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Post by ACT II on Aug 8, 2004 1:50:51 GMT -5
Damn all y'all are stupid.
The easiest way would have been to get superman and ask him to use his x-ray vision.
And, J-Unit, mirrors would in fact work. I guess you weren't paying enough attn in physics class when we studied optics. Mirrors can be used to reflect light and so you can use them to take the images of the lightbulbs and bounce them to the room where the switches are and voila! you have a way to see which switch turns which bulb on.
Stupid.
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Post by VallanKnight on Aug 8, 2004 15:38:25 GMT -5
I got it:
1) Go into room A (with the lightswitches) and turn two switches on. Then wait for an hour.
2) turn ONE of the lightswitches off, and then go to room B
3) there should be one light on, and two lights off. one of the lights shoudl be hot from being on for an hour, whereas the other will be cool, having not been messed with at all. the switch that you left on in room A turns on the lightbulb left on, the switch you didn't touch affects the cool lightbulb, and the switch you turned off after having it on for an hour controls the hot off lightbulb.
How's that?
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Post by VallanKnight on Aug 8, 2004 15:40:17 GMT -5
DAMMIT!!! I only checked the first page!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Now I don't get credit for the puzzle! >_<>_<>_<>_<>_<>_<!!!
I DID get it right, too. >_<
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Post by MasterMind on Aug 8, 2004 17:31:18 GMT -5
I am sorry ACT II, but I am not the stupid one. Though your application of physics is correct, it would not work in this scenario. Why not? Because "Room B is not within one's line of vision while in Room A." If you can not as simply see the other room, what possible way would there be to see the light in there? Even if there were someway you could have great light reflection, you would need to know where the light would be reflected to in order to know which light bulb it came from. And this is where the problem lies. The lights are all off. Turning on the lights, then going to the other room, then coming back would result in two trips. You are eliminated. Why are the lights off you might ask? Because "each switch in Room A turns on a different light bulb in Room B" thus it is only logical to say that the lights are all off to begin with. Otherwise, the question would have been stated differently. I'm going to give the next riddle. Get ready!!
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Post by MasterMind on Aug 8, 2004 23:42:19 GMT -5
Three guys go to San Francisco to have dinner. They laugh, drink, and touch each other. After a couple hours, they're all tired and ready to hit the hotel. The waiter comes and gives them the bill. It's $25.00. The three guys each pay $10.00. And the waiter leaves. So $10 x $3 = $30.00. The waiter returns with their change, which is $5.00. Because $30 - $25 = $5.00 The three guys decide to each get $1.00 back. So $3 x $1 = $3.00. $5 - $3 = $2.00 And so they are left with $2.00. They use that for the tip. So we see that $10 - $1 = $9.00. They each paid $9.00. Because they each paid $9.00 and there are three of them $9 x $3 = $27.00. Now we add the tip of two dollars back and we get $27 + $2 = $29.00. And-- wait.... WHAT THE F***!!? What happened to the other dollar? Hmm...
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Post by SirKibbles on Aug 9, 2004 2:21:56 GMT -5
Okay, this one took me a while, but I think I'm right. Well, you see towards the end is were it gets tricky.
...and well, 10 - 1 step shouldn't have happened. The 1 that was subtracted from the 10 was already in the 10. You can't subtract an amount, when it comes from the amount your trying to subtract it from. So making that step obsolete!
That step is then replaced with the first given, 10 x 3 = 30. Then take the middle step where they receive their change ($5).
Subtract that from 30... which gives you 30 - 5 = 25 and that is the bill that was paid.
So what happened to the missing dollar? It was lost in a miscalculation in step number 6: (10 - 1 = 9) ;D ;D ;D *Crosses Fingers* Hope I got this one right.
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Post by SirKibbles on Aug 9, 2004 15:54:26 GMT -5
Oh yeah, by the way, the 8th A on the banner is the special one.
You should start handing out riddle awards to the people who get these right. You know how you have the battle winners trophy thing, get a riddle one too. So whoever figures it out gets one.
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Post by MasterMind on Aug 9, 2004 16:01:51 GMT -5
Sorry, you are incorrect. Step 6 is correct. You would have to subtract $1 from $10. Why? Because when the three guys each got the change of $5 back, they each took back $1. Thus meaning they only paid $9. Keep trying! Oh yes, SirKibbles found the special A. Good job! Here's a sticker.
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Post by ACT II on Aug 9, 2004 16:15:33 GMT -5
Damn this is easy.
The bill is only $25. They each paid $9. Which makes a total of $27. The $2 tip is SUBTRACTED from the total which they paid. $27(Total paid) - $2 (tip) = $25 (total bill).
$27 + $2 is wrong.
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Post by MasterMind on Aug 9, 2004 16:39:32 GMT -5
ACT II got it. Good job. Would you like a sticker also?
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