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[PUZZLE] #088 - Yellow - Pyramidal

**Posted:** Tue Jul 12, 2005 1:39 pm

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firefox · Unfettered Joined: 28 Jul 2004 Posts: 333

id say:

**Posted:** Tue Jul 12, 2005 2:02 pm

dusty2229 · Veteran Joined: 14 May 2005 Posts: 128 Location: London

Added to card catalog

**Posted:** Sun Jul 17, 2005 3:22 am

Riiick

If you look at the image on the card it suggests the first level is 6 people.

This means the pyramid scheme runs out of people at the 9th level

**Posted:** Thu Aug 04, 2005 5:33 pm

C_Brennan

Rick is right, the pyramid scheme ends at approximately the 9th level.

The card is an equation using the base log, where we know the answer (10,000,000) and we know that we need some power of X to equal about 10,000,000. The equation is:

6^x = 10,000,000

Which we can reduce down to:

x = log(6) * 10,000,000

Which in log base 10 is:

x = log (10,000,000) / log (6)

Which equals approximately 8.99, rounding up to reach 9. This means that the pyramid scheme will end at the 9th level. (6 to the 9th power is approximately 10,000,000)

**Posted:** Fri Aug 05, 2005 1:57 pm

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Bahamoth · Boot Joined: 07 Aug 2005 Posts: 24 Location: Reading

Perhaps I'm simple. but I just did 6x6x6x6x6x6x6x6x6
Is this the same just expressed inelequently?

**Posted:** Sun Aug 07, 2005 5:27 pm

Shockt · Boot Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Posts: 36

You guys forget that you must add the result from each level to the total..

**Posted:** Mon Aug 08, 2005 6:03 am

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Bahamoth · Boot Joined: 07 Aug 2005 Posts: 24 Location: Reading

I just figured the numbers before wouldn't add up to anything too significant.

**Posted:** Mon Aug 08, 2005 6:27 am

fuegomanchego

Level 10. I go with Firefox. There is 1 person at the top, not 6. Its a pyramid scheme, not a trapezium scheme.

**Posted:** Tue Aug 09, 2005 12:07 am

Bahamoth · Boot Joined: 07 Aug 2005 Posts: 24 Location: Reading

You may say that, but the card says differently. The card says 6 at the top. I think I'm gonna have to go with the card on this one, although you say 10 with such authority Wink

It's 9 levels.

Aaaaaaand relax.

**Posted:** Tue Aug 09, 2005 5:40 am

swampy353

Real answer??

**Posted:** Tue Aug 09, 2005 4:00 pm

fuegomanchego

**Posted:** Tue Aug 09, 2005 11:52 pm

tangohead

**Posted:** Wed Oct 12, 2005 6:27 am

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illuminati_dk · Boot Joined: 16 Oct 2003 Posts: 43 Location: Denmark

Mark This one [SOLVED] just confirmed the answer and got my points

**Posted:** Tue Oct 25, 2005 6:47 am

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