Guest Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 I nedd your help solving this: there is a pot, which has a key on the bottom. the pot is filled with water, if you put the tip of your finger in the water, it will spill. How will you get the key out without spilling a drop of water? I do not know the answer, but I might tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 Wait till the water evaporates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 (edited) Put in a straw and suck the key onto the end of the straw, then lift it out. Edited March 30, 2011 by TYounghb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 (edited) Tray a magnet Edited March 30, 2011 by docbagby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 Freeze it. When pot breaks (ice expands) or just smash it if it doesn't break on its own, then grab key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 Drink some of the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 Wait till tomorrow. Some of the water will have evaporated and then just stick your hand in and pull the key out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 benjer3 Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 Why not just pour the water into another container? That wouldn't be spilling it, because spilling it would mean you get it on the ground, a table, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 turn up the heat. Boil the water until the level goes down, then retrieve your key. I also like the magnet idea, there are several ways you could get it out with a magnet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 Put a fishing hook in the water and pull the key out. It says your finger would cause it to spill. If physics worked like the riddle says, you could drop a cup in the pot, and the pot's water would not spill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 31, 2011 Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 It says that the key is "on the bottom of the pot" not "in the bottom of the pot", so you pick up the pot and take the key off the bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 31, 2011 Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 It says that the key is "on the bottom of the pot" not "in the bottom of the pot", so you pick up the pot and take the key off the bottom. Thats exactly what I was thinking. But if it is inside the pot then I'd wait 24 hours for some water to evaporate or put it on low heat on the stove even and the grab the key cause then no water will spill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 31, 2011 Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 Or you could take a ...]sponge, which would absorb some of the water. Then retrieve the key. Then squeeze out the sponge to replenish the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 31, 2011 Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 It says that the key is "on the bottom of the pot" not "in the bottom of the pot", so you pick up the pot and take the key off the bottom. on the bottom of the pot is correct since it is a container, same as at the bottom of the pot, does not imply its underneath the pot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 Weel, if you put anything, and mean anything, into the water, IT WILL SPILL! actually, you were suppose to use a magnet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 benjer3 Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 Weel, if you put anything, and mean anything, into the water, IT WILL SPILL! actually, you were suppose to use a magnet. Wouldn't using a magnet cause it to spill as well, as the key plops out? Even if you do it as slowly as possible, any slight pressure disturbance would cause the jar to overflow if it is that full. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 freeze the pot and then break it. get the ice cube and turn it and there u get the key... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I nedd your help solving this: there is a pot, which has a key on the bottom. the pot is filled with water, if you put the tip of your finger in the water, it will spill. How will you get the key out without spilling a drop of water?
I do not know the answer, but I might tomorrow.
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