A gold coin is in one of the following three boxes, each of which has
an inscription written on it as follows:
A:Coin is in here
B:Coin is not in here
C:Coin is not in A
Can you tell where the coin is if, at most, only one of the inscriptions is true?
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Rip the blindfold
Before they are blindfolded, three women are told that each one will
have either a red or a blue cross painted on her forehead. When the blindfolds
are removed, each woman is then supposed to raise her hand only if
she sees a red cross and to drop her hand when she figures out the color of
her own cross. Now, here’s what actually happens. The three women are
blindfolded and a red cross is drawn on each of their foreheads. The blindfolds
are removed. After looking at each other, the three women raise their
hands simultaneously. After a short time, one woman lowers her hand and
says, “My cross is red.” How did she figure it out?
have either a red or a blue cross painted on her forehead. When the blindfolds
are removed, each woman is then supposed to raise her hand only if
she sees a red cross and to drop her hand when she figures out the color of
her own cross. Now, here’s what actually happens. The three women are
blindfolded and a red cross is drawn on each of their foreheads. The blindfolds
are removed. After looking at each other, the three women raise their
hands simultaneously. After a short time, one woman lowers her hand and
says, “My cross is red.” How did she figure it out?
This question gave us a new idea
A certain man put a pair of rabbits, male and female, in a very large
cage. How many pairs of rabbits will be produced in that cage in a
year if every month each pair produces one and only one new pair,
consisting again of a male and a female, which, from the second
month of its existence on, also is productive? It is assumed that none
of the rabbits die in that year.
cage. How many pairs of rabbits will be produced in that cage in a
year if every month each pair produces one and only one new pair,
consisting again of a male and a female, which, from the second
month of its existence on, also is productive? It is assumed that none
of the rabbits die in that year.
UNLUCKY BREAKDOWNS
On an occasion of great festivities a considerable number of townspeople
banded together for a day's outing and pleasure. They pressed into service
nearly every wagon in the place, and each wagon was to carry the same num-
ber of persons. Half-way ten of these wagons broke down, so it was necessary
for every remaining wagon to carry one more person. Unfortunately, when
they started for home, it was found that fifteen more wagons were in such bad
condition that they could not be used; so there were three more persons in
every wagon than when they started out in the morning.
How many persons were there in the party?
banded together for a day's outing and pleasure. They pressed into service
nearly every wagon in the place, and each wagon was to carry the same num-
ber of persons. Half-way ten of these wagons broke down, so it was necessary
for every remaining wagon to carry one more person. Unfortunately, when
they started for home, it was found that fifteen more wagons were in such bad
condition that they could not be used; so there were three more persons in
every wagon than when they started out in the morning.
How many persons were there in the party?
WHEN DID THE DANCING BEGIN?
"The guests at that ball the other night," said Dora at the breakfast table,
"thought that the clock had stopped, because the hands appeared in exactly
the same position as when the dancing began. But it was found that they had
really only changed places. As you know, the dancing commenced between
ten and eleven oclock. What was the exact time of the start?"
"thought that the clock had stopped, because the hands appeared in exactly
the same position as when the dancing began. But it was found that they had
really only changed places. As you know, the dancing commenced between
ten and eleven oclock. What was the exact time of the start?"
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Simple one
A student wrote all the natural numbers from 2 to 10000 on a blackboard, one after the other. Another student came and erased all the perfect squares from among the numbers written. Another student came and erased all the perfect cubes. If students come this way and erase all the higher powers, find the number of students who erase at least one number.
Friday, May 1, 2009
Problems of weights
we have some weights....all the wts are in the power of 3 (1,3,9,27,81,243...).Now the user will enter a wt and our task is to find that using which of the given wts we can get the entered wt...
example:wt entered by the user is 19kg
we can make 19 as....27-9+1
hence the output wil be 1,9,27
similarly for 62 81+9-27-1
hence output will be1,9,27,81
example:wt entered by the user is 19kg
we can make 19 as....27-9+1
hence the output wil be 1,9,27
similarly for 62 81+9-27-1
hence output will be1,9,27,81
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