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| From | Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.programming |
| Subject | Re: Another little puzzle |
| Date | Thu, 15 Dec 2022 04:49:24 -0800 |
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ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) writes: > Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> writes: > >> On 14/12/2022 12:24 pm, Stefan Ram wrote: >> >>> Given n times of the 24-hour day, print their average. >>> For example, the average of "eight o'clock" and >>> "ten o'clock" (n=2) would be "nine o'clock". >>> (You can choose any representation, for example "HH:MM" >>> or "seconds since midnight".) >> >> Subject line: "Another little puzzle" >> Your specification seems too simple to qualify as a puzzle, so >> what am I missing? > > Answering this is part of the puzzle! Without any further constraints this problem is absurdly easy. If you let the reader choose the constraints, there appears to be no reason to choose any constraints that make the problem harder. On the contrary, imposing additional constraints seems artificial. So please let us know what additional constraints you have in mind. I daresay mind reading is not in the skill set of anyone reading these postings.
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Re: Another little puzzle Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2022-12-14 12:30 +0000 Re: Another little puzzle Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-12-15 04:49 -0800 Re: Another little puzzle Kristjan Robam <he12091983@gmail.com> - 2022-12-24 12:17 -0800
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