Add the numbers in the Triangle

dodzy

Sent this to info@TV3.ie yesterday. Waiting here with baited breath :rolleyes:

"As the host channel for the above show which runs from 1am until 3am, I would appreciate if you could clarify something for me:

On Thursday night’s show, there was a puzzle given to solve. A multitude of answers were given, quite a lot of these answers proving without a shadow of a doubt the stupidity which is rife within our small nation. That said, many rang and ( luckily ) managed to actually get through to the host and give their answer. All were wrong according to the host. I could go on but suffice to say, all answers were deemed wrong. Prior to the close of the show, appprox 2.15am, the host had all but told the viewing public the correct answer and invited callers. It took 45 mins, coincidentally this took us up to 3.00am, the scheduled end time of the show, before one guy managed to get through, he gave an answer (which by his own admission he believed it to be wrong !) and voila, he was financially better off to the tune of €4,622 !

The show ran again last night, this time with a rivetting new puzzle, a new host, and once again, the viewing public throwing a barrage of ridiculous answers. That said, on occasion, a caller would give what many believed to be the correct answer. Alas, wrong again! I could not bring myself to endure the same torture again so I pulled the plug and hit the bed. According to a reputable Irish forum, the show ended in similar fashion to its predecessor – An answer that makes absolutely no sense at all.

Please see here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055610276 for the posts of irate viewers from Thursday night’s show.

And here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055611255 for last night’s effort.

Assuming that the puzzles and their respective answers were verified prior to running of the shows, could you please let me know how the answers were arrived at ?

Thanking you in anticipation.

Avid TV3 follower"

johnniekipper

Well Done Dodzy. I have the broadcasting complaints form printed out and ready to fill in and send also (they don't accept them by email). I also rang TV3 saturday but only got answering machine. I will try again Monday(maybe the phone answering staff only work mon to fri). Time we get this scam show sorted out once and for all.

Healio

coyle wrote: »

ya can't just throw in a line where ya feel like it. If youre splittin 25 into two triangles, then why not split 78 or any of the others like?

Because the 51 and 78 are already split, as are the 34 and 43.

Axwell wrote:

I suggest you go back to primary school maths where this question was supposed to come from.

Why would I go back to primary school maths when you dont even know the answer.

Axwell wrote:

78 & 25 are in the shape of a traingle that exists already, if you look at the original image its easy to see the clear triangles present in the picture. 12.5 is not a traingle, it doesnt exist as a triangle in the original image, simple as that.

Show me the solution so.

You are on about creating a brand new line just for yourself to make it into two traingles which is just ridiculous.

Is it, do you have the answer then?

You obviously didnt see the show or the rules and the way it was explained.

Yeah I obviously didnt, I solely tracked down this thread and decided to annoy you.

"all of the numbers in all of the triangles" sounds like it was you who didnt see the show or the way it was explained.

Axwell

I suggested you go back to primary school as you fail to have grasped the basic geometry behind a traingle, also there is no line splitting any numbers, it is one triangle layered on top of another, if you look at the shapes you would see the triangles and if you saw the show and the rules you would see that you dont go drawing lines where you like to make new shapes..:rolleyes:

Healio

a simple game of spot the difference for you.

Axwell

Healio wrote: »

a simple game of spot the difference for you.

Ya the difference is someone who wasnt watching the show or doesnt know the rules went and drew an extra line that doesnt exist or isnt allowed. This point seems to be going over your head, you cant draw the line therefore your theory or answer or anything else is invalid. Simple as.

M.T. Cranium

I think I have the solution -- they asked the young lady in the picture what the answer was, and she said "sex 22"

Gamesnash.ie: Pat

I've just wasted 2 hours of my life trying to work this out.

Gamesnash.ie: Pat

Would anyone who recorded this be able to give us the exact wording of what was asked.

There's usually a slant to these things - like add the numbers in all the triangles could be interpeted as only add the numbers that appear in all the possible triangles. Then you take each number that appears in all of them and add this up for each time it appears. Then add the 2 numbers it's made from together and add them on etc etc and eventually arrive at an off the wall answer. Devil is in the detail.

Does anyone have the exact language used ?

and anyone saying English will be set upon !

The Roach

Ok, this is probably nothing, but has anyone noticed that the number 4 is written differently in "34" and "43"? The number 4 in "34" is made of a small triangle, the other one isn't......... maybe "34" is actually 3.......

Even with that I can't recreate the number 622, I now get 869 instead of 993 :mad:

Jeanious

lad, how are you not gettin this? seriously, the puzzle is what it is. If you can throw a line in where ya feel like it, than why not somethin like this:



i understand that there's subterfuge and trickery with that crowd, but the point is, if ya can add in one line when ya feel like it, whats to stop ya addin in 5, or 10 or a million?

dodzy

Gamesnash.ie (Pat) wrote: »

Does anyone have the exact language used ?

" Add all the numbers in all the triangles" was the instruction - screen capture in post #41. Host also said " use each number only once" which throws any calculation, including the magical 622 answer, out the bloody window. All this aside, if the answer was gettable , I think it's fair to assume that they would have shown viewers how it was reached. The fact they went immediately off the air raises suspision to say the least in my eyes.

Axwell

I dont think the wording was "each number only once" it was more along the lines of "dont count any number more times than it needs to or count the same numbers again"..along the same lines as what you wrote i know but the only writing on screen was "add all the numbers in all the triangles". I think its obvious that 622 isnt achievable and is just some random number that no one would guess unless told. There was a similar one last night count the hearts of which there was 22 or so and the answer was 119 which suprisingly no one guessed before the end.

brightkane

Get a confirmation letter from the BCC in relation to my complaint that I emailed to them
Its been forwarded to TV3 and they have 21 days to reply.

dodzy

Axwell wrote: »

....119 which suprisingly no one guessed before the end.

Is that sarcasm I detect, Axwell ?

Axwell

dodzy wrote: »

Is that sarcasm I detect, Axwell ?

No way..never...ok ok maybe a little

I had counted 19 or 22 depending what way you looked at it, how shocked was I when the answer was 119 until i remembered that all maths and logic goes out the window and I would have been better just picking some random number and guessing that.

lynchtp

Axwell wrote: »

I dont think the wording was "each number only once" it was more along the lines of "dont count any number more times than it needs to or count the same numbers again"..along the same lines as what you wrote i know but the only writing on screen was "add all the numbers in all the triangles". I think its obvious that 622 isnt achievable and is just some random number that no one would guess unless told. There was a similar one last night count the hearts of which there was 22 or so and the answer was 119 which suprisingly no one guessed before the end.

yeah i got 19 or 22 also. however if you counted the bandsof colour as hearts(between each line) then it came to about 44 (i think) 41 if you use the same logic behind getting 19 (not counting hollow hearts)

still how the hell can you get 119 or from the night 622

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brightkane

Cheers Papa,

Any ideas yourself?

Tar.Aldarion

Must wait for that reply, hang them out to dry!

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