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Topic Started: Mar 3 2009, 02:26 PM (2,649 Views)
similepanda	Feb 21 2010, 07:28 PM Post #226
Mouler Posts: 19 Group: Magicians Member #7,920 Joined: February 7, 2010 Gender: Female	Right you are :3

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SevenPentacles	Mar 10 2010, 12:36 AM Post #227
Utukku Posts: 486 Group: Magicians Member #7,851 Joined: October 17, 2009 Gender: Male	Here are some puzzles from my homework assignment last night: 1) Four explorers must cross a wobbly rope bridge to get back to their camp for the night. But they have only one flashlight, and the batteries are low. In 17 minutes the flashlight will no longer work. The bridge is too dangerous to cross in the dark, and it can support only two people at any given time. Each explorer walks at a different speed. Ex. A can cross the bridge in 1 minute, Ex B in 2 minutes, Ex C in 5 minutes, and Ex D in 10 minutes. How do the explorers make it across in 17 minutes? 2) You are right next to a river and have a 5 liter container and a 3 liter container. You need to measure out 1 liter of water. How do you do it? 3) A farmer has to get a satchel of corn, a chicken, and a fox across a river. The farmer is only able to bring one of the above itmes along with him at a time. The only problem is that if he leaves the fox alone with the chicken, the fox will eat the chicken, and if he leaves the chicken alone with the corn satchel, the chicken will eat the corn. How does the farmer get all 3 items across safely? Edited by SevenPentacles, Apr 9 2010, 07:24 PM.

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Sentynel	Mar 10 2010, 12:45 AM Post #228
Nothing But The Rain Posts: 9,080 Group: First Minister Member #6 Joined: December 3, 2005 Gender: Male Favourite Book: The Culture novels by Iain M Banks	SevenPentacles Mar 10 2010, 12:36 AM Here are some puzzles from my homework assignment last night: 1) Four explorers must cross a wobbly rope bridge to get back to their camp for the night. But they have only one flashlight, and the batteries are low. In 17 minutes the flashlight will no longer work. The bridge is too dangerous to cross in the dark, and it can support only two people at any given time. Each explorer walks at a different speed. Ex. A can cross the bridge in 1 minute, Ex B in 2 minutes, Ex C in 5 minutes, and Ex D in 10 minutes. How do the explorers make it across in 17 minutes? 2) You are right next to a river and have a 5 liter container and a 3 liter container. You need to measuer out 1 gallon of water. How do you do it? 3) A farmer has to get a satchel of corn, a chicken, and a fox across a river. The farmer is only able to bring one of the above itmes along with him at a time. The only problem is that if he leaves the fox alone with the chicken, the fox will eat the chicken, and if he leaves the chicken alone with the corn satchel, the chicken will eat the corn. How does the farmer get all 3 itmes across safely? 1) Spoiler: click to toggle This has been posted here in slightly different form before. The answer runs as follows: Take 2 and 1 across, come back with 2. Take 10 and 5 across, come back with 1. Take 2 and 1 across. 2) I'm going to assume you meant "how do you measure out one litre of water", because a gallon is 4.546 litres... Spoiler: click to toggle There are various ways of doing it, but, for example, fill the 5, pour it into the 3, empty the 3, pour the 2 litres in the 5 into the 3, fill the 5 again, pour it into the 3, empty the 3, pour the 5 into the 3, and you're left with 1 litre in the 5. 3) Spoiler: click to toggle Take the chicken across, come back, take the corn across, come back with the chicken, take the fox across, come back, take the chicken across.
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SevenPentacles	Mar 10 2010, 01:10 AM Post #229
Utukku Posts: 486 Group: Magicians Member #7,851 Joined: October 17, 2009 Gender: Male	Wow I must've been typing that in a hurry. I made a ton of grammatical errors. Sentynel Mar 10 2010, 12:45 AM 2) I'm going to assume you meant "how do you measure out one litre of water", because a gallon is 4.546 litres... Spoiler: click to toggle There are various ways of doing it, but, for example, fill the 5, pour it into the 3, empty the 3, pour the 2 litres in the 5 into the 3, fill the 5 again, pour it into the 3, empty the 3, pour the 5 into the 3, and you're left with 1 litre in the 5. Spoiler: click to toggle My method was to fill the 3 liter and then empty it into the 5 liter twice. The second time leaves you with 1 liter in the 3 L container. Edited by SevenPentacles, Mar 10 2010, 01:18 AM.

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nathanielandbartimaeus	Mar 10 2010, 09:29 AM Post #230
Golem Posts: 3,014 Group: Magicians Member #1,207 Joined: May 14, 2007 Gender: Female Display latest blog link: Yes Favourite Book: Survival of the Sickest	Yeah, I got the one you said and one more. But that involved a marker, so it doesn't count. The one Sent said was confusing.
	Jonathan Stroud 1. Queezle - Her name doesn't come from anywhere, I don't think. I just made it up! It was kind of meant to make her sound nice. I feel a bit sorry that I killed her off so fast; she is an interesting character. Falling in love is not at all the most stupid thing that people do — but gravitation cannot be held responsible for it.
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Sentynel	Mar 10 2010, 10:37 AM Post #231
Nothing But The Rain Posts: 9,080 Group: First Minister Member #6 Joined: December 3, 2005 Gender: Male Favourite Book: The Culture novels by Iain M Banks	SevenPentacles Mar 10 2010, 01:10 AM Wow I must've been typing that in a hurry. I made a ton of grammatical errors. Sentynel Mar 10 2010, 12:45 AM 2) I'm going to assume you meant "how do you measure out one litre of water", because a gallon is 4.546 litres... Spoiler: click to toggle There are various ways of doing it, but, for example, fill the 5, pour it into the 3, empty the 3, pour the 2 litres in the 5 into the 3, fill the 5 again, pour it into the 3, empty the 3, pour the 5 into the 3, and you're left with 1 litre in the 5. Spoiler: click to toggle My method was to fill the 3 liter and then empty it into the 5 liter twice. The second time leaves you with 1 liter in the 3 L container. That is rather simpler, yes. I just said the first thing that came into my head.
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nathanielandbartimaeus	Mar 10 2010, 12:10 PM Post #232
Golem Posts: 3,014 Group: Magicians Member #1,207 Joined: May 14, 2007 Gender: Female Display latest blog link: Yes Favourite Book: Survival of the Sickest	Well, there is another one about a 5 litre and a 7 litre can. And that you must get 6 litres of water measured. That was like the one you said- fill the 7 litre can and pour it in the 5 litre can. You then pour the 2 litres from the 7 litre can into the 5 litre one. Then you fill the 7 litre can and pour water from it into the 5 litre can. You have 4 litres in the 7 litre can which you put in the 5 litre can. Fill the 7 litre can and with that add the remaining 1 litre in the 5 litre can. You end up with 6 litres in the 7 litre can.
	Jonathan Stroud 1. Queezle - Her name doesn't come from anywhere, I don't think. I just made it up! It was kind of meant to make her sound nice. I feel a bit sorry that I killed her off so fast; she is an interesting character. Falling in love is not at all the most stupid thing that people do — but gravitation cannot be held responsible for it.
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Sentynel	Mar 10 2010, 12:20 PM Post #233
Nothing But The Rain Posts: 9,080 Group: First Minister Member #6 Joined: December 3, 2005 Gender: Male Favourite Book: The Culture novels by Iain M Banks	That sounds like the version I'd heard before, yes.
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FuzzyLobster	Apr 9 2010, 12:53 AM Post #234
Golem Posts: 2,477 Group: Magicians Member #6,967 Joined: May 9, 2008 Gender: Female Display latest blog link: Yes Favourite Book: Small Favour - Jim Butcher	Stewardesses ' is the longest word typed with only the left hand. 'Lollipop' is the longest word typed with your right hand. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.' Dreamt' is the only English word that ends in the letters 'mt'. That there are only four words in the English language which end in 'dous': tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: 'abstemious' and 'facetious.'
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SevenPentacles	Apr 9 2010, 07:27 PM Post #235
Utukku Posts: 486 Group: Magicians Member #7,851 Joined: October 17, 2009 Gender: Male	Aren't there only like five words that end in "-gry"? Aggry, Angry, Gry, Hungry, Puggry?

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Sentynel	Apr 9 2010, 09:30 PM Post #236
Nothing But The Rain Posts: 9,080 Group: First Minister Member #6 Joined: December 3, 2005 Gender: Male Favourite Book: The Culture novels by Iain M Banks	"Aggry" only appears in dictionaries as the compound "aggry bread"; it's not a word in itself. Angry and hungry are the only two others in modern English (though I believe there are a few archaic words). Incidentally, it's suggested that the puzzle commonly stated as "angry and hungry are two of the three words in the English language ending in gry, what's the third?" is actually accidentally derived from the same thing with containing instead of ending, to which the (or possibly an) answer is "gryphon".
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Canis Lupus	Apr 10 2010, 08:25 AM Post #237
Foliot Posts: 105 Group: Magicians Member #4,632 Joined: February 3, 2008 Gender: Male Favourite Book: Ptolemy's Gate	I'm not sure if this one has been on here. I didn't feel compelled to read all 16 pages. Only certain items can go through the Green Glass Door. For example, a boot can go through the door, but not a shoe. A kitty can go through the door but not a cat. What else can go through the door?
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FuzzyLobster	Apr 10 2010, 02:38 PM Post #238
Golem Posts: 2,477 Group: Magicians Member #6,967 Joined: May 9, 2008 Gender: Female Display latest blog link: Yes Favourite Book: Small Favour - Jim Butcher	A book but not a novel?
	"Because Thomas is too pretty to die. And because I'm too stubborn to die. And most of all because tomorrow is Oktoberfest, Butters, and polka will never die. " -Dead Beat, Jim Butcher FOUNDER OF THE SAM THE BARMAN FANCLUB: QUOTE THIS IN YOUR SIG TO JOIN
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Sentynel	Apr 10 2010, 04:57 PM Post #239
Nothing But The Rain Posts: 9,080 Group: First Minister Member #6 Joined: December 3, 2005 Gender: Male Favourite Book: The Culture novels by Iain M Banks	A goose, but not a swan.
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Canis Lupus	Apr 10 2010, 06:29 PM Post #240
Foliot Posts: 105 Group: Magicians Member #4,632 Joined: February 3, 2008 Gender: Male Favourite Book: Ptolemy's Gate	Correct, A book and a goose can, but not a swan or a novel.
	What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it's curved like a road through mountains. ~Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire, 1947
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