, I got it.
Rolls made to get 5 occuances of three of a kind: 30. I know seems like a made up number but that's what it was.
The math was much easier when you go after a subset of the question (i.e. only three of a kind). |
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