Puzzles

Members of a field named "mathematical optimization" ought to be able to solve this in a flash. About 6.578 is the maximum. This is achieved when y = log(5)/log(2) =...

Let us go back to everyone's comfort zone and do some straight math this week. No probabilities, just a deterministic problem with three variables. This cannot possibly be hard. Can...

Along a 1000 meter long beach, you and two more ice cream vendors are setting up shop. You arrive first. Where do you place your cart? Ice Cream Vendor etiquette...

Wobbleknock is the latest fad in DS City. It is played with two teams of four players each who aim to score points against each other. The City Shakes have...

In response to a previous puzzle, we received this comment: Some time ago, UPS built a model to determine how many planes they would need to handle their overnight network....

Rhine, the E-commerce giant of DS City, has a problem. While the warehouse incurs more costs than it should due to overstaffing, overtime is still a regular occurrence that happens...