Hello, I came across a rather interesting email the other day. I'll just post the entire thing out here. I am also taking the liberty of posting the solution directly.
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Many years ago in a small Indian village, a farmer had the misfortune of owing a large sum of money to a village moneylender. The moneylender, who was old and ugly, fancied the farmer's beautiful daughter. So he proposed a bargain. He said he would forgo the farmer's debt if he could marry his daughter.
Both the farmer and his daughter were horrified by the proposal. So the cunning moneylender suggested that they let providence decide the matter.
He told them that he would put a black pebble and a white pebble into an empty money bag. Then the girl would have to pick one pebble from the bag.
If she picked the black pebble, she would become his wife, and her father's debt would be forgiven. If she picked the white pebble, she need not marry him, and her father's debt would still be forgiven. But if she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be thrown into jail.
All the villagers were standing on a pebble-strewn path in the farmer's field. As they talked, the moneylender bent over to pick up two pebbles.
As he picked them up, the sharp-eyed girl noticed that he had picked up two black pebbles and put them into the bag. He then asked the girl to pick a pebble from the bag. Now, imagine you were standing in the field.
What would you have done if you were the girl? If you had to advise her, what would you have told her?
Careful analysis would produce three possibilities:
1. The girl should refuse to take a pebble.
2. The girl should show that there were two black pebbles in the bag and expose the money-lender as a cheat.
3. The girl should pick a black pebble and sacrifice herself to save her father from his debt and imprisonment.
Take a moment to ponder over the story. The above story is used with the hope that it will make us appreciate the difference between lateral and logical thinking.
The girl's dilemma cannot be solved with traditional logical thinking.
Think of the consequences if she chooses the above logical answers.
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16Do comment though! Cheers!
Many years ago in a small Indian village, a farmer had the misfortune of owing a large sum of money to a village moneylender. The moneylender, who was old and ugly, fancied the farmer's beautiful daughter. So he proposed a bargain. He said he would forgo the farmer's debt if he could marry his daughter.
Both the farmer and his daughter were horrified by the proposal. So the cunning moneylender suggested that they let providence decide the matter.
He told them that he would put a black pebble and a white pebble into an empty money bag. Then the girl would have to pick one pebble from the bag.
If she picked the black pebble, she would become his wife, and her father's debt would be forgiven. If she picked the white pebble, she need not marry him, and her father's debt would still be forgiven. But if she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be thrown into jail.
All the villagers were standing on a pebble-strewn path in the farmer's field. As they talked, the moneylender bent over to pick up two pebbles.
As he picked them up, the sharp-eyed girl noticed that he had picked up two black pebbles and put them into the bag. He then asked the girl to pick a pebble from the bag. Now, imagine you were standing in the field.
What would you have done if you were the girl? If you had to advise her, what would you have told her?
Careful analysis would produce three possibilities:
1. The girl should refuse to take a pebble.
2. The girl should show that there were two black pebbles in the bag and expose the money-lender as a cheat.
3. The girl should pick a black pebble and sacrifice herself to save her father from his debt and imprisonment.
Take a moment to ponder over the story. The above story is used with the hope that it will make us appreciate the difference between lateral and logical thinking.
The girl's dilemma cannot be solved with traditional logical thinking.
Think of the consequences if she chooses the above logical answers.
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...and here is the 'solution' part of it:
Well, what she did was: The girl put her hand into the moneybag and drew out a pebble. Without looking at it, she fumbled and let it fall onto the pebble-strewn path where it immediately became lost among all the other pebbles. "Oh, how clumsy of me," she said. "But never mind, if you look into the bag for the one that is left, you will be able to tell which pebble I picked."
Since the remaining pebble is black, it must be assumed that she had picked the white one. And since the money-lender dare not admit his dishonesty, the girl changed what seemed an impossible situation into an extremely advantageous one.
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Well, what she did was: The girl put her hand into the moneybag and drew out a pebble. Without looking at it, she fumbled and let it fall onto the pebble-strewn path where it immediately became lost among all the other pebbles. "Oh, how clumsy of me," she said. "But never mind, if you look into the bag for the one that is left, you will be able to tell which pebble I picked."
Since the remaining pebble is black, it must be assumed that she had picked the white one. And since the money-lender dare not admit his dishonesty, the girl changed what seemed an impossible situation into an extremely advantageous one.
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The right answer is Q coz the addition o the numeric value of the first two alphabets is equal to that of the last one also the numeric value of K can be 37 too ie 26+11
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Einstein's Puzzle
It is claimed that 98% of people are incapable of solving it, so Mensans should be able to solve this. It is definitely an interesting one:
Assume that there are five houses of different colors next to each other on the same road. In each house lives a man of a different nationality. Every man has his favorite drink, his favorite brand of cigarettes, and keeps pets of a particular kind.
The Englishman lives in the red house.
The Swede keeps dogs.
The Dane drinks tea.
The green house is just to the left of the white one.
The owner of the green house drinks coffee.
The Pall Mall smoker keeps birds.
The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhills.
The man in the center house drinks milk.
The Norwegian lives in the first house.
The Blend smoker has a neighbor who keeps cats.
The man who smokes Blue Masters drinks beer.
The man who keeps horses lives next to the Dunhill smoker.
The German smokes Prince.
The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
The Blend smoker has a neighbor who drinks water.
The question to be answered is: Who keeps fish?
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It is claimed that 98% of people are incapable of solving it, so Mensans should be able to solve this. It is definitely an interesting one:
Assume that there are five houses of different colors next to each other on the same road. In each house lives a man of a different nationality. Every man has his favorite drink, his favorite brand of cigarettes, and keeps pets of a particular kind.
The Englishman lives in the red house.
The Swede keeps dogs.
The Dane drinks tea.
The green house is just to the left of the white one.
The owner of the green house drinks coffee.
The Pall Mall smoker keeps birds.
The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhills.
The man in the center house drinks milk.
The Norwegian lives in the first house.
The Blend smoker has a neighbor who keeps cats.
The man who smokes Blue Masters drinks beer.
The man who keeps horses lives next to the Dunhill smoker.
The German smokes Prince.
The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
The Blend smoker has a neighbor who drinks water.
The question to be answered is: Who keeps fish?
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Hint 1: Compare the house numbers with colors. (Try reading on if you don't get it.)
Hint 2: The first house can't be blue as the second house is blue.
Hint 3: It can't be green or white since the green and white are together, whereas the first one is followed by blue.
Hint 4: It can't be red as it belongs to the Norwegian, whereas the red house belongs to the Englishman; hence, it is yellow.
Hint 5: Draw a table!
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Hint 2: The first house can't be blue as the second house is blue.
Hint 3: It can't be green or white since the green and white are together, whereas the first one is followed by blue.
Hint 4: It can't be red as it belongs to the Norwegian, whereas the red house belongs to the Englishman; hence, it is yellow.
Hint 5: Draw a table!
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There are three Federation Officers assigned to take three hostile aliens to “Peace Talks” on another planet. However, they must follow the following rules:
They have only one small space ship. Only two individuals can ride in the space ship each time. All Federation Officers can pilot the space ship, but only one alien can pilot the ship. If at any time there are both Federation Officers and aliens on a planet, then there must always be more (or the same number of) Federation Officers than aliens on that planet. This is because if there are more aliens than Federation Officers, then the aliens will kill the Federation Officers. Count any individual in the space ship when it is on one planet as being on that planet. The one space ship is the only means of transportation. There is no other way to get to the “Peace Talks”. No one can exit the space ship while it is in flight. To start off, all the Federation Officers and aliens are on the same planet. The Question: Can all Federation Officers and aliens get to the other planet alive, and if so: how?
So get cracking : Correct Answer as soon as there are enough posts
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They have only one small space ship. Only two individuals can ride in the space ship each time. All Federation Officers can pilot the space ship, but only one alien can pilot the ship. If at any time there are both Federation Officers and aliens on a planet, then there must always be more (or the same number of) Federation Officers than aliens on that planet. This is because if there are more aliens than Federation Officers, then the aliens will kill the Federation Officers. Count any individual in the space ship when it is on one planet as being on that planet. The one space ship is the only means of transportation. There is no other way to get to the “Peace Talks”. No one can exit the space ship while it is in flight. To start off, all the Federation Officers and aliens are on the same planet. The Question: Can all Federation Officers and aliens get to the other planet alive, and if so: how?
So get cracking : Correct Answer as soon as there are enough posts
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F = Federation Officer
A = Alien
A* = Alien who can drive
Planet1 <- Ship -> Planet2
FFFAAA* -- None
FFAA* -FA-> FA
FFFAA* <-F- A
FFF -AA*-> AAA*
FFFA* <-A*- AA
FA* -FF-> FFAA
FFAA* <-FA- FA
FA -FA*-> FFAA*
FFAA <-FA- FA*
AA -FF-> FFFA*
AAA* <-A*- FFF
A -AA*-> FFFAA*
AA* <-A*- FFFA
None -AA*-> FFFAAA*
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A = Alien
A* = Alien who can drive
Planet1 <- Ship -> Planet2
FFFAAA* -- None
FFAA* -FA-> FA
FFFAA* <-F- A
FFF -AA*-> AAA*
FFFA* <-A*- AA
FA* -FF-> FFAA
FFAA* <-FA- FA
FA -FA*-> FFAA*
FFAA <-FA- FA*
AA -FF-> FFFA*
AAA* <-A*- FFF
A -AA*-> FFFAA*
AA* <-A*- FFFA
None -AA*-> FFFAAA*
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There are two ropes. Each has a size of 1 m. Each rope contains some knots. The number of knots is not known. Each rope has a different number of knots. If you burn the ropes, each rope will take 1 hour to burn out completely.
Now, how to measure 45 minutes without a clock.
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Now, how to measure 45 minutes without a clock.
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To correctly spell and format the user's input:
Burn both ends of the first rope and one end of the second rope. When the first rope burns out, it has measured 30 minutes. Now set the second rope's end on fire. That would measure 15 minutes when the second rope burns out.
Please let me know if you need any further assistance.
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Burn both ends of the first rope and one end of the second rope. When the first rope burns out, it has measured 30 minutes. Now set the second rope's end on fire. That would measure 15 minutes when the second rope burns out.
Please let me know if you need any further assistance.
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A bunch of evil bacteria are in a glass. In one minute they double their number. In one hour they fill up da whole glass :ph34r:. So anyway... the question is : At wat time is the glass half full???
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Solve this one although it wont be much o a problem(just one missin no. needed) 14,19,29,?,44,52
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Guyz plzz time urselves if u cn it took me 1.23min FIND THE MISSIN ALPHABET(ONLY ONE) F O G H T O K Z ?
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For every vertical line, count the number of letters in between 2 letters.
1st line: F, then 1 letter gap, H, then 2, then K.
2nd line: H, then 4 letters T, then 5, then O.
3rd line: G, then 7 letters O.
Now, as the increase in the number of letters in between is increasing by 3, so after O, there will be a gap of 8 letters, and the missing letter will be the 9th letter from O, i.e., X.
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1st line: F, then 1 letter gap, H, then 2, then K.
2nd line: H, then 4 letters T, then 5, then O.
3rd line: G, then 7 letters O.
Now, as the increase in the number of letters in between is increasing by 3, so after O, there will be a gap of 8 letters, and the missing letter will be the 9th letter from O, i.e., X.
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Well done on the past few puzzles i gave try this one out now 2,4,6,4,8 5,5,3,7,5 4,3,8,9,?
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The answer is 6. I think someone got it correct. The reason is simple - multiply the first 3 numbers and you'll get a 2-digit number. Separate those two digits, and you'll get the last 2 numbers. For example, 4(3)8 = 96. Therefore, the last two numbers are 9 and 6.
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A Number Pyramid is composed of the 10 different numbers 0-9 with a top row of 1 number resting on a second row of 2 sitting on a third row of 3 supported by a bottom row of 4. For example, a Number Pyramid could be:
0
1 2
3 4 5
6 7 8 9
Given the clues below, can you determine the composition of the Number Pyramid?
1. The number at the top of the Number Pyramid minus the leftmost number in row 2 equals 6.
2. Both the four leftmost numbers in each row and the three numbers in row 3 sum to 17.
3. In the bottom row of the pyramid, the second number from the left minus the leftmost number equals 5.
4. The rightmost number in row 3 minus the rightmost number in row 4 equals 3.
5. The four numbers in the bottom row sum to 19.
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0
1 2
3 4 5
6 7 8 9
Given the clues below, can you determine the composition of the Number Pyramid?
1. The number at the top of the Number Pyramid minus the leftmost number in row 2 equals 6.
2. Both the four leftmost numbers in each row and the three numbers in row 3 sum to 17.
3. In the bottom row of the pyramid, the second number from the left minus the leftmost number equals 5.
4. The rightmost number in row 3 minus the rightmost number in row 4 equals 3.
5. The four numbers in the bottom row sum to 19.
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