Can’t say I’ve ever seen a video game ask me to do math to get loot.
You can solve this by creating a matrix and calculating a RREF or use system of equations
Can’t say I’ve ever seen a video game ask me to do math to get loot.
You can solve this by creating a matrix and calculating a RREF or use system of equations
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177 cars and 23 bikes. Since it’s 46 wheels below the max.
Some game I played recently had some math problems too, don’t remember which though.
With puzzles like this I would just ignore it and move on, unless it is absolutely necessary to progress story. I hate math 🙂
200 cars means 800 wheels.
Each bike instead of a car subtracts 2 wheels.
You need 754 wheels.
800-754 = 46
46 /2 means 23 bikes.
200-23= 177 cars.
2 variables don’t make it matrix algebra. It’s still linear algebra.
I don’t know why you would call this matrix algebra it’s just a solving 2 equations with 2 variables question. X=177 Y=23, X is the number of cars, y the number of bikes.
x+y=200
4x+2y=754
Edit to add the 2 equations
When math is stronger than a bullet.
Elementary level math too hard
177.
Why do they spell out the number ‘four’ but not ‘two’?
What lovely game design…
This one was pretty easy. It took me an embarrassing amount of time to figure out the 1600 and 3 batteries puzzle.
Huh? You dont need no matrices for this… the hell
Simultaneous equations. When will we ever need this? ALAN WAKE 2 PUZZLE.
lol i just did this like an hour ago drunk, and got it after thinking for 5 minutes straight staring at the message.
It’s just two different equations (x – cars; y – bikes):
x + y = 200
4x + 2y = 754
One way of doing it is to get the value of “x” dependent on “y” in the first one, then use that value to substitute “x” in the second equation to obtain the actual value of “y”. From there you can get “x” from either equation.
This is such an easy question though, shouldn’t take longer than a minute to work it out. 800-754= 46. 46/2= 23
200-23= 177
Truly a horror game for the ages
And every Bioware game has the stacking problem / tower of Hanoi problem in it somewhere.
Let x be the number of cars and y the number of bikes
200 = x + y —-> 200 – y = x
754 = 4x + 2y
_______
754 = 4(200 – y) + 2y
754 = 800 – 2y
-46 = -2y
y = 23
x = 177
This is a math problem that can be solved by using a system of linear equations. Let x be the number of cars and y be the number of bicycles in the factory. Then we have:
$$
begin{cases}
x + y = 200 \
4x + 2y = 754
end{cases}
$$
To solve for x, we can multiply the first equation by -2 and add it to the second equation:
$$
-2x – 2y = -400 \
4x + 2y = 754 \
+ \
2x = 354
$$
Then we can divide both sides by 2 to get x:
$$
x = frac{354}{2} = 177
$$
Therefore, there are **177 cars** in the factory.
Thanks AI lmao
You don’t even need two variables since we know how many vehicles there are. x is the number of cars, 200 – x is the number of bikes.
4x + 2(200 – x) = 754
Solving for x gets you 177. It’s just regular algebra.
Oh man…I play games to escape reality and school. Now I have to escape games as well ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
Dishonored 2 had a logic puzzle you needed to solve to get into a loot vault. Game designers made sure to randomize parts of it to ensure players couldn’t just look up the answer- I thought it was great optional feature and actually enjoyed busting out a pencil and paper to figure it out
chat gpt said 177 cars and 23 bikes. pretty smart. gave me all the work too
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Let’s set up a system of equations to solve for the number of cars and bicycles in the factory.
Let C represent the number of cars and B represent the number of bicycles. We are given two pieces of information:
1. There are 200 total vehicles in the factory: C + B = 200.
2. There are a total of 754 wheels in the factory: 4C + 2B = 754.
Now, you can solve this system of linear equations to find the values of C and B.
First, let’s simplify the second equation by dividing both sides by 2 to make it simpler:
2C + B = 377.
Now, we have a system of equations:
1. C + B = 200.
2. 2C + B = 377.
You can solve this system using any method you prefer. I’ll use the substitution method here.
From the first equation, you can express B in terms of C: B = 200 – C.
Now, substitute this expression for B in the second equation:
2C + (200 – C) = 377.
Now, solve for C:
2C + 200 – C = 377.
Combine like terms:
C + 200 = 377.
Subtract 200 from both sides:
C = 377 – 200, C = 177.
So, there are 177 cars in the factory. To find the number of bicycles, you can use the first equation:
C + B = 200, 177 + B = 200.
Subtract 177 from both sides:
B = 200 – 177, B = 23.
So, there are 23 bicycles in the factory.