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| Kralik |
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True. Try to think "outside the box."
I’ll give it a while and then give another hint. |
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| TheJord |
| Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:02 pm |
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I hit the first switch, leave it on for about 10-15 minutes.
Then I turn that one off, and turn on the 2nd one.
Now I go back to the room with the lightbulb.
If it is off but hot, it was the 1st one.
If it is on, the 2nd one.
If it is off and cold, the 3rd one.
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| MR. Lurtzy |
| Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:07 pm |
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TheJord wrote: I hit the first switch, leave it on for about 10-15 minutes.
Then I turn that one off, and turn on the 2nd one.
Now I go back to the room with the lightbulb.
If it is off but hot, it was the 1st one.
If it is on, the 2nd one.
If it is off and cold, the 3rd one.
Logic
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| Kralik |
| Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:08 pm |
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Excellent! Have a
This is one of my favorites... don’t ruin it for anyone and look it up.
You all know of sequences, for example:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49...
How does it work? Each number is the square of the next ordered integer. One squared, two squared, etc.
And then there’s the famous Fibonacci sequence:
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21...
How does it work? Each number is the sum of the previous two numbers.
So take the following sequence of numbers from 0 to 10:
8, 5, 4, 9, 1, 7, 6, 3, 2, 0.
How does it work? |
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| TheJord |
| Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:14 pm |
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| I believe this one has something to do with the alphabet... |
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| lem0nhead |
| Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:11 am |
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How do you know that?
EDIT: After converting the numbers to the relevant letters means nothing.
EDIT 2: OOoo TJ is right theyre alphabetical by starting letter. |
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| TheJord |
| Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:24 am |
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As I read the sequence it just occured to me that there was a connection with the alphabet...
First letters are in alphabetical order  nice 1 lem0n |
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| Kralik |
| Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:32 am |
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Too quick!  That one is meant to make you rack your brains for mathematical patterns. Why don’t one of you post the next one? |
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| Kralik |
| Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:46 am |
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No takers? OK, here’s a word riddle:
Some words have two letters in a row. For example: beef.
Other words have two sets of two letters in a row. For example: balloon.
Can you think of a word that has three sets of two letters in a row? |
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| Anonymous Prodigy |
| Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:54 am |
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