Brain Teasers

[spiral]

Originally posted by Arvestaked I heard this one on the radio this morning. It is too easy but I will put it up anyway:

There are 6 glasses lined up side-by-side. The first three a full of Ouzo and the last three are entirely empty. By moving only one glass, make it so the full glasses alternate (Ouzo, empty, Ouzo, empty, Ouzo, empty).

you can pour out the second full glass, into the second empty glass.

[Arvestaked]

Originally posted by spiral you can pour out the second full glass, into the second empty glass.

Correct. You have earned a spanking.

[dusken]

I am quite glad I did not respond.

[Arvestaked]

te futue

I. ehraotme tfnraiwe nId s.hsip

[sSsflamesSs]

Re: te futue

Originally posted by Arvestaked I. ehraotme tfnraiwe nId s.hsip

Nice to meet you too.

[anileve]

This puzzle is a bit confusing. See if you come up with an answer and a clear explanation. I couldn't solve it.


3 gnomes check into a hotel for an evening of gnomy fun. A gnome manager charges them $30 in advance. Each of the gnomes pay $10 and withdraw to their rooms. After some time the manager realizes that he made a mistake and apparently overcharged the 3 gnomes by $5. He requests that the gnome bellhop returns the $5 to the 3 gnomes. The sneaky bellhop thinks like a real economist and decides to make a small profit out of the situation. He figures that the 3 gnomes would have a minor difficulty dividing the five dollars evenly. So he makes a decision to tell them that a manager made a mistake and of $3 dollars only, this way he each gnome will get a dollar back evenly and he will pocket the remaining 2.

Each gnome got a dollar back and the bellhop left happily with $2 in his pocket. Therefore the gnomes paid $9 each, which comes out to be a total of $27. The sneaky bellboy stashed $2 and if you add that to $27 you will get a total of $29, not the original $30 they spent. What happened to that one dollar?

[ckBejug]

This puzzle is a bit confusing. See if you come up with an answer and a clear explanation. I couldn't solve it.

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Haven't we done this before??

Hotel gets $25, Bellhop gets $2, Gnome guests get $1 dollar each= $25+$2+$1+$1+$1= $30. Sure they each paid $9 to make $27, but that includes the $2 the bellhop stole. It's tricky wording. You shouldn't add $2 to the $27 again. You add $3 to the $27 = $30. Voila1

[anileve]

First of all next time I am not going to let you answer before everyone else does.
Second of all, I still don’t get it. It’s pretty obvious that if you add 2 and 3 to 25, you shall get the $30. But if you do it backwards, it still doesn’t work. And I can’t understand why.

[sSsflamesSs]

First of all next time I am not going to let you answer before everyone else does.
Second of all, I still don’t get it. It’s pretty obvious that if you add 2 and 3 to 25, you shall get the $30. But if you do it backwards, it still doesn’t work. And I can’t understand why.

The $27 includes the $2 that the bellboy pocketed. The wording makes it seem as though the $2 is in addition to the $27, which is not so.

[Sip]

Anileve, they paid $10 each. They got $1 back. So they have paid $27. Bellboy has $2, the manager has $25.

Now to fix the wording:

Each gnome got a dollar back and the bellhop left happily with $2 in his pocket. Therefore the gnomes paid $9 each, which comes out to be a total of $27. The sneaky bellboy stashed $2 and if you add that to $27 you will get a total of $29, not the original $30 they spent. What happened to that one dollar?

should be:

Each gnome got a dollar back and the bellhop left happily with $2 in his pocket. Therefore the gnomes paid $9 each, which comes out to be a total of $27. The sneaky bellboy stashed $2 and if you add that to $25 the manager has, you will get a total of $27, which is equal to the $27 the gnomes have spent.