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his is wrong because a man and a small monkey CANNOT! ride together, though ilogical that a big monkey is less threating or is easy to go across a river with than a small monkey it is the rule. no my way seem to be way easier and follows the rules HHHMmm . . HHHMmm. . HHHm Mm>. HHmm HM>.. HHHm <M m HHmm <M H HHH Mm> m HHm Mm> H HHH <M mm HHm <M Hm HM HH> mm Hm MH> HHm HM <Hm Hm Hm <M HHm Hm HM> Hm m HM> HHm Hm <Hm HM m <M HHHm mm HH> HM .. mM> HHHm mm <M HHH ... HHHMmm m Mm> HHH m <M HHHm . Mm> HHHm ..HHHMmm try to correct because i see no flaw <!-- s8) --><!-- s8) --> I am right because a human and a small monkey CAN! ride together ... where does it say the opposite?

here it goes (it is on the first page)

It's impossible to "tidy up the induction..." because your logic is absolutly WRONG!!!!!! If anyone think i'm wrong i would like to see him do it for only 5 unfaithfull husbands!! btw. i dont know the real answer and if it really exists the logic is absolutely correct ... below is explanation for 1 and 2 unfaithful husbands ... apply the same logic and you will see that if there were 5 unfaithful husbands then all 5 would be shot the 5th night

actually, it says "father of that man" ... not "father of that woman"

only I can do that

as I already tried to explain ... try it ... for 1 bag - imagine which bag is fake (eg. the third one) and you will see difference of 3 grams on the weighing machine (so the total weight won't be 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10=55 ... it will be 1+2+3.3+4+5+6+7+8+9=55.3 ... the .3 indicates that the third bag contains forgeries) for more than 1 bag - every combination of differences must be unique (so you can not achieve difference of X grams by more than 1 combination - eg. first and third bag and no other 2 or Y bags)

you can join the chicken vs. egg discussion here I like WB's definitions

you may enter the room (single room where all bulbs are - eg. hidden in a cupboard so that no light comes out) just once - and without leaving the entered room, you have to tell which switch belongs to which bulb

that does not work since the bowls are not full ... for instance, there is no two liter bowl (the third bowl has 3 litres capacity and is filled with 2 litres)

that's why I edited the sophism a long time ago - guess was replaced by predict fate ... check page 1

it's one of my favorites ... I have already posted it - check logic problem called Honestants and Swindlecants III. this topic is locked

it's one of my favorites ... I have already posted it - check logic problem called Honestants and Swindlecants III. this topic is locked

the requested solution allows only one weighing (which is not the case of your procedure) btw, you may use weighing machine (eg. a digital one with numbers) - so no pair of scales (that resolves your second query as well)

puzzle edited ... stating that "you can have fractional measures of corn"

I hate to be anal, but a belt is three dimensional. Even if the thickness of the belt were small enough to be neglegable, the belt would still have a front and a back. At most, the surface area of one side is 2 cm^2, resulting in an original length of 48 cm. You could just change the puzzle to state that "After three such wishes, the surface area of the front side was 4 cm^2." puzzle edited

already posted ... check puzzle called Hotel Bill this topic is locked

every single page should be easy to print (just the puzzles without menu) ... try to print http://brainden.com/logic-puzzles.htm I have created a file with all solutions long time ago (.doc and .txt) - check http://brainden.com/solutions.htm regarding weekly updates, if you find an automated solution for that (maybe some mod in phpbb) you can let me know btw, I have several ideas which I would like to try ... they include: 1. creating rss channel for new puzzles (so that you can see new puzzles in your rss reader) 2. creating weekly newsletters (to list all new puzzles added in previous week) 3. ranking users 4. new mods etc. all of it depends on when phpbb3 stable version comes out and if I have some time (a lot of time ) for that

for this particular puzzle, I used words "accurate weighing-machine" and thought that it would be clear that it returns numbers ... for some other puzzles I used words "pair of scales" where I meant two panes that can be brought to balance I see your point ... I have replaced "balancing" with 'weighing"

that does not work ... that way the dust stays on the shovel

"he never said everybody would understand the spirit of the puzzle "

now it's easy indeed ... enjoy the day

With all of the discussion on this one, it surprises me no one caught this. Why did no one notice that the "No inhabitant has exactly 518 hairs" does not specify that those hairs need to be on their head? When you take this into account, you can have an infinite number of body and head hair combinations, as long as they don't equal 518. Therefore, this puzzle does not have an answer because it grows to infinity. Example: I am bald. I am the only bald guy in town. I have 1000 hairs on my palms. This meets the both Criteria 1 and Criteria 2 unless I am mistaken. Criteria 3 states that (inhabitants > number of hair on a person). Therefore the number of inhabitants in my example is any number greater than 1000. Correct me if I am wrong, but I do not think that I am. actually, there was 1 person in the village who had some hair (of his dog) left on his head ... I forgot to mention that as well ... and now I remember, one old lady had a wig (from not her own hair)

good point ... I have edited the puzzle ... check the wording for other improvements

already posted here this topic is locked

the spoiler was used incorrectly (no ending spoiler tag) re second issue, I have disabled editing posts after 10 minutes