What happened? 317 people die...

[alieight]

It's still a tough one though, especially if you think in the same integer base. It kicked my butt for a long time.

It is tough - I have a very odd mind, especially when you consider I gave up maths at 16 (hooray for the UK and our wonderfully rounded educations!)

Right, this one's kind of old...yes/no questions only.

Two dead men in a locked room. A finished game of chess on a table and a gun from which one bullet has been fired. What happened?

 

[baltimoron]

^^^
are they on a submarine?

 

[opiniongirl]

they died trying to figure out the dang math one

 

[GrierHPharmD]

did the arm belong to one of the men?

No, the arm didn't belong to either of the men.

 

[alieight]

are they on a submarine?

Yup

 

[FreeFloat]

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[alieight]

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Ali

 

[jonnythan]

Z

 

[mike_s]

they died trying to figure out the dang math one

Heh....

And I thought all those 400 level math courses in College that I had to take wouldn't be of any use.

 

[mike_s]

they died trying to figure out the dang math one

Here's the solution for you.

(10)hexadecimal=(11)15=(12)14=(13)13=(14)12=(15)11=16decimal=(17)9=(20)octal=(22)7=(24)6=(31)5=(100)4=(121)3=(10000)binary


mike