TOPIC: Puzzles

Logu, No puzzles for today? I thought i will pass my time by solving puzzles Now, i will try to post one instead

Ranjitha wrote:

Logu, No puzzles for today? I thought i will pass my time by solving puzzles Now, i will try to post one instead

Hi Ranjitha,

I thought everyone is out for long weekend, so I didn't post anything. Here is today's puzzle. It's an easy one:

PASSWORD:

A man wanted to enter an exclusive club but did not know the password that was re quired. He waited by the door and
listened.A club member knocked on the door and the doorman said, "twelve." The member replied, "six " and was
let in.A second member came to the door and the doorman said, "six." The member replied, "three" and was let in.The man
thought he had heard enough and walked up to the door. The doorman said ,"ten" and the man replied, "five.
"But he was not let in. What should have he said?

i see, there is only possibility of the right answer to be 3 if 5 is wrong. 5 is calculated on basis of dividing the number in half. we get the number of alphabets in those words, twelve,six and ten as 6,3 and 3 respectively. So, the answer is 3.

Logu,

3 is the answer. But there could be multiple solutions.

Do you make these puzzles or copy it from a book?

A

Logu,

Waiting for today's puzzle...

Did you run out of time or puzzles?

A wrote:

Logu,

3 is the answer. But there could be multiple solutions.

Do you make these puzzles or copy it from a book?

A

yes. Mr.A and Rupa, both are correct. I didn't make any puzzles, these are the puzzles I solved some time back from some sources

rupa131 wrote:

Logu,

Waiting for today's puzzle...

Did you run out of time or puzzles?

I was bit late today. here is today's puzzle:

You have three boxes of fruit. One contains just apples, one contains just oranges, and one contains a mixture of both. Each box is labeled -- one says "apples," one says "oranges," and one says "apples and oranges." However, it is known that none of the boxes are labeled correctly. How can you label the boxes correctly if you are only allowed to take and look at just one piece of fruit from just one of the boxes?

Since all the boxes are labeled incorrectly:

1) Box labeled "apples and oranges" can be either "apples" or "oranges"
2) Box labeled "Apples" can be either "orange" or "apples and oranges"
3) Box labeled "orange" can be either "apples" or "apples and oranges"

steps:
--- Look at the box labeled "apples and oranges", if it contains, say orange, we can label it orange. Now we have correctly labeled orange....
--- Now look at the box labeled "Apples", it can not be orange since we already have orange....so it is "apples and oranges both"
--- that leaves us with box labeled "orange"....which is actually the box containing apples....


So by looking at "apples and oranges", we can label all the boxes correctly....Is this correct?

DoesntMatter wrote:

Since all the boxes are labeled incorrectly:

1) Box labeled "apples and oranges" can be either "apples" or "oranges"
2) Box labeled "Apples" can be either "orange" or "apples and oranges"
3) Box labeled "orange" can be either "apples" or "apples and oranges"

steps:
--- Look at the box labeled "apples and oranges", if it contains, say orange, we can label it orange. Now we have correctly labeled orange....
--- Now look at the box labeled "Apples", it can not be orange since we already have orange....so it is "apples and oranges both"
--- that leaves us with box labeled "orange"....which is actually the box containing apples....


So by looking at "apples and oranges", we can label all the boxes correctly....Is this correct?

That's correct Doesntmatter.

Let's have some difficult puzzles:

Solve the following 20 questions. Answers to a particular questions is linked with other questions.

1. The first question whose answer is B is question
(A) 1
(B ) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
(E) 5

2. The only two consecutive questions with identical answers are questions
(A) 6 and 7
(B ) 7 and 8
(C) 8 and 9
(D) 9 and 10
(E) 10 and 11

3. The number of questions with the answer E is
(A) 0
(B ) 1
(C) 2
(D) 3
(E) 4

4. The number of questions with the answer A is
(A) 4
(B ) 5
(C) 6
(D) 7
(E) 8

5. The answer to this question is the same as the answer to question
(A) 1
(B ) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
(E) 5

6. The answer to question 17 is
(A) C
(B ) D
(C) E
(D) none of the above
(E) all of the above

7. Alphabetically, the answer to this question and the answer to the following question are
(A) 4 apart
(B ) 3 apart
(C) 2 apart
(D) 1 apart
(E) the same

8. The number of questions whose answers are vowels is
(A) 4
(B ) 5
(C) 6
(D) 7
(E) 8

9. The next question with the same answer as this one is question
(A) 10
(B ) 11
(C) 12
(D) 13
(E) 14

10. The answer to question 16 is
(A) D
(B ) A
(C) E
(D) B
(E) C

11. The number of questions preceding this one with the answer B is
(A) 0
(B ) 1
(C) 2
(D) 3
(E) 4

12. The number of questions whose answer is a consonant is
(A) an even number
(B ) an odd number
(C) a perfect square
(D) a prime
(E) divisible by 5

13. The only odd-numbered problem with answer A is
(A) 9
(B ) 11
(C) 13
(D) 15
(E) 17

14. The number of questions with answer D is
(A) 6
(B ) 7
(C) 8
(D) 9
(E) 10

15. The answer to question 12 is
(A) A
(B ) B
(C) C
(D) D
(E) E

16. The answer to question 10 is
(A) D
(B ) C
(C) B
(D) A
(E) E

17. The answer to question 6 is
(A) C
(B ) D
(C) E
(D) none of the above
(E) all of the above

18. The number of questions with answer A equals the number of questions with answer
(A) B
(B ) C
(C) D
(D) E
(E) none of the above

19. The answer to this question is:
(A) A
(B ) B
(C) C
(D) D
(E) E

20. The answer to question 20 is
(A) E
(B ) E
(C) E
(D) E
(E) E

Enjoy....

No one is there to try ? .

Clue : start with Q6 and 17, Q10 and 16.

Logu, I got started with the questions 6 and 17. But got busy with other works. I will soon reply

rupa131 wrote:

Logu, I got started with the questions 6 and 17. But got busy with other works. I will soon reply

sure. i will wait for the answers...

I tried my best to solve the problem. Somehow got confused in between and just blind guessed
Here are my answers :
1 - B 11 - B
2 - A 12 - A
3 - C 13 - D
4 - B 14 - A
5 - E 15 - A
6 - D 16 - A
7 - D 17 - D
8 - C 18 - C
9 - B 19 - D
10 - D 20 - A

Please provide us the right solution for this puzzle and give a new one

rupa131 wrote:

I tried my best to solve the problem. Somehow got confused in between and just blind guessed
Here are my answers :
1 - B 11 - B
2 - A 12 - A
3 - C 13 - D
4 - B 14 - A
5 - E 15 - A
6 - D 16 - A
7 - D 17 - D
8 - C 18 - C
9 - B 19 - D
10 - D 20 - A

Please provide us the right solution for this puzzle and give a new one

Good Try Rupa. Here are the answers.

1 - D 11 - B
2 - A 12 - A
3 - D 13 - D
4 - B 14 - B
5 - E 15 - A
6 - D 16 - D
7 - E 17 - B
8 - E 18 - A
9 - D 19 - B
10 - A 20 - E

Do you need explanation for this ?

I will give you the next puzzle soon...

i score 8 out of 20 Good one..
Yes, i would like to know the explanation.

I am ready for the next puzzle. Where are others? i think no one is interested to try puzzles.

DM, what about new puzzles? all set to solve?

Rupa, aap ne bulaya aur hum chale aaye....

yes i am all set for it....i hope its not a long one though since i cant give too much in one sitting...



rupa131 wrote:

i score 8 out of 20 Good one..
Yes, i would like to know the explanation.

I am ready for the next puzzle. Where are others? i think no one is interested to try puzzles.

DM, what about new puzzles? all set to solve?

Hi all,

Sorry for not giving a puzzle for the last 3-4 days. Bit busy with my work and went for a trip to Kings Dominion. The rides were amazing.

Here is today puzzle/optical illusion.

How many faces are there in the following image ?

1. Old Man - just the face
2. Old Man - standing with hat (near the eye of the other old man)
3. Lady standing
4. Baby carried by the Lady
5. Face on left (just above compound, below the tail of the crow)
6. Face on right (on compound)