The Roman Clock
The storm was at its peak intensity. It destroyed the old tower and broke the clock of the Big Ben into four pieces. Father Decosta when collecting those pieces noted a very extraordinary thing. The numbers in each of the piece added up to 20.
How is it possible?
"Today is 20th of the month too", he thought. "How very intriguing, Is HE trying to send a message"
How is it possible?
"Today is 20th of the month too", he thought. "How very intriguing, Is HE trying to send a message"
posted by Rajesh Lal at
9:24 AM
13 Comments:
Okay well if you look at a clock, you know that 1 + 2 + 3 + 4, etc. add up to 78, so you might be scratching your head thinking, "How could all the pieces add up to 80?"
I think the title "Roman Clock" is the key; if the clock is made with roman numerals, then the numerals can be broken up when the face of the clock breaks.
starting at 12,
XII - A
I - A
II - A
III - A
IV - B
V- C
VI - C
VII- C
VI - B, II- C
I - A, X - B
X - D
X - D, I - A
So,
A: I + I + XII + I + II + III
B: X + VI + IV
C: II + VII + VI + V
D: X + X
If this is what was meant, there are certainly other combinations possible.
Also, a little trivia that I just found out myself about a week ago, did anyone know that "big ben" is neither the name of the clock, nor the tower, but actually the name of the bell? Who knew?
very nice daniel - i came to the same conclusion exactly
i vaguely remember learning about the bell somewhere. weren't the people who made the "big ben" chimes the same who made the Liberty bell?
Yes HE was sending a message to the confused Father Decosta
and ...
the message was
"big ben" is neither the name of the clock, nor the tower, but actually the name of the bell."
hahahaha
4 pieces - becomes their own numbers
#1 #2 #3 #4
1 I I
2 II II
3 III III
4 IV IV
5 V V 6 VI VI
7 VII VII
8 VIII I VII
9 IX X I
10 X X
11 XI X I
12 XII X II
20 20 20 20
Oh well - the columns do not work - Piece one
9 x + 10 x = 20
Piece two
11 x + 12 x = 20
piece three
1 i + 2 ii + 3 ii + 4 iv + 5 v + 8 i + 9 i + 11 i + 12 ii = 20
piece four
6 vi + 7 vii + 8 vii = 20
The intact roman numerals add up to 78. A simple solution is if the lightning splits the IX into two pieces, the numbers will add to 80.
Piece A
II, III, IV, V, VI
Piece B
XII, I, VII
Piece C
X and the X from the broken IX
Piece D
XI, VIII, and the I from the broken IX.
Interestingly enough, it can be solved for a regular clock as well.
Again the numbers add to 78, so you will need to find two extra points somewhere. If a | (one) is split vertically down the middle it will give two thin versions of | and |. Using this trick twice, the groupings are
Piece A
9,10,the shaved 1 from 11
Piece B
8,11,the shaved 1 from 12
Piece C
12,1,7
Piece D
2,3,4,5,6
Hey, everybody! The message is "today the 20th."
(Hehehehe...)
Maybe Big Ben was telling Father Decosta he was going to die in 20 days...
hey the message is "today the 20th."
but can YOU find out how i got that answer!!!!
I thought Big Been Had 4 clock faces... or did It just damage the one?
this q says one clock into 4 pieces
ANSWER
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1. X and X ( upper half from IX)
2. VIII, I (lower half of IX) and XI
3. VII, XII and I
4. II, III,, IV, V, VI
clue ofcourse was Roman clock
Although several answers are possible but the most important aspect is, the clock needs to be in four pieces.
Just dividing the roman numbers into 4 groups is not enough. you also need to make sure that numbers in each group should fall in a single piece.
GOT RIGHT
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joseph v, and partially Daniel ( because in daniel's solution piece A and piece B intersect each other It will create more than two piece if you break a clock like that, check) with a image.
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