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celtichero 
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 Posted: 11:01PM May 29, 2011 |
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Just knock out the dude, take his wallet and chocolate,
I'm just an ordinary average guy with nothing to lose. |
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Mogmatt16 
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Posted: 08:27PM Jun 25, 2011 |
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"When my hand is over the box with the chocolate, will the answer to the question "Is the chocolate in this box?" be the same as the answer to this question?" asked while you move your hand between the three boxes. If he can only answer honestly, then he can't answer unless your hand is over the box. That's the best answer I can make without cheating the spirit of the question. I'm fairly certain a purely logical answer (a question truly answerable with only Yes or No) is impossible, since the response would divide the boxes into two groups, and you could never be certain between the group with two boxes.
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Life_Sucks
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Posted: 04:14AM Jul 13, 2011 |
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bpkeller wrote: ...you know, I'm hating my tendencies to overthink things more and more. That's not always bad.
the air is full of dust |
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Mathgeek007
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Posted: 07:03AM Jul 13, 2011 |
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grungy49 wrote: I have a teaser very similar to this that I submitted a while ago. Write 1, 2, 3 on each of the boxes, and then tell the man I am thinking of either 1.5 or 2.5. Is the chocolate in the box that has a number greater than mine? If he says yes, it is in box 3. If he says no, it is in box 1. If he can't answer, it's in box 2.
I think that's right. Good job.
Parents are supposed to "protect" their kids, but there's a real distinction between protection and unrealistically keeping children away from reality. - Life_Sucks --- One of my teasers was featured as the Teaser of the Day! :D Sept. 18 2011 :D YAY! |
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Life_Sucks
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Posted: 01:47PM Jul 13, 2011 |
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celtichero wrote: Just knock out the dude, take his wallet and chocolate, I like this answer better.
the air is full of dust |
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Mathgeek007
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Posted: 07:53PM Jul 13, 2011 |
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BloodMoon wrote: It can't be positive OR negative...
Then it would be a no. It's not positive. 
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dangerouspie101
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Posted: 02:24PM Jun 16, 2012 |
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WELL, it never said you could not look under the boxes. Ask him, is the chocolate in this box while pointing to one of the boxes, and if he sayd yes, you have acivied your goal. if it's a no, just look under the boxes. it never said you could not.
Math is fun, it teaches you life and death information, like when you're cold, you should go to a corner since it's 90 degrees there. |
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