Riddles… whoever solves it does the next riddle (no googling) (Part 1)

Is it a A fork???

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Great riddle…I’ve seen this one before so will pass

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……of….___

Food or broccoli

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Fork Ony thing that comes to mind is lighting possible

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Can we do a car riddle why we wait the results of this riddle?

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Shamelessly lifted from Car Talk:
The Polynomial

This one is not automotive. It is mathematical.

For all the kids out there who are going to major in math, this is for you.

Many of the little children that listen to Car Talk are studying algebra. So I thought I would ask them to simplify the following polynomial.

(x + a) X (x - b) X (x + c) … All the way to (x - z). So you do that, from a to z, alternating the plus and minus function.

If you take all of those, we are looking for the product of those terms

Edit to add - show your work

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Yes it is lightning!

:cloud_with_lightning: :zap:

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Simple x
2 + A) X (2 - b) X (2 + c) Comes out to π= 2Mc²

Simpler than that, it is!

hint - there are 26 letters in the alphabet.

Answer is zero

(x + a) X (x - b) X (x + c) …(x-x)X(x+y)X(x-z)

The x-x=0 so therefore everything that is multiplied by this is zero

I’m off to bed so someone else can take my spot :hugs:

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The operation on the even numbered letters of the alphabet is subtraction, x is the 24th letter of the alphabet, so the multiplicand (x-x) will appear.

Go to the head of the class, Jasmine!

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Thanks…it did take a minute as I did need to go through the alphabet for it to click :blush:. Glad my math brain still works.:joy:

I sit above you without judging you and can protect you and keep you warm.

What am I?

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…… The sun

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Oooh that’s a good one but not the answer

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A hood? Hoodie?

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So very close…keep thinking…

Is it hair on your head?

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That’s good too … something above that🤔