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How Many Candles?
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There are 10 lit candles on a table. A strong breeze comes and extinguishes 2 of the candles. When you come back later, you see that 1 more has been blown out.To make sure no more flames go out, you shut the window. Assuming the wind doesn't extinguish any more candles and you don't relight the extinguished candles, how many candles do you have left in the end?
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There are 3 candles left in the end. The 7 candles that manage to stay lit will melt down completely. The only candles that remain in the end are the 3 that are extinguished by the wind and therefore stay intact.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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OH!!!!! I thought it was 0, i forgo about the 3 that got blown out!! Tricky!
May 30, 2013
of ource 10.. vry simple
lol, just did this teaser the other day on Professor Layton
I said 10, 3 unlit and 7 lit. I guess it depends on how long you leave them burning. I understood the question to be how many were left when you shut the window. But that was not specified, so I guess I should not have assumed it. Good one.
I've already submitted a teaser much like this one...
and somehow this one has much more positive feedback.
Wait, sorry, nevermind. I didn't pay attention to the question closely enough.
Hah! Good one. I thought 10, but yeah, you said "in the end," so, yeah...good one.
I thought 0! Didn't take the three into account
Good one and we were warned it was tricky! FUN!
I loved this one 3 months ago (see above), and I still love it.
Boy is my But it was fun!
Shame on anybody who missed this. A little brain use makes this way to easy.
Really was too, too easy. O.K. for the grandkids.
Call me a granddaughter!!! I was WAY OFF
The answer is three because.... Aliens.
This was copied from shashomin.
shashmarin*, and obviously purposely.
You got me.
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