x64_02 wrote:
Q2: He asks one brother what path the other brother would tell him leads to death. Then he takes that path because it is a lie. If the brother is the truth telling brother, he will tell Conan the wrong path truthfully that his brother lies about (ie. not the path to death). If he asks the lier brother, he will lie about the truth his brother would tell. Both brothers would tell the wrong death path and thus the correct path.
Spoiler:
Q1: more people than parachutes, parachutes made out of everyone's clothes, short straw.
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Ok, #2 was answered correct, and while #1 was creatively crafted containing some parts correct, #1 is not right.
Another thinking question:
You are in a room with nothing in it but 3 switches. In the room next door, there is nothing in it but 3 lights the are activated by the switches. How can you figure out which light corresponds to which switch when you can only enter the room once?
Turn on two of switches. Enter the other room. The light that isn't on is the switch left off. Break one of the lights that is on. Reenter the first room and test the two remaining switches for traces of light around the door. The switch that gives some light around the door is paired to the unbroken light between the two lights that were on earlier. The last switch works the broken light.
Spoiler:
Alternate solution: Turn the first switch on/off 1000 times in rapid succession. Leave it off. Turn the second switch off. Turn the third switch on. Enter the other room. The light that is on is controlled by the third switch. Take the bulbs from the remaining two lights and check them under the light that is on. The bulb that is burned out is the first switch. The bulb that is intact is the second switch.
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You are in a room with nothing in it but 3 switches. In the room next door, there is nothing in it but 3 lights the are activated by the switches. How can you figure out which light corresponds to which switch when you can only enter the room once?
Turn on 2 of the switches for around 1 minute,then turn off 1 of them,When you enter the room, there will be only 1 bulb on, which isthe switch that is on.Then check the two of the bulbs that is off.The bulb that is warmer will be the one will corresponds to the switch that is turned off eariler and the another bulb will be the last switch
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Let's label the switches A, B, and C.
Turn on switch A for 5-10 minutes (or even much longer than that), then turn it off. After that, turn on switch B. Go to the room and you will see 1 lighted bulb and 2 unlighted bulbs. The lighted one must be corresponding to switch B. The warmer bulb of the two unlit bulbs must correspond to switch A, and the other one to switch C.
Somehow it's the same w/Lodz's, given the condition that you can only light one switch at a time. I'm making it hard on myself, lol.
Hmm ... I thought this was a fun topic... even though its old... lets revive it! (Sorry mod if this isn't ok?)
Difficulty: MEDIUM (NO HINTS BUT NO RESTRICTIONS ON HOW YOU SOLVE IT)
You are Vermouth. You have intercepted this email to Edogawa Conan after planting a tap on his phone. Conan thinks he is so smart. Prove you are his equal. Crack the code!
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:10:31 +0900
Subject: Hey coolkid!
Hey Conan,
How have you been doing?
Any interesting new cases?
Lately I've been playing Mario Kart 7
nonstop but I still can't seem to beat
Camel!? So frustrating!
What are Ran and Sonoko up to these
days? They haven't emailed me in a
while ...
Hope you are doing OK.
- Jodie
Juansmarts wrote:
2. You are walking on a road when you reach a fork in the road. You know that one way leads you home, while the other way will lead you to something that will kill you(use your imagination ), but you don't know which is which. At the fork, you see 2 men One that always tells the truth, and other telling nothing but lies. What can you ask the 2 men so that they will tell you which path leads you home?
I've always had a question about these type of "1 person tells the truth and the other always lies" type of questions. If you are just trying to determine who's honest and who isn't can;t you just ask something like "Does 1+1=2 and which path should I take?" If he says that 1+1 does not equal 2, can't you already determine the answer?
~an aries, math nerd and generally bored person <3~
Minor help a=10, b=11, c=12, d=13, e=14, f=15: F(15)-e(14)=1;a(10)-6=4;c(12)-b(11)=1;e(14)-c(12)=2
together F-E=1, A-6=4, C-B=1, E-C=2; put together you get 1412
), but you don't know which is which. At the fork, you see 2 men One that always tells the truth, and other telling nothing but lies. What can you ask the 2 men so that they will tell you which path leads you home?
