Another Logic Question
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I think the candidate with the biggest tits will get the job. This is just a ruse to get the candidate you want. Even if a candidate you don't want guesses correctly, you take the hat off quickly and tell him he failed.
Like she's ever going to guess wrong !
Like she's ever going to guess wrong !
Years ago, there was this adult video store on Dundas St. in Etobicoke. He had a sign advertising a position for a female store clerk and specified, "B Cup" preferred. That's probably illegal to do, but he was a sketchy type of guy, lol. (True story).
Man did you see the legggggs on her. Holy fuk!!I think the candidate with the biggest tits will get the job. This is just a ruse to get the candidate you want. Even if a candidate you don't want guesses correctly, you take the hat off quickly and tell him he failed.
Like she's ever going to guess wrong !
A beautiful answer -- simple; concise. But Wrong.
The first point in the "answer" is:
All three know there are either two or three Bowlers..
No probs with this first point. The three candidates can all deduce that the choice is between BBB and BBT only.
However, we cannot assume that they will all 'get it' at the same time, And we cannot assume that any of them will get it immediately. (Few Loungers twigged that point right off, although we all accept it now we have thought it through.)
So there sure is a problem with the second point of the supposed answer: If any one could see a top hat he would know he was wearing a bowler. Since no one has said anything, they must all be wearing bowlers.
There is another perfectly simple, and highly likely, explanation why nobody has said anything: the fact that they haven't said anything could indicate merely that they haven't figured it out yet. The reason the others didn't say anything might very well be simply that they are slow on the uptake.
There is nothing in the question to indicate that the candidates must all have the same level of expertise in logical thinking, and they must all reach the same conclusion quickly. In fact, the set task is supposed to be a test of logic. And here's the dude with the supposed best logic, and yet his proof depends upon the other two being the logical equals of himself and him relying on their reactions as such -- in a test to find out who is the best logician. I should cocoa.
Miss Croft, the chap who knew the answer had left the building.
I quite agree, the Back of the Book answer is elegant but wrong. It completely ignores the Ontarians With Disabilities Act by simply assuming all three had hands, and were not visually impaired, and not struggling with an attention-deficit.
That stuff may be fine in the Entirely Abled World of Logic, but real people don't work that way.
Anyone up for a math puzzle?
The Puzzle:
ABCD x E
ABCD × E = DCBA
(Replace letters with digits and have the sum be true. A,B,C,D and E are all different digits.)
The Puzzle:
ABCD x E
ABCD × E = DCBA
(Replace letters with digits and have the sum be true. A,B,C,D and E are all different digits.)
Solved this one through brute force and trial and error.
E cannot be 0 or 1.
E cannot be 9 because this would cause the result to be 5 digits long.
E cannot be 8 or 6 because A would have to be 1 and there is nothing you can multiply by 8 or 6 that ends in 1.
E cannot be 7 because A would have to be 1 (to prevent 5 digit DCBA) and D would have to be 3 (to make it end in 1) which doesn't work.
E cannot be 5 because A would have to be 1 (to prevent 5 digit DCBA) and there is nothing you can multiple by 5 that ends in 1.
E could be 4. If E=4, A cannot be 1 as this would result in an odd number for DCBA.
If E=4, A=2, then D=8. So we have 2BC8 x 4 = 8CB2.
It turns out that BC x 4 = CB - 3 has a solution if B = 1 and C = 7.
So, the answer is 2178 = 4 x 8712.
There might be other solutions.
I have before me Iocaine powder. It is odorless, tasteless, dissolves instantly in liquid, and is among the more deadlier poisons known to man. I have two goblets. I will dissolve the Iocaine into one of the goblets and then randomize them.
All right, where is the poison? The battle of wits has begun. It ends when you decide and we both drink, and find out who is right and who is dead.
All right, where is the poison? The battle of wits has begun. It ends when you decide and we both drink, and find out who is right and who is dead.
Teaser #2
The 10-digit Number puzzle...
Find a 10-digit number where the first digit is how many zeros in the number, the second digit is how many 1s in the number etc. until the tenth digit which is how many 9s in the number.
The 10-digit Number puzzle...
Find a 10-digit number where the first digit is how many zeros in the number, the second digit is how many 1s in the number etc. until the tenth digit which is how many 9s in the number.
Are there other restrictions? Because it seems 9000000000 works but I think that's too easy...
Yes
1st digit is # of '0'
2 digit is # of 1
3 digit is # of 2
4 digit is # of 3....and so on up to 9....
I think this is a valid answer: 6210001000Yes
1st digit is # of '0'
2 digit is # of 1
3 digit is # of 2
4 digit is # of 3....and so on up to 9....
Sadly
I've been relegated to 4 level tic tac toe...difficult level mind you...
I wanna try tri-level chess but I gotta master single level first...LOL
I've been relegated to 4 level tic tac toe...difficult level mind you...
I wanna try tri-level chess but I gotta master single level first...LOL
