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The Ages of Three Children puzzle (sometimes referred to as the Census-Taker Problem [1]) is a logical puzzle in number theory which on first inspection seems to have insufficient information to solve. However, with closer examination and persistence by the solver, the question reveals its hidden mathematical clues, especially when the solver ...
100 prisoners problem. Each prisoner has to find their own number in one of 100 drawers, but may open only 50 of the drawers. The 100 prisoners problem is a mathematical problem in probability theory and combinatorics. In this problem, 100 numbered prisoners must find their own numbers in one of 100 drawers in order to survive.
The misdirection in this riddle is in the second half of the description, where unrelated amounts are added together and the person to whom the riddle is posed assumes those amounts should add up to 30, and is then surprised when they do not — there is, in fact, no reason why the (10 − 1) × 3 + 2 = 29 sum should add up to 30.
A: 977 animals (100 x 2 = 200; 200 + 800 = 1000; 1000 – 23 = 977) Q: I saw my math teacher with a piece of graph paper yesterday. A: I think he must be plotting something. Q: If you multiply ...
The post 78 Riddles for Adults That Will Test Your Smarts appeared first on Reader's Digest. You'll have to really stretch your brain to figure out some of these easy, funny, and hard riddles for ...
In game theory, " guess 2 3 of the average " is a game that explores how a player’s strategic reasoning process takes into account the mental process of others in the game. [1] In this game, players simultaneously select a real number between 0 and 100, inclusive. The winner of the game is the player (s) who select a number closest to ...
The question is number 24 in a list of 25 questions, and reads as follows: [5] Albert and Bernard just became friends with Cheryl, and they want to know when her birthday is. Cheryl gives them a list of 10 possible dates: May 15, May 16, May 19; June 17, June 18; July 14, July 16; August 14, August 15, August 17
Here's a Halloween riddle for you: What has a tail and four feet, but no arms or legs? If you guessed a cyclops or other scary monster , better luck next time, because that's incorrect.