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The misdirection in this riddle is in the second half of the description, where unrelated amounts are added together and the person to whom the riddle is posed assumes those amounts should add up to 30, and is then surprised when they do not — there is, in fact, no reason why the (10 − 1) × 3 + 2 = 29 sum should add up to 30.
2. It's safe with me. If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven’t got me. What am I? Answer: A secret. 3. Hint: some people say having more of it causes more problems ...
Monty Hall problem. In search of a new car, the player chooses a door, say 1. The game host then opens one of the other doors, say 3, to reveal a goat and offers to let the player switch from door 1 to door 2. The Monty Hall problem is a brain teaser, in the form of a probability puzzle, based nominally on the American television game show Let ...
Bridge and torch problem. The bridge and torch problem (also known as The Midnight Train[ 1] and Dangerous crossing[ 2]) is a logic puzzle that deals with four people, a bridge and a torch. It is in the category of river crossing puzzles, where a number of objects must move across a river, with some constraints. [ 3]
The Hardest Logic Puzzle Ever is a logic puzzle so called by American philosopher and logician George Boolos and published in The Harvard Review of Philosophy in 1996. [ 1][ 2] Boolos' article includes multiple ways of solving the problem. A translation in Italian was published earlier in the newspaper La Repubblica, under the title L ...
A: 977 animals (100 x 2 = 200; 200 + 800 = 1000; 1000 – 23 = 977) Q: I saw my math teacher with a piece of graph paper yesterday. A: I think he must be plotting something. Q: If you multiply ...
A riddle is a statement, question or phrase having a double or veiled meaning, put forth as a puzzle to be solved. Riddles are of two types: enigmas, which are problems generally expressed in metaphorical or allegorical language that require ingenuity and careful thinking for their solution, and conundra, which are questions relying for their effects on punning in either the question or the ...
Wolf, goat and cabbage problem. Illuminated illustration depicting the wolf, goat and cabbage problem in the Ormesby Psalter, dating to 1250–1330. The wolf, goat and cabbage problem is a river crossing puzzle. It dates back to at least the 9th century, [ 1] and has entered the folklore of several cultures. [ 2][ 3]