Brain Teasers

[sSsflamesSs]

Originally posted by ckBejug Ok Flames, I got your 5 houses one, I think... (See attachment)

Does Hovhaness stand for something?? Does it mean something in Armenian??

Ck, I had to squint really really hard in order to get your solution since the print was so small, haha, but you came to the rescue and edited in your answer to be included in the post itself. Finding the fork was not necessary for the solution. You probably didn't even realize it's a fork since you took the "right path" the first time. From what I can see, it seems to say that you think (highlight) that the German has the fish, which is the correct answer. Good job. I hope that you didn't look on the web for the answer, lol.

As for the other problem, the names are irrelevant. Hovannes is an Armenian name - the American equivalent is John, or so I've heard. Oops I just gave out a mini-hint.

[ckBejug]

I edited the post so my attachment is bigger-- i didn't look on the web, hehe I just spent like 15 min on it. Uhm, yeah back to studying? lol.

How was that a mini hint?

[sSsflamesSs]

Originally posted by ckBejug I edited the post so my attachment is bigger-- i didn't look on the web, hehe I just spent like 15 min on it. Uhm, yeah back to studying? lol.

How was that a mini hint?

It was a mini-hint, because, since I told you that the name is irrelevant, the focus shifts to the other part of the 3rd piece of information, if that makes sense.

[Emil]

Flames,

Go study.

[whitelotus]

circle or spiral ?


are you sure ? haha

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optical illusion or missing piece ?

Same partitions, same grid, just rearranged. Where did the hole come from?




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Optical Illusion Can you find the people


There are nine people hidden in this image




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[sSsflamesSs]

Originally posted by whitelotus circle or spiral ?


are you sure ? haha

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optical illusion or missing piece ?

Same partitions, same grid, just rearranged. Where did the hole come from?

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1. Circle (I think)

2. The slopes of the hypotenuse are not the same. The single cube is contained in the difference of the volumes due to the difference in the slopes of the hypotenuse of both triangles. One slope is convex, the other is concave.

[sSsflamesSs]

Originally posted by Emil Flames,

Go study.

Haha, Emil, it's about time somebody said it.

[whitelotus]

i only found 7 people in the last one,

did anyone find all 9 ?

[anileve]

Originally posted by sSsflamesSs Haha good one, ck. Sounds right.

Ok, here's another one.

Two college buddies run into each other years after graduation. They're thrilled to see each other, and naturally, start chatting away. The question of kids comes up, and [let's call him Aram] Aram asks Armen if he has any kids. Armen says, "yea, sure do, 3 of 'em." Aram asks, "how old?" and Armen says, "well, Aram, since I know that you love math and logic, I'll make it a little harder for you. The product of the ages is 36, and oh, the sum of the ages is the # on that bus that just passed us by." Aram thinks for a moment and says, "hmm, that's not enough information." So Armen says, "all right, the name of the oldest one is Hovannes." And that was enough information.

So, how old are the kids, and what was the # of the bus?

I am having a difficult time coming up with an understanding of the problem. It just looks to simple or too vague to actually have something more substantial to work with.

so it's either a. 6,3,2 bus # 11
or b. there are no children

[Sip]

Solution to kids problem

9, 2, 2

I am guessing the reason he got confused is because the number of the bus and the product didn't give a unique solution ... for all factors of 36 (like 18-2-1, 9-4-1, ...) there is a unique sum except there are 2 cases when the sum is the same:

6-6-1 and 9-2-2 both add up to 13

Since he said "oldest" son, then the twins were the youngers.