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Three Surgeons
How can three surgeons, with open wounds on their hands, operate on a patient with only two surgical gloves so that nobody is directly exposed to anybody else's blood?
They can operate one at a time and can all operate one-handed.
They can operate one at a time and can all operate one-handed.
Answer
Call the gloves A and B, and the surgeons 1, 2, and 3.First, surgeon 1 operates with glove A inside glove B.
Second, take glove A out of glove B.
Third, surgeon 2 operates using glove B.
Fourth, turn glove A inside out.
Fifth, surgeon 3 operates with glove A inside glove B.
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I was thinking one surgeon could do the whole procedure while the others watched. Good one.
Meanwhile, the second patient is exposed to the first patient's blood, and the third patient to the first AND the second's patients' blood. So the solution doesn't work for the teaer, and can't even be considered in the real world!
Gizzer, you missed the point. THERE IS ONLY ONE PATIENT. Good teaser, Lester.
the solution DOES work for the teaser, but obviously can NOT be considered for the real world. very good teaser, lester...
Great teaser.Though, Gizzer is right. This should never be done in real life. Anyways, why would a man have 3 surgeries done by 3 different surgeons? Why couldn't they just get a special surgeon to do all the surgeries? Good teaser though.
Whatever made you think of that?!
I still could not understood
I still could not understand
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