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| File size: | 1172 bytes |
| Load address: | 2B204556 |
| Exec address: | 41455442 |
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File contents
BRAINTEASERS
By G. Ludinski
WELCOME to the fourth article which supplements two programs on the
'Arts' Menu (followed by "(BT)" in brackets). This issue presents DON'T
PAINT THE CAT and NAME THE GRAPH; fairly advanced playthings from Gene-
vieve Ludinski that are designed for ages 7+ and 11+ respectively. The
input procedures particularly on NAME THE GRAPH are cleverly orchestrat-
ed (Take a look at the code!) Note as usual that brief instructions
appear on screen before each program.
DON'T PAINT THE CAT
SEEMS a strange title for a program. I mean, who would want to emulsion
paint the family mogg anyway?
Well you see, the family have decided that you have to paint the gar-
den fence. You lost the draw - it might have been your sister instead
who had to do it, but never mind, there's always next time. Across the
fence from you and your fantastic paint brush, is your neighbour's
transistor. As a mental challenge you have decided to paint the fence
according to the high/low pitch of your neighbour's music.
Look out for your cat. It's parked at the end of the fence!
How to play
AS the game begins you will hear just two notes to compare but, every
time you get the answer correct, the next tune will have an extra note.
You will be told which two notes to compare, and you must input H or
L for High or Low.
If you get it wrong, you must wait for the fence and the poor old
pussy, to be painted. If you take too long to answer, the cat will wind
up getting covered in paint anyway.
Press <RETURN> when you want a new tune.
Programming hints
IF you can work out the answer long before the cat is painted, then re-
duce the 50 of INKEY$(50) in line 350.
If you find that it is too difficult to tell the difference between
the notes, then increase the 5 after the '*' sign in line 280.
Alternatively you can increase the time allowed to answer, or reduce
the difference between the notes, by doing the opposite of what is des-
cribed above.
NAME THE GRAPH
THIS is a game of logic. You have an aim, to find the equation of the
graph that is drawn on the screen. You key in numbers to represent an
equation. You can see straight away whether you are getting closer to
your goal as the graph of the equation you keyed in is drawn on the
screen.
By making the three numbers required larger and smaller, postive and
negative, you can see how it effects the graph and hopefully, you can
watch your graph getting closer and closer to the target graph until you
hit it.
If you give up you will be told the answer, but don't cheat!
How to play
ALL graphs drawn are of the type:
Y=Ax^2+Bx+C
where A, B and C are constants (that is, numbers that can be positive or
negative). For example, the equation might be:
Y=-2x^2+3x-5
and in this case A would be equal to -2, B equal to 3 and C to -5.
You must key in three numbers all at once on the same line and sepa-
rated by commas. Press <RETURN> only after you have keyed in all three
numbers. In the example above, you would key in:
-2,3,-5 then <RETURN>
Then the graph of this expression is drawn and you must make another
guess. If you cannot guess the answer, key in:
WHAT,IS,IT then <RETURN>
(remember to put in the commas) and you will be given the answer and the
program ends.
If you guess the answer correctly then press <ESCAPE> and a new graph
will be drawn.
It is more fun to find out how to do it by trial and error, but if
you want a hint then this is it. (Skip the next paragraph if you do not
want to know.)
If the first number (A) is positive, then the graph will point up-
wards (u shape), and if it is negative, the graph will point downwards
(n shape).
Programming hints
THE graphs are plotted with the origin (zero, zero point) at the middle
of the screen by using the VDU statement in line 50. This saves a lot of
unnecessary maths.
You could make the programs easier by reducing the range of the num-
bers allowed. Do this by reducing the 5 in line 280 or the 9 in line 290
or both. If you want to make it very easy you can allow only positive
numbers by deleting line 300.
The program uses Mode 1 to enable guessed graphs to be displayed in
red, and the target graph in white. On a BBC Model A, you will need to
change line 40 to Mode 1. The program then runs without colour.
Genevieve Ludinski, EUG #55
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This is| 000000d0 73 75 65 20 70 72 65 73 65 6e 74 73 20 44 4f 4e |sue presents DON| 000000e0 27 54 0d 50 41 49 4e 54 20 54 48 45 20 43 41 54 |'T.PAINT THE CAT| 000000f0 20 61 6e 64 20 4e 41 4d 45 20 54 48 45 20 47 52 | and NAME THE GR| 00000100 41 50 48 3b 20 66 61 69 72 6c 79 20 61 64 76 61 |APH; fairly adva| 00000110 6e 63 65 64 20 70 6c 61 79 74 68 69 6e 67 73 20 |nced playthings | 00000120 66 72 6f 6d 20 47 65 6e 65 2d 0d 76 69 65 76 65 |from Gene-.vieve| 00000130 20 4c 75 64 69 6e 73 6b 69 20 74 68 61 74 20 61 | Ludinski that a| 00000140 72 65 20 64 65 73 69 67 6e 65 64 20 66 6f 72 20 |re designed for | 00000150 61 67 65 73 20 37 2b 20 61 6e 64 20 31 31 2b 20 |ages 7+ and 11+ | 00000160 72 65 73 70 65 63 74 69 76 65 6c 79 2e 20 54 68 |respectively. 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Note as| 000001e0 20 75 73 75 61 6c 20 74 68 61 74 20 62 72 69 65 | usual that brie| 000001f0 66 20 69 6e 73 74 72 75 63 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 0d |f instructions .| 00000200 61 70 70 65 61 72 20 6f 6e 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e |appear on screen| 00000210 20 62 65 66 6f 72 65 20 65 61 63 68 20 70 72 6f | before each pro| 00000220 67 72 61 6d 2e 0d 0d 44 4f 4e 27 54 20 50 41 49 |gram...DON'T PAI| 00000230 4e 54 20 54 48 45 20 43 41 54 0d 53 45 45 4d 53 |NT THE CAT.SEEMS| 00000240 20 61 20 73 74 72 61 6e 67 65 20 74 69 74 6c 65 | a strange title| 00000250 20 66 6f 72 20 61 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 2e 20 | for a program. | 00000260 49 20 6d 65 61 6e 2c 20 77 68 6f 20 77 6f 75 6c |I mean, who woul| 00000270 64 20 77 61 6e 74 20 74 6f 20 65 6d 75 6c 73 69 |d want to emulsi| 00000280 6f 6e 0d 70 61 69 6e 74 20 74 68 65 20 66 61 6d |on.paint the fam| 00000290 69 6c 79 20 6d 6f 67 67 20 61 6e 79 77 61 79 3f |ily mogg anyway?| 000002a0 0d 20 20 20 57 65 6c 6c 20 79 6f 75 20 73 65 65 |. 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L| 00000440 6f 6f 6b 20 6f 75 74 20 66 6f 72 20 79 6f 75 72 |ook out for your| 00000450 20 63 61 74 2e 20 49 74 27 73 20 70 61 72 6b 65 | cat. 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If| 000005d0 20 79 6f 75 20 74 61 6b 65 20 74 6f 6f 20 6c 6f | you take too lo| 000005e0 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 61 6e 73 77 65 72 2c 20 74 68 |ng to answer, th| 000005f0 65 20 63 61 74 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 77 69 6e 64 0d |e cat will wind.| 00000600 75 70 20 67 65 74 74 69 6e 67 20 63 6f 76 65 72 |up getting cover| 00000610 65 64 20 69 6e 20 70 61 69 6e 74 20 61 6e 79 77 |ed in paint anyw| 00000620 61 79 2e 0d 20 20 20 50 72 65 73 73 20 3c 52 45 |ay.. Press <RE| 00000630 54 55 52 4e 3e 20 77 68 65 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 77 |TURN> when you w| 00000640 61 6e 74 20 61 20 6e 65 77 20 74 75 6e 65 2e 0d |ant a new tune..| 00000650 0d 50 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 6d 69 6e 67 20 68 69 6e |.Programming hin| 00000660 74 73 0d 49 46 20 79 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 77 6f |ts.IF you can wo| 00000670 72 6b 20 6f 75 74 20 74 68 65 20 61 6e 73 77 65 |rk out the answe| 00000680 72 20 6c 6f 6e 67 20 62 65 66 6f 72 65 20 74 68 |r long before th| 00000690 65 20 63 61 74 20 69 73 20 70 61 69 6e 74 65 64 |e cat is painted| 000006a0 2c 20 74 68 65 6e 20 72 65 2d 0d 64 75 63 65 20 |, then re-.duce | 000006b0 74 68 65 20 35 30 20 6f 66 20 49 4e 4b 45 59 24 |the 50 of INKEY$| 000006c0 28 35 30 29 20 69 6e 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 33 35 30 |(50) in line 350| 000006d0 2e 0d 20 20 20 49 66 20 79 6f 75 20 66 69 6e 64 |.. If you find| 000006e0 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 74 20 69 73 20 74 6f 6f 20 | that it is too | 000006f0 64 69 66 66 69 63 75 6c 74 20 74 6f 20 74 65 6c |difficult to tel| 00000700 6c 20 74 68 65 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e 63 65 |l the difference| 00000710 20 62 65 74 77 65 65 6e 0d 74 68 65 20 6e 6f 74 | between.the not| 00000720 65 73 2c 20 74 68 65 6e 20 69 6e 63 72 65 61 73 |es, then increas| 00000730 65 20 74 68 65 20 35 20 61 66 74 65 72 20 74 68 |e the 5 after th| 00000740 65 20 27 2a 27 20 73 69 67 6e 20 69 6e 20 6c 69 |e '*' sign in li| 00000750 6e 65 20 32 38 30 2e 0d 20 20 20 41 6c 74 65 72 |ne 280.. Alter| 00000760 6e 61 74 69 76 65 6c 79 20 79 6f 75 20 63 61 6e |natively you can| 00000770 20 69 6e 63 72 65 61 73 65 20 74 68 65 20 74 69 | increase the ti| 00000780 6d 65 20 61 6c 6c 6f 77 65 64 20 74 6f 20 61 6e |me allowed to an| 00000790 73 77 65 72 2c 20 6f 72 20 72 65 64 75 63 65 0d |swer, or reduce.| 000007a0 74 68 65 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e 63 65 20 62 |the difference b| 000007b0 65 74 77 65 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6e 6f 74 65 73 |etween the notes| 000007c0 2c 20 62 79 20 64 6f 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 6f |, by doing the o| 000007d0 70 70 6f 73 69 74 65 20 6f 66 20 77 68 61 74 20 |pposite of what | 000007e0 69 73 20 64 65 73 2d 0d 63 72 69 62 65 64 20 61 |is des-.cribed a| 000007f0 62 6f 76 65 2e 0d 0d 4e 41 4d 45 20 54 48 45 20 |bove...NAME THE | 00000800 47 52 41 50 48 0d 54 48 49 53 20 69 73 20 61 20 |GRAPH.THIS is a | 00000810 67 61 6d 65 20 6f 66 20 6c 6f 67 69 63 2e 20 59 |game of logic. Y| 00000820 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 20 61 6e 20 61 69 6d 2c 20 |ou have an aim, | 00000830 74 6f 20 66 69 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 65 71 75 61 |to find the equa| 00000840 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 0d 67 72 61 70 |tion of the.grap| 00000850 68 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 73 20 64 72 61 77 6e 20 |h that is drawn | 00000860 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 2e 20 59 |on the screen. Y| 00000870 6f 75 20 6b 65 79 20 69 6e 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 |ou key in number| 00000880 73 20 74 6f 20 72 65 70 72 65 73 65 6e 74 20 61 |s to represent a| 00000890 6e 0d 65 71 75 61 74 69 6f 6e 2e 20 59 6f 75 20 |n.equation. You | 000008a0 63 61 6e 20 73 65 65 20 73 74 72 61 69 67 68 74 |can see straight| 000008b0 20 61 77 61 79 20 77 68 65 74 68 65 72 20 79 6f | away whether yo| 000008c0 75 20 61 72 65 20 67 65 74 74 69 6e 67 20 63 6c |u are getting cl| 000008d0 6f 73 65 72 20 74 6f 20 0d 79 6f 75 72 20 67 6f |oser to .your go| 000008e0 61 6c 20 61 73 20 74 68 65 20 67 72 61 70 68 20 |al as the graph | 000008f0 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 65 71 75 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 |of the equation | 00000900 79 6f 75 20 6b 65 79 65 64 20 69 6e 20 69 73 20 |you keyed in is | 00000910 64 72 61 77 6e 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 0d 73 63 72 |drawn on the.scr| 00000920 65 65 6e 2e 0d 20 20 20 42 79 20 6d 61 6b 69 6e |een.. 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If you g| 00000a10 69 76 65 20 75 70 20 79 6f 75 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 |ive up you will | 00000a20 62 65 20 74 6f 6c 64 20 74 68 65 20 61 6e 73 77 |be told the answ| 00000a30 65 72 2c 20 62 75 74 20 64 6f 6e 27 74 20 63 68 |er, but don't ch| 00000a40 65 61 74 21 0d 0d 48 6f 77 20 74 6f 20 70 6c 61 |eat!..How to pla| 00000a50 79 0d 41 4c 4c 20 67 72 61 70 68 73 20 64 72 61 |y.ALL graphs dra| 00000a60 77 6e 20 61 72 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 74 79 |wn are of the ty| 00000a70 70 65 3a 0d 20 20 20 20 20 20 59 3d 41 78 5e 32 |pe:. Y=Ax^2| 00000a80 2b 42 78 2b 43 0d 0d 77 68 65 72 65 20 41 2c 20 |+Bx+C..where A, | 00000a90 42 20 61 6e 64 20 43 20 61 72 65 20 63 6f 6e 73 |B and C are cons| 00000aa0 74 61 6e 74 73 20 28 74 68 61 74 20 69 73 2c 20 |tants (that is, | 00000ab0 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 63 61 6e |numbers that can| 00000ac0 20 62 65 20 70 6f 73 69 74 69 76 65 20 6f 72 0d | be positive or.| 00000ad0 6e 65 67 61 74 69 76 65 29 2e 20 46 6f 72 20 65 |negative). 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P| 00000bb0 72 65 73 73 20 3c 52 45 54 55 52 4e 3e 20 6f 6e |ress <RETURN> on| 00000bc0 6c 79 20 61 66 74 65 72 20 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 |ly after you hav| 00000bd0 65 20 6b 65 79 65 64 20 69 6e 20 61 6c 6c 20 74 |e keyed in all t| 00000be0 68 72 65 65 0d 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 73 2e 20 49 6e |hree.numbers. In| 00000bf0 20 74 68 65 20 65 78 61 6d 70 6c 65 20 61 62 6f | the example abo| 00000c00 76 65 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 6b 65 |ve, you would ke| 00000c10 79 20 69 6e 3a 0d 20 20 20 20 20 20 2d 32 2c 33 |y in:. -2,3| 00000c20 2c 2d 35 20 74 68 65 6e 20 3c 52 45 54 55 52 4e |,-5 then <RETURN| 00000c30 3e 0d 0d 54 68 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 67 72 61 70 |>..Then the grap| 00000c40 68 20 6f 66 20 74 68 69 73 20 65 78 70 72 65 73 |h of this expres| 00000c50 73 69 6f 6e 20 69 73 20 64 72 61 77 6e 20 61 6e |sion is drawn an| 00000c60 64 20 79 6f 75 20 6d 75 73 74 20 6d 61 6b 65 20 |d you must make | 00000c70 61 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 0d 67 75 65 73 73 2e 20 49 |another.guess. 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