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What is the Answers to these questions?

3. Given an equilateral triangle with sides, a square with side s and a circle with diameter a, which figure has the greatest area?

5. I have twelve envelopes, which are numbered 1 through 12 and twelve cards which are numbered 110 through 121. How can I place one card inside each envelope so that the number on each envelope is a divisor of the number on the… Continue reading

2 comments - What do you think?  Posted by admin - September 7, 2010 at 5:51 pm

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easy riddle,,…?

You have 12 coins. Eleven are made of gold; one is counterfeit. You don’t know which one because they all look alike. Also, you don’t know if the fake coin is heavier or lighter than a real gold coin. All eleven gold coins weigh the same.
You have a classic balance scale: two pans suspended from a pole with the center point balanced on a post. The scale can compare… Continue reading

5 comments - What do you think?  Posted by admin - August 5, 2010 at 3:27 am

Categories: Trivia   Tags: balance scale, fake coin, Gold Coin, Gold Coins, three times, weight measurements

I WILL GIVE 10 POINTS TO ANYONE WHO CAN ANSWER THIS SIMPLE COUNTERFEIT COIN QUESTION CORRECTLY?

You have 12 identicle looking coins but one is actually counterfeit. The coin that is counterfeit is either HEAVIER or LIGHTER than the other 11 coins that all weigh the same amount. Your cahllenge is : Using the balance scale just THREE times, you must identify the coin that is counterfeit and wether it is heavier or lighter than the other 11 coins… Continue reading

3 comments - What do you think?  Posted by admin - August 3, 2010 at 3:27 am

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Solve the challenging riddle?

You have 12 coins. Eleven are made of gold; one is counterfeit. You don’t know which one because they all look alike. Also, you don’t know if the fake coin is heavier or lighter than a real gold coin. All eleven gold coins weigh the same.

You have a classic balance scale: two pans suspended from a pole with the center point balanced on a post. The scale can… Continue reading

13 comments - What do you think?  Posted by admin - July 14, 2010 at 10:41 pm

Categories: Trivia   Tags: balance scale, fake coin, Gold Coin, Gold Coins, three times, weight measurements

Help with the coin problem!?

You have 12 identical-looking coins but one is actually counterfeit. The coin that is counterfeit is either heavier or lighter that the other eleven coins that all weight the same amount.
The challenge is: Using one balance scale {JUST THREE} times, you must identify the coin that is counterfeit, and whether it is a heavier or lighter coin that the other eleven coins.

How do I solve this problem?… Continue reading

2 comments - What do you think?  Posted by admin - April 30, 2010 at 5:51 pm

Categories: Trivia   Tags: balance scale, Coins, three times

GET 10 POINTS EASILY IF YOU ANSWER THIS SIMPLE BUT CHALLENGING COUNTER FEIT COIN PROBLEM!!!?

You have 12 identicle looking coins but one is actually counterfeit. The coin that is counterfeit is either HEAVIER or LIGHTER than the other 11 coins that all weigh the same amount. Your cahllenge is : Using the balance scale just THREE times, you must identify the coin that is counterfeit and wether it is heavier or lighter than the other 11 coins… Continue reading

10 comments - What do you think?  Posted by admin - April 9, 2010 at 3:28 am

Categories: Trivia   Tags: balance scale, Coins, three times

Can you guys help me with these puzzles?

1) If a teenager and a half can eat a pizza and a half in a day and a half, how many pizzas can a dozen teenagers eat in three days?

2)You have twelve coins, one of which is counterfeit and weighs less than the legal coins. How can you use a simple balance three times to determine which coin is counterfeit?

& can you explain HOW you… Continue reading

5 comments - What do you think?  Posted by admin - March 13, 2010 at 1:03 pm

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Brainteaser with coins. Please help!!!?

You have twelve coins, one of which is a counterfeit. You have a balance, but it’s not the kind of balance that you can measure things on, it only has two ends with a fulcrum
in the middle, in other words, it only tells you which end is heavier. You can use the scale three times to weigh things. You know that the counterfeit coin is either heavier or lighter… Continue reading

6 comments - What do you think?  Posted by admin - February 8, 2010 at 1:06 pm

Categories: Trivia   Tags: Coins, counterfeit coin, fulcrum, homework, riddle with 12 coins, 11 are counterfiet 1 is real, three times

I WILL GIVE 10 POINTS TO ANYONE THAT CAN ANSWER THIS SIMPLE BUT CHALLENGING COUNTERFEIT COIN PROBLEM CORRECTLY?

You have 12 identicle looking coins but one is actually counterfeit. The coin that is counterfeit is either HEAVIER or LIGHTER than the other 11 coins that all weigh the same amount. Your cahllenge is : Using the balance scale just THREE times, you must identify the coin that is counterfeit and wether it is heavier or lighter than the other 11 coins… Continue reading

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by admin - January 29, 2010 at 5:52 pm

Categories: Trivia   Tags: balance scale, Coins, the challenging counterfeit, three times, you have 12 coins, one of which is counterfeit and weighs lwssthan the legal coins, how can you use a simple balance three times to determine which coin is counterfeit?

How can you use a simple balance three times to determine which coin is counterfeit?

You have twelve coins, one of which is a counterfeit and weighs less than the legal coins. How can you use a simple balance three times to determine which coin is a counterfeit?… Continue reading

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by admin - October 20, 2009 at 10:39 pm

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