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Alex

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Re: Solve this Riddle!

The letter M.

I still wish for my +rep for at least one of the two riddles I answered with that post.

musuki

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Re: Solve this Riddle!

Here's an old one.

You have 9 coins, identical in appearance. 8 are real and 1 is fake. The fake coin is slightly heavier than the others. The difference in weight is only perceptible by using a balance, but only the coins themselves can be weighed. At any weighing, you may place on either side of the balance as many coins as you like. What's the minimum number of weighings necessary to know with absolute certainty which coin is fake? I'm not talking about lucky flukes, e.g. picking the fake and a real one on your first try. Find a system that will always work, no matter which coin is fake.

There's a harder variation if anybody's interested.

Last edited by musuki (Oct 27 2010 9:03:57 am)

Flare

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Re: Solve this Riddle!

OK; I'm not going to go into depth explaining this; because I did a huge list of possible combinations and Forumify error'd on me; so yeah; 37 combinations.

Alex

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Re: Solve this Riddle!

Here's an old one.

You have 9 coins, identical in appearance. 8 are real and 1 is fake. The fake coin is slightly heavier than the others. The difference in weight is only perceptible by using a balance, but only the coins themselves can be weighed. At any weighing, you may place on either side of the balance as many coins as you like. What's the minimum number of weighings necessary to know with absolute certainty which coin is fake? I'm not talking about lucky flukes, e.g. picking the fake and a real one on your first try. Find a system that will always work, no matter which coin is fake.

There's a harder variation if anybody's interested.

2 times.

You put two stacks of three coins on each side of the scale.
if A) they are equal you weigh two of the remaining 3 coins, if one is heavier than another, that is the heavy coin, if they're equal the last coin is the heaviest.
or B) they are unequal, you measure two of the coins on the heaver side, if one is heavier you have the heavy coin, if they're equal the last coin is the heaviest.

Alex

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Re: Solve this Riddle!

You have 9 dots on a 3X3 grid on a piece of paper,using only 4 straight lines without picking up your pencil, how would you connect all 9 dots?
Using a pic to answer gives you bonus points.

Last edited by alex (Oct 27 2010 2:45:13 pm)

Flare

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Re: Solve this Riddle!

:3

Alex

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Re: Solve this Riddle!

hardcore mspaint skill, flare got it right.
I can't think of another riddle, so someone else come up with it

musuki

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Re: Solve this Riddle!

At exactly what time from 1 to 2 o'clock will the centres of the hour and minute hands overlap on an analogue clock?

Last edited by musuki (Oct 27 2010 3:00:59 pm)

Alex

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Re: Solve this Riddle!

1:05.

Flare

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... assuming that alex is right... new riddle! :3

Four men were in a boat on the lake. The boat turns over; and all the men sink to the bottom of the lake; yet not a single man got wet. How?

Alex

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Re: Solve this Riddle!

Because all four men got wet, not 'a single one'
Alternatively because they were all seeing someone.

Alexi lives in Communist Russia, and he has 17 horses. He gives 3 horses to the man that marries his daughter, he trades 2 horses for some wine, and he receives 1 horse as a gift from a friend. How many horses does Alexi have?

Last edited by alex (Oct 27 2010 4:10:37 pm)

Flare

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Re: Solve this Riddle!

The boat isn't a submarine. Answer my riddle before answering his.

Flare

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Re: Solve this Riddle!

(Double posting isn't against the rules.)

Awesome job editing your post to make yourself look right; alex. You don't even have the right answer even though I gave it away in the chat.

I Like This Game2

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Re: Solve this Riddle!

None of them where single, they where married!

Flare

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God damn it; you were right! You just spelled 'were' wrong.

(Will edit this post once I get the answer to Alex's riddle.)

EDIT: 17 horses; because he lives in Communist Russia.

Last edited by Flare (Oct 28 2010 10:37:37 am)

Alex

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Re: Solve this Riddle!

flare, you moron. I said the same thing, just worded differently.

Alternatively because they were all seeing someone.

Also, you're totally wrong, I'll repost my riddle here so people don't have to page jump

Alexi lives in Communist Russia, and he has 17 horses. He gives 3 horses to the man that marries his daughter, he trades 2 horses for some wine, and he receives 1 horse as a gift from a friend. How many horses does Alexi have?

Last edited by alex (Oct 28 2010 2:00:31 pm)

Flare

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Re: Solve this Riddle!

Eighteen horses?

I Like This Game2

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Re: Solve this Riddle!

0 because he killed them all!

Alex

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Re: Solve this Riddle!

0 because he killed them all!

Explain better and you just might be right.

I really don't understand these IN SOVIET RUSSIA and IN COMMUNIST RUSSIA Riddles.

The soviet russia was just a prototype of this Riddle, if you will.

Also, it's more of a joke than a riddle :s

Flare

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Re: Solve this Riddle!

If it's a joke, go to the joke off thread, then.

Alex

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If it's a joke, go to the joke off thread, then.

It's a joke in the form of a riddle.
Almost a riddle with comedic background, if you will.

musuki

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Re: Solve this Riddle!

He 'owns' none because he lives in communist Russia. Flare, he even posted that one on IRC.

Alex

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Good Job musuki.
It's a terrible joke, really.
It's funnier if you tell it irl and can make a great 'merica voice and say "Damn Reds!"
Needs more riddles now, guys.

Last edited by alex (Oct 30 2010 3:55:20 am)

musuki

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Re: Solve this Riddle!

Four people come to a river in the night. There is a narrow bridge, but it can only hold two people at a time. They have one torch and, because it's night, the torch must be used when crossing. Person A can cross the bridge in 1 minute, B in 2 minutes, C in 5 minutes, and D in 8 minutes. When two people cross the bridge together, they must move at the slower person's pace. Can they all get across the bridge in 15 minutes or less?

Alex

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Re: Solve this Riddle!

A&B go together, 2 minutes
A comes back, 1 minute
C&D go together, 8 minutes
B comes back, 2 minutes
A&B go together, 2 minutes
2+1+8+2+2=15