i bet you get this wrong. or you cheat.
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jovial
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For some reason Im thinking Two Dinars is what a dog is worth.
However if they have 6 camels and sell them for 6 dinars each this would give them 36 dinars. Then if they buy 3 sheep and divide the sheep evenly it would leave one left over. If one guy takes the remaing sheep he would have 2 sheep leaving the other guy with only one. So he gives him a goat, the goat is worth 6 dinars since thats what they bought with the reamining money. This means that one guy has 20 dinars worth of sheep and the other guy only has 16 worth of livestock. However if one guy has a sheep worth 10, a goat worth 6 and a dog worth 2 he has received 1/2 of the total. The dog and goat still dont equal the value of a 1 sheep but since 18/2 = 36 the guy with one sheep must get at least 18 dinars worth in trade for it to be fair. The sheep are worth more but the dinar value has been distributed evenly.
However if they have 6 camels and sell them for 6 dinars each this would give them 36 dinars. Then if they buy 3 sheep and divide the sheep evenly it would leave one left over. If one guy takes the remaing sheep he would have 2 sheep leaving the other guy with only one. So he gives him a goat, the goat is worth 6 dinars since thats what they bought with the reamining money. This means that one guy has 20 dinars worth of sheep and the other guy only has 16 worth of livestock. However if one guy has a sheep worth 10, a goat worth 6 and a dog worth 2 he has received 1/2 of the total. The dog and goat still dont equal the value of a 1 sheep but since 18/2 = 36 the guy with one sheep must get at least 18 dinars worth in trade for it to be fair. The sheep are worth more but the dinar value has been distributed evenly.
alix2.0
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A farmer is standing on one side of the river and with him are a wolf, a goat and a box with cabbages. In the river there is a small boat. The farmer wants to cross the river with all the three items who are with him. There are no bridges and in the boat there is only room for the farmer and one item. But if he leaves the goat with the cabbages alone on one side of the river the goat will eat the cabbages. If he leaves the wolf and the goat on one side the wolf will eat the goat. Only the farmer can seperate the wolf from the goat and the goat from the cabbage.
How can the farmer cross the river with all three items, without one eating the other ?
How can the farmer cross the river with all three items, without one eating the other ?
jovial
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This is an easy one. Here's the answer. He first needs to take the goat across since everyone knows wolves dont eat cabbages. Puts the goat down. Then he goes back for the wolf and brings the wolf across. Puts the wolf down and grabs the goat. Brings the goat back across to get the cabbages. Puts the goat down, then grabs the cabbages and takes them across, puts the cabbages down again so once again it is only the wolf and the cabbages left together. Then he returns for the goat and brings the goat across last so he can be there to keep the peace.
Wish I would have saw this thread sooner.
Wish I would have saw this thread sooner.
darknes
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Originally Posted by alix2.0
A farmer is standing on one side of the river and with him are a wolf, a goat and a box with cabbages. In the river there is a small boat. The farmer wants to cross the river with all the three items who are with him. There are no bridges and in the boat there is only room for the farmer and one item. But if he leaves the goat with the cabbages alone on one side of the river the goat will eat the cabbages. If he leaves the wolf and the goat on one side the wolf will eat the goat. Only the farmer can seperate the wolf from the goat and the goat from the cabbage.
How can the farmer cross the river with all three items, without one eating the other ?
Send the goat across, then go back. Send the wolf across, and bring the goat back. Send the cabbage across, then go back. Finally, send the goat across again.
Edit: Darn Jovial beat me to it!
A farmer is standing on one side of the river and with him are a wolf, a goat and a box with cabbages. In the river there is a small boat. The farmer wants to cross the river with all the three items who are with him. There are no bridges and in the boat there is only room for the farmer and one item. But if he leaves the goat with the cabbages alone on one side of the river the goat will eat the cabbages. If he leaves the wolf and the goat on one side the wolf will eat the goat. Only the farmer can seperate the wolf from the goat and the goat from the cabbage.
How can the farmer cross the river with all three items, without one eating the other ?
Send the goat across, then go back. Send the wolf across, and bring the goat back. Send the cabbage across, then go back. Finally, send the goat across again.
Edit: Darn Jovial beat me to it!
alix2.0
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Imagine you are in a room with 3 switches. In an adjacent room there are 3 bulbs on a regular table - all are off at the moment, each switch belongs to one bulb. It is impossible to see from one room to another. How can you find out which switch belongs to which bulb, if you may enter the room with the bulbs only once?
No help from anybody else is allowed.
Find out which switch belongs to which bulb - identify all 3 switches
No help from anybody else is allowed.
Find out which switch belongs to which bulb - identify all 3 switches
jerthunter
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Originally Posted by Jovial
Has anyone tried to crush and egg lengthwise between their hands? It cant be done.
I'm not sure why anyone would want to. I mean the reward for success would be egg all over your hands.
Has anyone tried to crush and egg lengthwise between their hands? It cant be done.
I'm not sure why anyone would want to. I mean the reward for success would be egg all over your hands.
alix2.0
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ok, no one posted, but heres how its done. you turn on the first switch, and leave it on for a few minutes. then you turn it off, and turn the next switch on. then you go in the room. the lit bulb is the second switch, the warm bulb is the first switch, and the cold bulb is the third switch.
gillyweed
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Originally Posted by reef noob
there was a man on his way to st. ives, when he ran across 7 wives and each wive had 7 sacks and each sack contained 7 cats and each cat had 7 kittens and each kitten had 70 fleas.
how many where going to st. ives
The correct verse is
"As I was going to St Ives
I met a man with seven wives
And every wife had seven sacks
And every sack had seven cats
And every cat had seven kits
Kits, cats, sacks, wives
How many were going to St Ives? "
To which the answer is 1. The man speaking the riddle is the only one going to St. Ives; the man with his wives is coming from St. Ives
Oh, and for the record I would swear in court that there are no fish in that photo
there was a man on his way to st. ives, when he ran across 7 wives and each wive had 7 sacks and each sack contained 7 cats and each cat had 7 kittens and each kitten had 70 fleas.
how many where going to st. ives
The correct verse is
"As I was going to St Ives
I met a man with seven wives
And every wife had seven sacks
And every sack had seven cats
And every cat had seven kits
Kits, cats, sacks, wives
How many were going to St Ives? "
To which the answer is 1. The man speaking the riddle is the only one going to St. Ives; the man with his wives is coming from St. Ives
Oh, and for the record I would swear in court that there are no fish in that photo
reef noob
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Originally Posted by Gillyweed
The correct verse is
"As I was going to St Ives
I met a man with seven wives
And every wife had seven sacks
And every sack had seven cats
And every cat had seven kits
Kits, cats, sacks, wives
How many were going to St Ives? "
To which the answer is 1. The man speaking the riddle is the only one going to St. Ives; the man with his wives is coming from St. Ives
Oh, and for the record I would swear in court that there are no fish in that photo
i havent heard it in 2 year i was guessing
The correct verse is
"As I was going to St Ives
I met a man with seven wives
And every wife had seven sacks
And every sack had seven cats
And every cat had seven kits
Kits, cats, sacks, wives
How many were going to St Ives? "
To which the answer is 1. The man speaking the riddle is the only one going to St. Ives; the man with his wives is coming from St. Ives
Oh, and for the record I would swear in court that there are no fish in that photo
i havent heard it in 2 year i was guessing
