Just fetching my abacus to work that little problem out
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I could be evil and say it was a trap or I could say ask Ronnie what the maximum break is but well done on the maths mate.Juggernaut wrote: ↑Thu May 04, 2023 11:31 amHopefully I haven't fallen for an obvious trap but according to your fantasy rules, the possible highest break will be 20,955 with a free ball. 20,947 without a free ball. Please tell me I haven't fallen into a cheeky trap
I did misread it and fell for a trap! The above was edited.
Luck you say...........Wizard wrote: ↑Thu May 04, 2023 12:22 pmI could be evil and say it was a trap or I could say ask Ronnie what the maximum break is but well done on the maths mate.Juggernaut wrote: ↑Thu May 04, 2023 11:31 amHopefully I haven't fallen for an obvious trap but according to your fantasy rules, the possible highest break will be 20,955 with a free ball. 20,947 without a free ball. Please tell me I haven't fallen into a cheeky trap
I did misread it and fell for a trap! The above was edited.
So...tick...correct calculation but in fact the maximum break is 147 unless you get extreme luck off the break![]()
Same set up, 2622 balls, 6 of them are the colours, 1 is the cue ball, what would be the lowest scoring total clearance possible?
I think the lowest possible break score after clearing the table is 2635 points.Captain-Fantastic wrote: ↑Thu May 04, 2023 11:17 pmSame set up, 2622 balls, 6 of them are the colours, 1 is the cue ball, what would be the lowest scoring total clearance possible?![]()
How did you arrive at 2635?SquaredCue wrote: ↑Fri May 05, 2023 8:53 amI think the lowest possible break score after clearing the table is 2635 points.Captain-Fantastic wrote: ↑Thu May 04, 2023 11:17 pmSame set up, 2622 balls, 6 of them are the colours, 1 is the cue ball, what would be the lowest scoring total clearance possible?![]()
Thank you for the confirmation sir. Your generosity is astounding!!Captain-Fantastic wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 12:11 amCorrect.....2644.![]()
Your prize of £500.....will be donated on your behalf to a charity of my choice.![]()
As nobody has come with any ideas, I'll show you how I could improve that result. No conceptual change really, all we'll do is we'll put rows of balls initially instead of putting columns of balls and we'll apply the same tricks as before:SquaredCue wrote: ↑Wed May 03, 2023 6:56 pmThus, the final answer is 2613 + 9 = 2622 balls.
Is that really the final answer? No! As we will see, we can place a dozen more balls on the table! Can you guess how?