[Guest]

1592, Rialto Bridge, Venice, Italy;

A juggler bought two oranges. He went home and came to a bridge with a warning sign "Only support 60.4 kg". He weighs 60kg (with all of his clothes and stuffs without the oranges) and the oranges each weighs 0.5kg. He did not want to leave one orange back and did not want to use a boat. He had only the key of his mansion, two oranges and a quite long rope.

Can you help him to go across the bridge in just one time?

try to figure it out yourself!

Edited April 6, 2010 by det

[Guest]

60.4 weight limit, Orange .5, Juggler 60, KEY .1???

juggle the key and the oranges that should keep the weight at 60.4

[Guest]

Eat an orange, poo it out and then go across the bridge.

lol

[Guest]

Chisel a stone out from the bridge using the key and throw it into the water. This should remove at least 0.6 kg, allowing you to walk across the bridge with both oranges in hand. Just make sure it is not a load bearing stone.

Nice one!

Don't vandalize!

[Guest]

60.4 weight limit, Orange .5, Juggler 60, KEY .1???

juggle the key and the oranges that should keep the weight at 60.4

Nope, we can neglect the weight of the key as well.

[plainglazed]

shout at one of those gondoliers and tell them if he would catch these two oranges and take them to you on the other side of the bridge, you will give him the key to your mansion. Dont mention the rope or how you might plan to use it.

[Guest]

shout at one of those gondoliers and tell them if he would catch these two oranges and take them to you on the other side of the bridge, you will give him the key to your mansion. Dont mention the rope or how you might plan to use it.

Quite expensive solution, but ok.

[Guest]

60.4 weight limit, Orange .5, Juggler 60, KEY .1???

juggle the key and the oranges that should keep the weight at 60.4 Didn't like that, how about when the oranges are in the air is the only time he feet are on the bridge

[Glycereine]

60.4 weight limit, Orange .5, Juggler 60, KEY .1???

juggle the key and the oranges that should keep the weight at 60.4 Didn't like that, how about when the oranges are in the air is the only time he feet are on the bridge

Wouldn't matter, the act of throwing the oranges while in the air would make the force he exerts on the bridge more than equal to 60.4 kg when he lands. Additionally the act of jumping will transfer more force to the bridge (equal and opposite) than his normal body weight while walking would.

[Guest]

Roll the orange across the bridge, then walk across

[Guest]

roll the oranges over the bridge, then walk across

[Guest]

roll the oranges over the bridge, then walk across

Check the Rialto Bridge, google is your friend

[Guest]

Take a leak into one of the canals, (really they were just open sewers anyway.) As long as he vacates >100ml he can then juggle the oranges across

[Guest]

Has anyone else noticed the basic flaw with the wording of this riddle? The riddle states that the juggler "does not want to leave one orange behind or take a boat." If each orange weighs .5kg, and the bridge only allows for .4kg more than his weight, the option would need to be leave both oranges behind to safely cross, not one. This may be nitpicking, but not anymore than the premise that a bridge would ever have that small or specific of a weight limit.

[Guest]

Has anyone else noticed the basic flaw with the wording of this riddle? The riddle states that the juggler "does not want to leave one orange behind or take a boat." If each orange weighs .5kg, and the bridge only allows for .4kg more than his weight, the option would need to be leave both oranges behind to safely cross, not one. This may be nitpicking, but not anymore than the premise that a bridge would ever have that small or specific of a weight limit.

Yes you are right, now I could say that this was a hidden way to solve the riddle, but not, it's a mistake. I copied from the Cross the Bridge problem. So another nice solution, congrat!

[Guest]

Tie or string the oranges onto the rope end. Feed rope as you run to the other end, then pull oranges over...

Edited April 7, 2010 by marsupialsoup

[Guest]

Juggle the orange while walking on the rope.

So that one orange is in the hand and other is in the air so that

the whole trip the weight on the roipe is only 60.25 kg and rope will not break and he will come to other end.

[Guest]

Since he has his clothes and stuff, he has to either open his shirt or put some stuff at the mouth of the bridge, then walk along the bridge with the two oranges juggling.

Then he will come back to pick his remaining stuff and walk along the bridge.

Sounds good?

[Guest]

Satish.S

Since he has his clothes and stuff, he has to either open his shirt or put some stuff at the mouth of the bridge, then walk along the bridge with the two oranges juggling.

Then he will come back to pick his remaining stuff and walk along the bridge.

Sounds good?

Can you help him to go across the bridge in just one time?

parik

I do not undestand your solution.

walking on the rope? The rope hasn't so high tensile strength, by the way how did you calculate the 60.25kg?

Could you describe your method more detailed?

marsupialsoup

... then pull oranges over the bridge? check the Rialto Bridge

[Guest]

Kinda weird , but...

tie some kind of a small lasso with a long bit of rope as a handle. I'd drop that in the water , put the oranges inside the loop , grab the rope handle and get on the other end , then just drag the loop towards me.

[Guest]

Remove his clothing.

or maybe

Peel the oranges. Would this be 100g? Probably not.

[Guest]

Tie the oranges to the rope(if they have a stem), put it on this shore, carry one end of the rope across, and pull the oranges. Or just put the tied oranges to the river under and have a nice crossing.

[Guest]

each orange weigh 500 grams so he should tie the oranges and the key to the rope hold one end of the rope and pull the ornages across when he is off the bridge

juggling the oranges would not works as the capacity of even only one orange and him would be 100 grams over the limit