Advanced Members Communism 82 Posted June 28, 2016 Advanced Members Share Posted June 28, 2016 The contest is over, Sergi is the winner, see the second page for details. ----------------- I thought it was a good occasion to have a contest for 1k xats – the amount that you (don't) need to get your lost account recovered! This contest is very simple. Guess the total number of coins that are in this cup: ...and the person who is closest wins the prize. (Some of the coins look a little wavy, but that's just because the cup has some ridges on the outside. I promise there's nothing funny about them. ) A few important pieces of information: - There are only nickels (5 cents) and quarters (25 cents) in the cup. - The total value of the money in the cup is 2125 cents. Also, only one guess per person pls. The contest will be closing Saturday, July 2nd, at around 8 PM GMT. In the event of a tie, the prize will go to whoever made a guess first. Muffins is holding the prize 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Wiki Editors Daniel 1,648 Posted June 28, 2016 Wiki Editors Share Posted June 28, 2016 Let's go with 123 Link to post Share on other sites
Volunteers Sydno 1,763 Posted June 28, 2016 Volunteers Share Posted June 28, 2016 I'll wait a bit to give my approximation Link to post Share on other sites
Volunteers Crow 2,589 Posted June 28, 2016 Volunteers Share Posted June 28, 2016 300. Edit: grrr... I should have waited. Now everyone's going for lower numbers. Link to post Share on other sites
Advanced Members Chelly 893 Posted June 28, 2016 Advanced Members Share Posted June 28, 2016 187 and I don't even know why I picked that number. Link to post Share on other sites
Contributors Sevda 499 Posted June 28, 2016 Contributors Share Posted June 28, 2016 222 Link to post Share on other sites
Advanced Members 6 1,422 Posted June 28, 2016 Advanced Members Share Posted June 28, 2016 313 maybe ps. there's nothing that says u can't change your guess Link to post Share on other sites
Advanced Members IDIMA 56 Posted June 28, 2016 Advanced Members Share Posted June 28, 2016 91 Link to post Share on other sites
Volunteers Sydno 1,763 Posted June 28, 2016 Volunteers Share Posted June 28, 2016 Let's go for 143 Link to post Share on other sites
Advanced Members mino 63 Posted June 28, 2016 Advanced Members Share Posted June 28, 2016 999 Link to post Share on other sites
Contributors Sergio 242 Posted June 28, 2016 Contributors Share Posted June 28, 2016 152 Link to post Share on other sites
Advanced Members Harrison 440 Posted June 28, 2016 Advanced Members Share Posted June 28, 2016 177 is my guess Link to post Share on other sites
Advanced Members Navith 145 Posted June 28, 2016 Advanced Members Share Posted June 28, 2016 117 coins (77 quarters, 40 nickels) Link to post Share on other sites
Advanced Members Steven 1,052 Posted June 28, 2016 Advanced Members Share Posted June 28, 2016 189 Link to post Share on other sites
Advanced Members Fiona 571 Posted June 28, 2016 Advanced Members Share Posted June 28, 2016 500 Link to post Share on other sites
Members Sydney 33 Posted June 28, 2016 Members Share Posted June 28, 2016 111 Link to post Share on other sites
Advanced Members valGOD 38 Posted June 28, 2016 Advanced Members Share Posted June 28, 2016 250 Link to post Share on other sites
Advanced Members Ereshkigal 713 Posted June 29, 2016 Advanced Members Share Posted June 29, 2016 98 Link to post Share on other sites
Members -Kami- 3 Posted June 29, 2016 Members Share Posted June 29, 2016 96 Link to post Share on other sites
Advanced Members Guppy 537 Posted June 29, 2016 Advanced Members Share Posted June 29, 2016 133 coins, 73 quarters and 60 nickels Link to post Share on other sites
Members Abdi 0 Posted June 29, 2016 Members Share Posted June 29, 2016 121 Link to post Share on other sites
Wiki Editors Daniel 1,648 Posted June 29, 2016 Wiki Editors Share Posted June 29, 2016 On 28/06/2016 at 0:41 PM, 6 said: 71 maybe On 28/06/2016 at 0:48 PM, IDIMA said: 91 4 hours ago, Meow said: 98 2 hours ago, -Kami- said: 96 Just saying, 2125 cents / 25 quarters = 85 coins which means that there is an absolute minimum of 85 coins IF all of the coins were quarters, which we know they are not. p.s. I know some of the guesses are over 85, but I think they'd be unlikely as there must be a greater number of nickels in the jar. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Advanced Members Verite 160 Posted June 29, 2016 Advanced Members Share Posted June 29, 2016 101 Link to post Share on other sites
Advanced Members Elie 710 Posted June 29, 2016 Advanced Members Share Posted June 29, 2016 115 Link to post Share on other sites
Advanced Members Navith 145 Posted June 29, 2016 Advanced Members Share Posted June 29, 2016 Let's establish a few facts so future guesses can be less stupid: There is an absolute minimum number of 85 coins. (Which is obviously not the answer considering you can see nickels in the picture) There is an absolute maximum number of 425 coins. (Which is also obviously not the answer because you can see quarters in the picture) There must be an odd number of coins. (You can't make 2125 by adding even numbers) Your coin count plus 3 must be divisible by 4. (In code terms: (c + 3) % 4 == 0) 3 Link to post Share on other sites
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