The Amazing Race 15

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by srmom

I think he must have done 4x4x3x2 to get 96. I'm not sure Math isn't my thing!! LOL

I'm not very mathematical.

I just wrote it down. So.. if it had to start with F, I wrote all of the possibilities to come after that, starting with the letter A:

If N was the next letter after A, for example, there are only 2 letters that could follow that, and therefore, only two words that could start F-A-N (hopefully that makes sense!). So...

FANZR
FANRZ

Same with FAZ:

FAZNR
FAZRN

And so on. So there would be 6 possibilities starting with FA

FANZR
FANRZ
FAZNR
FAZRN
FARZN
FARNZ

Since there are 6 possibilites with each of the 4 different letters to immediately follow F...

6 x 4 = 24. I guess.

[tld221]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

I'm not very mathematical.

I just wrote it down. So.. if it had to start with F, I wrote all of the possibilities to come after that, starting with the letter A:

If N was the next letter after A, for example, there are only 2 letters that could follow that, and therefore, only two words that could start F-A-N (hopefully that makes sense!). So...

FANZR
FANRZ

Same with FAZ:

FAZNR
FAZRN

And so on. So there would be 6 possibilities starting with FA

FANZR
FANRZ
FAZNR
FAZRN
FARZN
FARNZ

Since there are 6 possibilites with each of the 4 different letters to immediately follow F...

6 x 4 = 24. I guess.

Mathematically, it shouldn't have taken long. I also think it has to do with context, which the players may rely on when solving their tasks. Maybe the Globetrotters never heard the name Franz (Kafka) before, or didnt connect the telephones to the Kafka-esque thing, or make any relation to the task and being in Prague.

I think its similar to how they got tripped up a few eps ago over the watch-combination number task.

I just wonder if, during that 4-hour penalty, the answer clicked to either of them.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by tld221

I just wonder if, during that 4-hour penalty, the answer clicked to either of them.

That's what I wondered, also. I was hoping they'd show them giving some feedback about the challenge.