You should find out because it might be a question at your next job interview! Japanese firms are starting to test prospective employees on their ability to think logically.
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14500000000000000000000000000000000000? am i close???
I imagine you'd be close if you took the number of people in Japan and divided by 3 or 4. One per family. Some have no children, and some have older generations living in the same house. Hmmm. So, my guess, prior to reading the article is: between 42,500,000 and 31,900,000 mailboxes.
Dang, then I read the article, and not only is there no answer, I'm told the point is not to actually get the right answer!!! AAGH! Ha ha ha. Still, I think I would totally have been hired. Ken Y-N, too, judging from his comment on the post.
Deas, it's a count of the red post boxes in the street, not the mailboxes in people's houses.
@ Ken Y-N (not sure where this will nest):
Ooooooooooooooooh. That explains it. Ha ha.
Nevermind - I failed. I would be laughed at and sent out the door. You've got to continue to the newspaper article to get at the goods. Who knew calculating the number of postal boxes involves knowing the speed of the Shinkansen running between Tokyo and Fukuoka? o.O Wild. In my defense, though, I was only off by a factor of about 200. Big deal. I'm cute enough. They might take pity on me and give me the job anyway.
You need to click through to the Yomiuri article for the answer Deas. But you are right in that the point is actually your response to the question and the thought process that gets you to your answer.
For the benefit of others both guesses so far are on the high side...
Deas we must have posted our comments at the same time...ooops! Oh, the dohjo is getting busy!
Ha ha - I wonder if there's a way to enable a "currently viewing" or "members online" box somewhere without being intrusive. And I think it's a good thing that things are picking up. Ha ha. Yay! Also - SUMO SHOVE!
No need. The number of people viewing a page at any one time, and the names of those people, can be determined by applying Newton's rule to the result of multiplying the Fibonacci index key of the number of Japanese post boxes by the polynomial root of the bento boxes consumed in April 1989, and dividing the result by zero.
So is my number right??? God I hope so!!
Keith you're off by a bit. And Deas, I think that Nick's answer translates to "no". Do I get the job?
Aw shucks!! Thought I would be close. Nick you are way off here as bento boxes from convenience stores can only be included as you will plainly see in the following:
f1(x)bento(y) + Fibonacci index key(x)g2(y) + f3(x)g3(y) + convenience stores(x)g4(y) = the number I originally posted up above!