The Statue of Riddles

Thanatos
12 Feb 2009, 03:35Elexxorine
12 Feb 2009, 17:32"A princess is as old as a prince will be when the princess is twice the age as the prince was when the princess' age was half the sum of their present age." Dude... seriously! I finished it anyway, god bless in internet only one i really needed it on, the wording could've been better. Nice game.
paul_one
12 Feb 2009, 20:57God DAMN that was hard to turn into a formula!!
I got:
(princess=x, prince=y)
x=y+(2(y-(x-((x+y)/2)))-x)
which slowly whittles down to:
x=4(x-y)
Therefore we have a 4:3 ratio (thanks for that word Elle) all the way up.
... So we have the age 4, 8, 12, and any multiple of 4..
... Right?
I got:
(princess=x, prince=y)
x=y+(2(y-(x-((x+y)/2)))-x)
which slowly whittles down to:
x=4(x-y)
Therefore we have a 4:3 ratio (thanks for that word Elle) all the way up.
... So we have the age 4, 8, 12, and any multiple of 4..
... Right?

Thanatos
12 Feb 2009, 23:02Glad you guys liked it
Couldya throw me a star rating on the site then? 


Carrot
27 Jun 2013, 16:36Elexxorine wrote:"A princess is as old as a prince will be when the princess is twice the age as the prince was when the princess' age was half the sum of their present age." Dude... seriously! I finished it anyway, god bless in internet only one i really needed it on, the wording could've been better. Nice game.
Agreed - I too had to use the internet to solve this one.
I am OK with Algebra, but don't remember covering matrices in school.
Here is one of the best explanations - link