There is a tug-o-war competition consisting of rounds upon round that all end in a draw meaning both sides end in equal strength. There are several people of exactly equal strength and are represented by the same symbol. (i.e. all * pull the same, but a * and a @ must be different) Each team is representeed by a series of symbols followed by a dashed line being the rope. On the other side of the rope is the team that was equally matched in strength. Here are some of those rounds:
*%-----$
$$$-------@%*%@
@-------!*
Again remembering that ll of the above are ties, and assume that position on the rope doesn't matter, who will win the following match?
!@!!@!-------%$*$

(In reply to A start by DJ)

We need to change the final teams to amounts of the same symbols so that we can compare them.

2$ + % + * = 3$ so the second team can be written as 3$.

Now we have to change the first team to $.

2@ = 3$ - 2% - *
2! = 3$ - 2% - 3*
4! = 6$ - 4% - 6*
2@ + 4! = 9$ - 6% - 7*.
= 2@ + 4! = 9$ - 6$ - *
= 2@ + 4! = 3$ - *

So the second team will win because they are stronger by 1*.

Posted by Lewis on 2003-06-21 08:17:12