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| 25 X 24 X 23/1 X 2 X 3 = 2300
There are 2300 color combinations available!!!
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Location: Bristol, IN | 1) 3 colors of 25
2) 25 Blade Colors
3) Weighted & Non-Weighted
4) 3 Different Split Rings
5) 4 Different Sizes
6) 9+ Blade sizes THE GLITCH IS LOCATED HERE.
7) Typo on the word "variety"...A wide verity of colors are also stocked.
Without the specific number of Willowleaf blade sizes available, a precise number cannot be attained. Not enough information to calculate.
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Location: W-PA | 25*25*25*3=46,875 |
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Location: (South of the 218) | n(n-1)(n-2) when n=25
25*24*23
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25!/(25-3)!
25*24*23*22/22
Answer = 13,800 Possible Skirt Combinations of Glittertails
I teach 6th graders and they loose points if they don't have labels.
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K
p.s. - In Round 4 - the challenge used the word "EACH " - which leads one to infer that they would then earn 2 points for each picture of a species other than a muskie/pike..... and the challenge listed bonus points for largest and smallest, tempting those point mongers like myself to think that one may earn multiple points with multiple pictures.... hence my EPIC Goldfish Idea - I'm guessing no style points this time eh? - but leaving the computer to slay the crappies on Saturday was the price I had to pay.
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Location: deephaven mn | 1 33% a 33% b 33% c
2 50 % a 25% b 25%c
3 50 % b 25% a 25% c
3 50 % c 25% a 25% b
4 40% a 40% b 20%c
and so on. so it is not endless but if i can use any percentages of material i need to know exactly how many strands of material are in play.
since you did not specify that you have to use equal portions of skirt material i think i have made the point it is a number incalculable with the information given
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Location: Musky Country | On A bucktail you can only have ONE Color Combination.
So The Answer is ONE
Trick ? maybe
Edited by Madmanmusky 3/22/2009 4:25 PM
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Location: lake st clair michigan | 25 divided by 3 =8.33333333333
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Location: Medford, WI | there are 25 different colors of skirt material to choose from. if you were to order a custom bucktail using 3 different skirt colors, how many possible skirt color combinations could you create?
I've got to go out on a limb here with my answer...although, it does make sense according to the wording of your question. You ask how many possible skirt color combinations you could create using 3 different skirt colors; however you didn't specify exactly how many skirts could be used on the bucktail. Here's an example:
My three different skirt colors are: 1. white 2. black 3. gold
With these three different colors of skirts, I could make an infinite number of skirt color combinations (2 black skirts, 1 white skirt and 2 gold skirts is just one example).
The math major part of me says that 13,800 is the correct answer, but the musky fishermen in me says that I need to try anything to win these baits!!!
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| PEteacher44 - 3/22/2009 9:03 AM
2,300
25! / (3! x 22!) = 2,300
correct! there are 2300 possible combinations, and that is the proper formula.
count on a teacher to get it right!
the key is recognizing this as a permutation/combination problem.
the difference is that in permutations, the order the items are chosen in matters; with a combination the order does not matter.
in this case, the order does not matter (white/black/red is the same as black/red/white in a bucktail skirt...), so it's a combination. i tried to give a clue to this in the question by asking "how many skirt color combinations..."
SO...the next time you want a lure that "the muskies haven't seen before", give Jim a call and make your own up. when you start to add more than 3 skirt colors, plus the variations with blade size and colors...it's endless!
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PEteacher44 (24)
k-bob (16)
muskie_man (12.5)
crackpot (9)
jay lip ripper (8)
Pikemaster (8)
B.Mirro (6)
LOTWbeachbum (5)
DEMolishedyou (5)
kap (5)
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nwild (4)
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DEMolishedyou2 (4)
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Location: WI | Should I change my screen name from PEteacher44 to MATHteacher44???????
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| I guess since his skirting material is mixed this would be correct. If you were just using solid colored skirts I would argue that color placement wouldn't matter. A skirt that went white/black/red would look different than one that went black/red/white.......dang. |
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Location: (South of the 218) | Ahhhccckkkkk
Foiled again!
And that's why I teach 6th grade.... 
Where was brmusky on the MATH question?
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Location: Minnesota | I was all over the math question........ Just 6 hours late! I wasn't about to answer it for fear of negative points from the judges for giving the same answer as someone else when clearly it said the first person gets the points. |
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| Round 7...close to the end!
imagine that you stop by Jim's house to pick up your new custom-made Glittertail. you want to test it out immediately, so you drive to a nearby muskie lake within 60 miles.
post a picture that shows where you've gone, and proves that it's the right place. (hint...something that includes a place name might be helpful...)
15 points each for the first 5 correct answers; no repeats.
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Location: Medford, WI | Pelican Lake
www.carlgluck.com/myimages/WedSunset1b_s.jpg
(My bad...I had a minute to run to class and thought that you had to name the place the picture was taken at.)
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| that's a good example of a picture that could be anywhere and does NOT prove one single thing...
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Location: (South of the 218) | How about Woodland Resort on Lake Miltona?
and if the resort LOGO doesn't cut it...
Haow about a photo of Miltona Builders Supply?
(You needed to stop and pick up some release tools for all the fish you're going to catch fishing with your new Glittertails on Lake Miltona.)
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Location: Central Iowa | Lake Miltona
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| ...noticing repeats, not sure on the mileage from Mr. glitter
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Location: Minnesota | Another lake I might go to would be West Battle Lake.
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| post a picture that shows where you've gone, and proves that it's the right place. (hint...something that includes a place name might be helpful...)
i should have specified no repeats on the lakes...
good job...by most of you.
Medford...slow is smooth, smooth is fast. post-posting editing doesn't help...
PEteacher44...mapquest? seriously? weak effor from the clubhouse leader...
the next (and final) round is coming soon!
updated standings:
crackpot (24)
PEteacher44 (24)
Pikemaster (23)
LOTWbeachbum (20)
muskydeceiver (19)
brmusky (19)
k-bob (16)
muskie_man (12.5)
jay lip ripper (8)
B.Mirro (6)
DEMolishedyou (5)
kap (5)
madmanmusky (5)
cband (4)
rldourlain (4)
nwild (4)
big gun (4)
DEMolishedyou2 (4)
Musky911 (4)
hodaghawg (4)
MuskyTaleMike (3.5)
muskie-nick (3)
esoxaddict (3)
guts (3)
JeffPaasch (3)
baldeaglefisherman (3)
brewcrew (1)
Ajohnson (0)
Medford Fisher (-1)
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Location: WI | should've known better.......
Edited by PEteacher44 3/23/2009 2:54 PM
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Location: Medford, WI | Thanks Mr. Reuter and MuskieFirst for putting the contest on. Congrats in advance to the winners!
-Jake Bucki |
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| round 8...FINAL round!
special thanks to Jim Reuter from Glittertails for supplying such cool prizes!
http://glittertail.com/
talk to Jim to order your custom built baits today:
Phone: (320) 986-2415
Email: [email protected]
post the reason that you need some new Glittertails...with a picture of yourself holding the sorriest, most worn-out, most in need of replacement bucktail that you own...
first correct answer is worth 5 points
second correct answer is worth 6 points
third correct answer is worth 20 points.
fourth correct answer is worth 10 points.
fifth correct answer is worth 10 points.
each person can only answer one time, no repeat answers/pictures.
ahhh, strategy.
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