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  1. crossing the river puzzle

    Sarvesh Racktoo | Profile

    hhhhhh i got it but i don’t want to reveal it lolll…… :D
    http://prntscr.com/1a1uyf


  2. The Tower

    y3llowfl4sh | Profile

    Only one jailer visit them to provide them with food. the first prisoner didn’t take his food at the fifth day which is the number of cities he sees from his cell. the second will notice that and sum both the cities he sees plus the 5 which corresponds to the number of evening it took for the other to hunger strike. since each look at half of the cities so the total number would be 10


  3. How old?

    tomlaidlaw | Profile

    (year of birth)+(year of birth)/29 >1900
    it doesn’t take many tries before we come up with:
    1856+64=1920, so she was 44 in 1900.


  4. Cutting into 7 pieces

    tomlaidlaw | Profile

    I think there is a rule somewhere that says at least three cuts are needed to make seven pieces. Since the paper cannot be folded or bent so after the first cut the two pieces woujld be stacked for the second cut. I’m sure I could do it with actual paper but I’m having trouble seeing it in my head only.


  5. The Involuting Goat

    tomlaidlaw | Profile

    L=length of rope
    R=radius
    As other answers have shown, this is a calculus problem. After reviewing many sites with this problem I have found an easy equation for deriving the area of the involute of the circle. Using that makes this puzzle easy. The formula is:
    L^3/3R+1/2L^2*pi=R^2*pi
    This cubic equation gives 3 roots, two of which are negative so unusable. The positive root is 15.0788
    Please see http://tomlaidlaw.com/goatandsilo for more discussion.


  6. The Goat Problem

    tomlaidlaw | Profile

    hex has it right.
    3/4 of a 45 ft. radius circle
    +2*79.45/360 of 25 ft. radius circle
    +Area of triangle of sides 25,25,28.28(diagonal of barn)
    -1/2 barn area
    Approx. 5729.5
    See my complete discussion of this puzzle at http://tomlaidlaw.com/goatandsilo


  7. How Can this Be?

    AHD | Profile

    THERE GRAND FATHER ADOPTED THEM AFTER THEIR PARENTS DEAD MAYBE ?


  8. Where is the Astronomer?

    raybearmass | Profile

    the small boy, due to the position of the eyepiece on the telescope


  9. Heavy Fish

    soumen023 | Profile

    3 heaviest = 35/100
    3 lightest = 25/100 (5/13 of remaining => 25/65 of remaining)
    So,
    1 – (35+25)/100 = 40/100 weight remaining
    On Average Each fish should weigh less than 1/3 of 35/100 or 12
    and also weigh more than 1/3 of 25/100 or 8
    Hence 4 fishes should b remaining
    So a total of 10 fishes was caught.


  10. Monday Morning Warm up

    bcrox | Profile

    +sign in center and upward arrow in top right corner


  11. Shaped Matrix Puzzle- Triangles & Circles

    bcrox | Profile

    D to me it seems that no same marked circle would appear twice with in the same line or column, a little like sudoku, as well as each line and column has 2 sets of diagonally opposed triangles and 1 with both triangles at the base.


  12. Guess the star colors

    bcrox | Profile

    Filling the empty boxes left to right would be green star, pink star, yellow star


  13. A Unique Blend

    bcrox | Profile

    70 pounds @320 plus 30 pounds @ 400 will give 100 pounds sold for 430 per pound will give a 25% profit