Mathematics Question/ (4 Viewers)

[SpiralFlex]

Also to further add to the tripling every 9 minutes, this isn't so. The plants grow at the same time, with only a 3 second difference between them. Working this out by hand will not be easy.

Race you Sir Eldar?

 

[AAEldar]

Race you Sir Eldar?

When I said won't be easy, I meant that there's no way I'll ever be able to work it out

 

[SpiralFlex]

When I said won't be easy, I meant that there's no way I'll ever be able to work it out

Use the power of Series and Sequences. Is this what lame people do on Sunday nights?

 

[powlmao]

Okay. Let me finally get this straight. You have three blocks to plant.

You plant them and have potentially 3 trees once germinated? You now have 3 trees (each with 3 blocks), hence 9 blocks. You split those 9 blocks? Correct?

Yes.

Then thoses grow and so on. Also include a time delay ad mentioned in my original post

 

[powlmao]

Use the power of Series and Sequences. Is this what lame people do on Sunday nights?

Why yes

 

[SpiralFlex]

Yes.

Then thoses grow and so on. Also include a time delay ad mentioned in my original post

Once they split into nine. Each one becomes a base? So there's two left to plant for each base?

 

[powlmao]

Once they split into nine. Each one becomes a base? So there's two left to plant for each base?

Once they spilt into nine each one becomes a new cube tree which grows. So none are left

 

[SpiralFlex]

once they spilt into nine each one becomes a new cube tree which grows. So none are left

What?!

 

[powlmao]

I am confused. Let's go back two steps

 

[powlmao]

Tell me what you understand so far.

 

[SpiralFlex]

Tell me what you understand so far.

You are aiming to build a cactus. You have three blocks with you. You plant each one of the three blocks. So they are your base of your plant.

Let "_" be a block.

So now you have:

_ _ _ (Each represents a different base. Hence 3 potential plants.)

Those are your base. You want to plant two more on each of them. So your aim is to have three plants.

_ _ _
_ _ _
_ _ _

 

[powlmao]

You don't plant onto already made blocks.

- - - goes to after nine minutes if growing

- - -
- - -
- - -

Then you knock it all down and plant it to make this

- - - - - - - - - then they grow

 

[SpiralFlex]

So it takes 9 minutes to grow the first batch and then 3 minutes each of the two remaining lines to grow next batch?

 

[powlmao]

So we it takes 9 minutes to grow the first batch and then 3 minutes each of the two remaining lines to grow next batch?

Yes. Remember the time intervals between each plant

- - -

After 6 minutes if growing

- - -
- - -
- - -

Knock them all down to form this ( each plant here takes 3 seconds)

- - - - - - - - -
After more growing

- - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - -

Knock them down again to get this

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - and so on

You start with 3

Each time you plant a fresh one it takes 3 seconds, and after three minutes it grows one block then you follow above diagram

 

[SpiralFlex]

Yes. Remember the time intervals between each plant

- - -

After 6 minutes if growing

- - -
- - -
- - -

Knock them all down to form this ( each plant here takes 3 seconds)

- - - - - - - - -
After more growing

- - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - -

Knock them down again to get this

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - and so on

You start with 3

Each time you plant a fresh one it takes 3 seconds, and after three minutes it grows one block then you follow above diagram

So _ _ _ starts at time = zero? When you knock them down, do you know ALL blocks?

 

[hscishard]

Oh man^ that post was the tip off point...LOL

Seriously all this trouble just to calculate something for a game?

 

[powlmao]

Yes

 

[SpiralFlex]

Yes

Do you knock ALL in 2 seconds or each?

 

[powlmao]

You knock the whole cube tree in two seconds ( cube tree being the fully grown 3 blocks stack)

 

[Gigacube]

Wow, this is still going on. Spi, things would be much easier if you tried Minecraft or if Powlmao provided you with screenshots or a screencast.