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Math

Projectile Turkey

Calculus, Trigonometry, Logic ; Difficulty: hard A Thanksgiving themed puzzle from The Riddler: The Projectile Turkey From this week’s Riddler Classic comes an interesting projectile motion question. Trig the turkey cannot

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Math

Hats to leave you scratching your head

Logic; Difficulty: hard Yet another Prisoner–Warden–Hats conundrum This is from this week’s Riddler: a particularly tough variant of the Prisoner-Warden class of problems. Four people are trying to escape from

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Math

Sticking it to the Genie

Probability, Logic: Medium The Genie’s magic stick This is from this week’s Riddler: One day you stumble across a magic genie, who says that if you play a simple game

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Math

Triangle Centroid Probability

Geometry, Probability, Calculus: Medium/Hard Geometry-Probability Problem This math question was sent to me by my friend and puzzle fiend Sandi Sandman who in turn got it from The Riddler: You

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Math

The Squid Game Riddle

Probability: Easy Probability Puzzle This was featured last week on FiveThirtyEight’s Riddler Classic: apparently inspired by Netflix’s breakout hit The Squid Game. I am yet to see that show: undecided

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Book Reviews

The Invisible Universe

Matthew Bothwell ★★★★★ 4/5 Non Fiction: Science; Cosmology Matthew Bothwell takes you on a grand tour of the universe (and its unknown mysteries) Note: This is a no obligation honest

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