Reply To: Is Your Fifth-Grader Smarter Than a Breadbox?: Twenty Questions 3.0
Let’s break it down!
Based on the dates given in the Discography, was the song in question on a CD that was released in a year
Note that all four TAW CDs were released in 2006, with no other CDs released in that year
wherein the numerical value of the year is between the squares of 44 and 45,
i.e. between 1936 and 2025
such that the difference between
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the first 2 digits of the decimal part of square root of the numerical value of the year
Taking 03 – 06 (the years of JoCo CD releases) we get…
2003 – square root = 44.754888… – first 2 digits of the decimal part* = 75
2004 – square root = 44.766059… – first 2 digits of the decimal part = 76
2005 – square root = 44.777226… – first 2 digits of the decimal part = 77
2006 – square root = 44.788391… – first 2 digits of the decimal part = 78
* (I take this to mean “part after the decimal point” which should be worded “fractional part” or somesuch, since the whole thing is really a decimal part, being a decimal number)
and the 2 digits of the whole part thereof
i.e. 44 in all cases. Going back to that difference, then…
2003 – difference = 75 – 44 = 31
2004 – difference = 76 – 44 = 32
2005 – difference = 77 – 44 = 33
2006 – difference = 78 – 44 = 34
is equal to 2 less than
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the square of the last digit of the year?
3^2 = 9
4^2 = 16
5^2 = 25
6^2 = 36
Obviously only 34 is 2 less than any of those numbers, making 2006 the only viable option and narrowing the songs down to those within TAW.
Bravo, sir. I await the next round to flex my obtuseness once more.
ETA: I’ve only been trying to make my TAW questions more and more complicated so that I can ask a new one each time. I always explain that it can more simply be asked as “is it TAW?”