PLAY How many eggs?

The Mountain

The Mountain

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Assuming the parts of the stack we can't see are the same as the part we can, then there are 30, plus the one in the caption. If the stack is asymmetrical, then the question is unanswerable because we don't know how the stack is being held up.
 
Seeker22

Seeker22

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Assuming the pile is perfectly symmetrical:

Count the front side and the left side you can see (do not count the top egg) 15
and multiply the sum you get by 2. That gives you 30
Plus the top egg- 31.
 
Seeker22

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Dennis Olson said:
There have got to be eggs in the middle of each layer to support the next higher layer. Think a pyramid of pool balls.
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But I can see no eggs in the middle, so therefore I have to assume that they are leaned against another supporting structure.
 
The Hammer

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Then again, if the question is looking for the color of egg found on the top and bottom, the answer might more easily be 10 to 14, depending on any interior eggs.

I think Dennis did this to us on purpose. He knows this will be a 14-page thread by morning, with answers ranging from 0 to 465... :D
 
Seeker22

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phloydius said:
Only 20. Unless you count the one in the question.

I see it as a 3 sided tower, not a 4 sided. Maybe I am wrong.
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Interesting that you see (assume) three sides and I see (assume) four. Must be some INTJ in there somewhere. I wonder what the difference in our brain wiring is?

If I assume four symmetrial sides, two of which are unseen, my base layer is 16. Level above that is 8. Level above that is 4. And one egg on top. Total 29.

I checked my work with the butt nuggets my girls gave me today which are in the fridge. But I could still be wrong. That happens a lot.
 
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vestige

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Seeker22 said:
Interesting that you see (assume) three sides and I see (assume) four. Must be some INTJ in there somewhere. I wonder what the difference in ournbrain wiring is?

If I assume four sides, two of which are unseen, my base layer is 16. Level above that is 8. Level above that is 4. And one egg on top. Total 29.
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Which is accurate and a good observation UNLESS...

You have democrats involved
 
RememberGoliad

RememberGoliad

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There are 30. I'm presuming no deception, which would make it worthy of a table-flipping. It's a geometric progression. You can see two of the sides, and have enough information from the shape of the eggs to know that each layer is analogous to a square. The fact that the eggs are nested as they are implies a square. So from the top down, 1 squared (1) plus 2 squared (4) plus 3 squared (9) plus 4 squared (16) gives us 30 cackleberries in the stack.
 
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